Upon the start of the pandemic, the Army’s Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) rallied with the rest of federal health to address COVID-19. TATRC stood up the National Emergency Tele-Critical Care Network (NETCCN) to offer critical care-trained clinicians’ expertise via telehealth to areas struggling with COVID-19 outbreaks. NETCCN started as a project, but federal health agencies are looking to stand it up as a program to reuse the model and capabilities for future health emergencies.
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Live from HIMSS: How Army Used Its Telemedicine to Aid Pandemic Care
TATRC established the National Emergency Tele-Critical Care Network to make critical care expertise more accessible during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Matthew Quinn Science Director TATRC, Army
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