MedPage Today March 12, 2025
— Many are often unable to make a video call to their doctor or log into their patient portals
BOLIGEE, Ala. — Green lights flickered on the wireless router in Barbara Williams’ kitchen. Just one bar lit up — a weak signal connecting her to the world beyond her home in the Alabama Black Belt.
Next to the router sat medications, vitamin D pills, and Williams’ blood glucose monitor kit.
“I haven’t used that thing in a month or so,” said Williams, 72, waving toward the kit. Diagnosed with diabetes more than 6 years ago, she has developed nerve pain from neuropathy in both legs.
Williams is one of nearly 3 million Americans who live in mostly rural counties that...
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