西弗吉尼亚州：州长宣布200万美元建远程眼科网络 覆盖14个无眼科医生县
西弗吉尼亚州州长 Patrick Morrisey 10月中旬宣布，通过该州乡村卫生转型计划（WV RHTP）向西弗吉尼亚大学眼科研究所拨款2,000,026美元，依托州「联网护理网格」倡议建立全州远程眼科网络。
州长办公室表示，新网络将把先进的眼科筛查带到各地的医生诊所和社区卫生中心，包括目前没有本地眼科医生的全部14个县，并设立四个配备先进诊断设备的区域眼科检测中心；项目还将从乡村社区招募和培训八名认证技术员。
Morrisey 表示，眼科筛查有助于更早发现糖尿病、高血压等全身性慢性疾病，让乡村居民不必长途奔波就能获得专科监测。
West Virginia: Governor Announces $2 Million Statewide Teleophthalmology Network
West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey announced in mid-October a $2,000,026 award from the West Virginia Rural Health Transformation Program (WV RHTP) to the West Virginia University Eye Institute, through the state's Connected Care Grid initiative, to establish a statewide teleophthalmology network.
The governor's office said the network will bring advanced eye screening to doctors' offices and local health centers across the state, including all 14 counties that currently lack a local eye doctor, and will set up four regional eye testing centers with advanced diagnostic tools. The project will also recruit and train eight certified technicians from rural communities.
Morrisey said eye screening can help detect systemic chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure earlier, so rural patients can receive specialist monitoring without traveling long distances.
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图片来源：图：位于 Charleston 的西弗吉尼亚州议会大厦圆顶。Daniel G Rego 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons 发布。 / The dome of the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston. Photo by Daniel G Rego, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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