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Representative Dusty Johnson toured Avera Health’s E-Care facility in Sioux Falls to observe the telehealth program
Representative Dusty Johnson and Federal Communication Commission Commissioner Brendan Carr walked the halls of the E-Care facility owned by Avera Health.
“At a time when our healthcare facilities were bursting, were straining, Avera was making sure the people were able to be served in their home using broadband technology that the SCC has worked to deploy.”
Telehealth became an overnight sensation just like COVID19. Hospitals like Avera needed a way to see their patients without risking getting the virus. Commissioner Carr says the people have Johnson to thank for Cares act funding for telehealth.