Montana's rural hospitals getting wired
| January 2, 2008 |  View for printing |
Six months ago, a nurse hastily slipped X-rays of car-wreck victims into crisp yellow envelopes, tossed them onto her car seat and raced from Superior to Missoula, where a radiologist read the images and reported back by phone.
It was, quite simply, the way things were done at rural hospitals, the best of several not-so-good options.
Or, even more often, the patients themselves were packed up and shuttled to Missoula, leaving empty the beds - and the coffers - at Mineral Community Hospital. Because time is life in an emergency, Jim Henshaw said, “and you just don't take that risk. You move the patient.”
By MICHAEL JAMISON of the Missoulian
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Technology adds time in emergencies
By PERRY BACKUS of the Missoulian
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Instant imaging: St. Luke Hospital's new CT scanner paying dividends for patients
By VINCE DEVLIN of the Missoulian
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