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For patients living in rural Alabama, a trip to a specialist physician could mean driving for over an hour.
That is the case for Patrick Stults, who drives south from Haleyville to Birmingham every month for dialysis treatments and bloodwork. But in between those trips, he uses telehealth a service that has grown exponentially in usage during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I like it because you can see the doctor face to face and if you have any problems you can talk to them,” Stults said.
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