Bringing High-Tech Virtual Health Care to Rural America
USDA awards Mercy $496,349 grant benefitting rural communities in four states ST. LOUIS – For the fourth time, the USDA has awarded Mercy a substantial grant that will provide greater access to health care in some of Mercy’s most rural communities in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Thanks to the $496,349 USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants, Mercy Virtual will implement a project that includes hospitalists, emergency care, stroke and neurology services. Video equipment will benefit more than 210,000 residents and will be placed in nine communities, including: Mercy Hospital Berryville (Arkansas) Mercy Hospital Paris (Arkansas) Mercy Hospital Waldron (Arkansas) … Read the whole story