Telemedicine Connects Tulsa to Bagdad

Physicians in Oklahoma are using telemedicine to provide health care services to children in Iraq.  According to the article, “doctors from Oklahoma State University's Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa are using video technology to interact with doctors from Iraq's second largest hospital.  It's a first in a new plan that could help save the lives of Iraqi children.”

Dr. Christine Clary, a physician with Oklahoma State University's Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa,” stated "A lot of times when one doctor is trying to make a decision it is difficult, but you can bring in somebody else and say hey what do you think too? And, it's just kind of allowing that teamwork philosophy to expand for patient care there too.” 

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