State and local health departments are faced with protecting public health, delivering services and providing for the overall welfare of the community. The foundational mission of public state and local health professionals is to protect the public by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. Given the recent events in public health there has been a surge of interest in telemedicine from medical professionals. Health Departments realize they are having to provide care in different ways. Telemedicine can provide our medical professionals the ability to check in on patients without exposing them, the patient or the public to accidental risk of exposure. Watch this webcast, to hear from professionals as they share successes of the use of technology to serve their communities in different ways today and tomorrow.
