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Bozeman-based Swift MD looks to tech to tamp down health care costs throughout Montana

A new telemedicine service aimed at making health care less expensie and more accessible hopes to roll out service in Montana next year, part of a growing trend that beams doctors into private living rooms, prisons and rural outposts nationwide.

“Welcome to 21st century health care,” said Dr. Elliot Justin, founder of the Bozeman-based Swift MD http://www.swiftmd.com/ .

Most doctor visits are unnecessary, Justin said. Yet health care providers, potentially able to identify that over the phone, often don’t because they’d lose income.

“Ankle sprains probably cost billions of dollars every year,” he said.

But telemedicine services can identify and advise folks by phone or the Internet in real time, Justin said, avoiding a pricey trip to the doctor.

By JESSICA MAYRER Chronicle staff writer

Full Story: http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2009/06/14/news/60swift.txt

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