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Brown County approves jail telehealth contract and several routine county actions
Summary
Commissioners approved a contract to add telehealth and electronic MARS services for the county jail, heard about intercounty jail housing talks and moved routine consent items including a weed-and-pest grant and payroll/claims; officials said the telehealth service will provide 24/7 nurse-practitioner coverage by telemedicine. (Short)
Brown County commissioners voted to approve a contract to add telehealth and electronic medication-administration records (eMAR) services for the county jail, following a presentation from Dave Martin, who described a multi-year effort to find an affordable, reliable medical services solution for 24/7 coverage.
Martin told the commission the county had implemented telehealth and electronic MARS components and that the proposed Modern Day Health contract would provide round-the-clock clinician coverage through a…
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