ALS ~ Maine Collaborative Teams Up with Massachusetts General Hospital
for Better Care of Patients with Lou Gehrig’s Disease
for Better Care of Patients with Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Improving access to highly specialized care
using state-of-the-art telemedicine
December 15, 2010 — Portland, Maine and Boston, Mass. — The ALS~Maine Collaborative and the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) today announced the launch of a new collaboration focused on reducing disparities and improving access to highly specialized care for patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) throughout Maine, regardless of their geographic location. Utilizing state-of-the-art, secure, high-definition videoconferencing and online collaboration technologies, the MGH-Maine ALS TeleCare Network aims to provide assistance to Maine-based clinicians, patients with ALS, and their caregivers in a cost-effective and efficient manner.
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