(AP) Duluth, Minn. How to connect doctors and patients through a TV, a camera and an Internet connection will be the talk of the 2006 Minnesota Health Care Conference at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center.
More than 180 attendees from as far as southwestern Minnesota are set to learn of the process, called telemedicine, which allows doctors and patients to communicate with each other from hundreds of miles away.
Similar technologies have expanded to other health professionals, including physicians, radiologists and even pharmacists, said Sally Buck, co-coordinator of the conference.
For instance, telepharmacy allows pharmacists to fill prescriptions for people across the state, Buck said.
Attendees will get tips on how to use such technologies, said Karen Welle, who's also co-coordinating the conference.
"The conference will show some of the innovative models and success stories that hospitals have had," Buck said.
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