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The advent of new mobile telehealth technology is changing the face of the industry—particularly with the growing ability for EMS agencies and hospitals to exchange more than simple audio transmissions. When OCMCA identified the need for more efficient communication between EMS and their various emergency departments, they adopted GD’s e-Bridge Mobile Telemedicine App. Moving forward, OCMCA plans to leverage additional capabilities of the mobile telehealth technology, including STEMI alerts, stroke alerts, trauma alerts and live video. Ultimately, getting the right information to the right person at the right time, faster, means better patient care and more lives saved, says Randall.

Gain access to telehealth best practices, ROI and client success stories on the new GD website March 8, 2021 – Ridgefield, NJ – GD Aimed at supporting first responders and healthcare practitioners as they deliver life-saving patient care, the site also includes a robust suite of digital resources—from telemedicine stories, best practices, ROI, use cases, eBooks, videos and more—easily accessible with the click of a mouse. Founded in 1979, GD is a Ridgefield, NJ-based provider of mobile telemedicine and telehealth solutions that help first responders, medical facilities and community paramedicine providers deliver smarter, expedient patient care. Powered by responsive innovation, GD’s user-friendly communications solutions facilitate secure, mobile communications and rapid data sharing across acute and non-acute care teams to help save time—and lives.

­– GD (General Devices), a company specializing in mobile telemedicine and telehealth, announced the Florida Department of Health is using GD’s telehealth solutions to provide consistent communications across rural healthcare teams to address healthcare challenges made worse during COVID-19. ’s 10 critical access hospitals (CAHs) and their local rural EMS agencies to improve management and identification of time-critical diagnoses and assist with COVID-19 diagnosis, treatment and transport. 10 Critical Access Hospitals included in the project are: Critical Access Hospital is a designation given to eligible rural hospitals by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). GD is a 40-year-old medical technology company that specializes in mobile telemedicine and telehealth that, enables simply smarter patient care by empowering hospitals, EMS, mobile integrated healthcare, community paramedicine and public safety responders with the most comprehensive, highly configurable, and affordable medical team communications solutions.

That’s why the Farmington Hills Fire Department, the Farmington Public Safety Department and their partner hospitals—Beaumont Hospital – Farmington Hills and Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital—use the GD e-Bridge telemedicine app for all prehospital communication. For the fire department, e-Bridge “affords us the opportunity to give health care providers within emergency departments an even greater appreciation than we ever have before as to what we’re bringing them,” says Farmington Hills Fire Department EMS Coordinator Jim Etzin. In addition to these multimedia capabilities, GD e-Bridge allows hospital teams to: To discuss how you can improve patient outcomes by enhancing communication between EMS and hospital teams, visit www.general-devices.com/contact. GD is a 40+ year Med Tech company that specializes in mobile telemedicine and telehealth that, enables simply smarter patient care by empowering hospitals, EMS, mobile integrated healthcare, community paramedicine and public safety responders with the most comprehensive, highly configurable and affordable medical team communications solutions.