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- EIN 47-4736887
- (318) 346-7500
- 427 Evergreen St Bunkie LA 71322 USA
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Health, Medical Disciplines
Mission: Taxpayer is operated exclusively for the purpose of promoting and facilitating the collaboration between rural physicians and rural hospitals and major medical teaching institutions and their faculty through an electronic health information exchange to enhance and make available quality healthcare to the rural citizens of the state of louisiana.
Programs: During 2017, the taxpayer received grant funding from ochsner clinic foundation (grantor) which allowed it to continue to provide telemedicine services to rural hospitals. The taxpayer was able to provide technical services to the rural hospitals and provide support for their limited it staffs in order to continue telemedicine consults with aged equipment. The taxpayer also assisted grantor in implementing a package of telestroke, telepsychiatry and tele-emergency department to the rural hospitals. These efforts enabled the rural hospitals to provide quality medical care comparable to their urban counterparts who have access to a variety of medical specialists not available in rural areas of louisiana. These efforts also allowed patients in the remote areas to be examined and treated by renowned medical specialists from urban medical centers without the rural patients having to leave their localities.
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