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Which facility has enabled rural hospitals to have increased access to specialist consultations?

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Telemedicine

Step-by-step explanation:

Distributing health related information and services via telecommunication technologies and electronic information is called telemedicine. The contact between patient and clinician is long distance.

The clinician used electronic means such as computers to intervene, monitor and educate the patient. Livongo health and Teladoc are two famous tele medicine companies.In US telemedicine has successfully reduced the healthcare costs and improved the patient access to medical care. According to a study 61 percent of healthcare institutions in US use tele medicine.

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