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Hospital Experiments with Video Conferencing for Patient Visits

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Being hospitalized for an illness or surgery can be a scary and lonely experience, especially if you're separated from family.

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" And now this the first time and -- culminate with the admitted to the hospital. Thing that she's been able to see her parents there. And I. -- Because they are elderly and her father -- they couldn't come in person can now make a virtual dissertation my. I have. To learn yeah right now at the pilot program if you Christie hospital -- saint Teresa and the camera will tilt and and keeping it. Just about anywhere in the room for a portable computers with webcam twentieth video conferencing hospital staff. Now allow patients to talk online with a loved one may -- too -- or far away to visit the only requirement."

" We'll have a confirmation friendly. I'm participant on the other -- that they had a webcam available and they download some very simple software and again we just make that connection they're able to get back."

" That one on one interaction often boot -- the patient morale April elected Mike's here to see her spirit Lipton. To get to that Clinton are an iron and it. And it looked at their spirit because they've been when he says. The perfectly the year candidate. And -- work if the program goes well do you Christie plans to use the computers in all it's that ability. Helping patients feel a little more at home not."

" Yeah yeah yeah yeah right here."

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