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February - March 2014 • Kentucky
the Kentucky Telecare program is directed By Rob
Sprang, MBA and has served the Commonwealth
since the early 1990s. Kentucky Telecare provides
telemedicine clinics that offer services through telemedicine technology for Developmental Pediatrics,
Pre-Operative Screening, Post-Op Follow Up, ENT,
Dermatology, Endocrinology, Memory Disorder
Clinic, Surgical Consultations, Gastroenterology
, and Child Psychiatry. Learn more about Kentucky
Telecare at this website: http://www.mc.uky.edu/
kytelecare/clinical.asp
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About the Author
Thomas W. Miller, Ph.D.ABPP, is a Professor Emeritus
and Senior Research Scientist, Center for Health,
Intervention and Prevention, University of Connect