The Magnolia State ranks at or near the bottom in most health rankings: worst infant mortality and most kids born with low birth weight; second-to-highest rate of obesity and cancer deaths; second from the last in diabetes outcomes.
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Mississippi emerges as leader in telemedicine
Mississippi has a sickly reputation.
The Magnolia State ranks at or near the bottom in most health rankings: worst infant mortality and most kids born with low birth weight; second-to-highest rate of obesity and cancer deaths; second from the last in diabetes outcomes.
But the state is a leader in one aspect of health care:
telemedicine. The state’s only academic hospital has remote connections
with 165 sites, providing specialized services to some of the state’s
most far-flung, medically deprived cities and towns. Mississippi’s
telemedicine program, ranked among the seven best in the country,
has inspired neighboring Arkansas to take bigger steps in some areas of
the field, and the impact of its success is making waves in Washington
as well.
The Magnolia State ranks at or near the bottom in most health rankings: worst infant mortality and most kids born with low birth weight; second-to-highest rate of obesity and cancer deaths; second from the last in diabetes outcomes.
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- transparency and a commitment to patient safety should govern vendor contracts;
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