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Using Telemedicine for Tuberculosis Care Management: a Three County Inter-Municipal Approach

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Colette Kogut, Annette Zobel and Elaine Watson from Genesee County Health Department and Connie Ferris, Mary Ellen Messmer, Deborah Restivo, Melissa Pless, Gail Pettit and Doris Delano from Orleans County Health Department. Chittadaphone Phounthavong, Renee Jenkins, Drey Piedmont and Shane Gurnee from Monroe County Public Health Department.

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  1. Genesee and Orleans County Health Department, 14012 Route 31, West Albion, NY, 14411, USA

    Brenden A. Bedard & Paul A. Pettit

  2. Department of Public Health, The College at Brockport State University of New York, Brockport, NY, USA

    Brenden A. Bedard

  3. Monroe County Public Health Department, Rochester, NY, USA

    Mary Younge & Michael Mendoza

  4. Departments of Family Medicine, Public Health Sciences, and Nursing, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

    Michael Mendoza

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Bedard, B.A., Younge, M., Pettit, P.A. et al. Using Telemedicine for Tuberculosis Care Management: a Three County Inter-Municipal Approach. J Med Syst 42, 12 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-017-0872-7

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