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page 18 ANTHEM, INC.
The University of Virginia’s Office of Telemedicine
is making it easy to bring medical care to patients
in rural Virginia. And in 2003, Anthem Blue Cross
and Blue Shield provided a $250,000, five-year
grant to help expand the program to serve more
low-income patients.
At 47 sites around the state, physicians representing
25 different medical specialties “meet” with
patients and their primary doctors via computer
and videoconference to diagnose conditions and
prescribe care.
“Now, specialists are available in many rural
communities 365 days a year,” said Karen Rheuban,
M.D., medical director of the telemedicine program.
“We are extremely grateful to Anthem Blue Cross
and Blue Shield for its commitment to the provision
of health care services to rural Virginians.”