Video Diagnosis Enabling San Joaquin General to Expand

FRENCH CAMP – Telemedicine, the use of a secure video link by a medical specialist in one location to examine the condition of a patient in another location, is taking hold at San Joaquin General Hospital.In a big way. With a limited number of physician specialists available 24 hours a day, the county’s public hospital has been able to expand its services in such areas as neurology, dermatology and critically important eye examinations for diabetic patients.