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title: Quality Care Coordination in Rural America with GD e-Bridge
description: Here’s what a few users had to say about their experience with e-Bridge, a telehealth solution that connects large healthcare teams.
---
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# Quality Care Coordination in Rural America with GD e-Bridge
Published by [General Devices](https://blog.general-devices.com/author/general-devices) on Oct 27, 2020, 8:00:00 PM
#### **EMS Director, Fire Chief & Emergency Management Coordinator on their experiences with GD e-Bridge**
GD e-Bridge is a telehealth solution that connects large healthcare teams, both rural and urban. This easy-to-use mobile app enables live, HIPPA-secure communications between and among EMS and hospitals through the sharing of pictures, audio, video and live streaming. Users are able to tailor the e-Bridge’s interface, alerts, buttons, authorized participants, workflow and more, allowing hospital teams to create the best protocols for their individual needs—and save more lives.
Here’s what a few users had to say about their experience with e-Bridge and GD, particularly in rural areas.
### **Ken Smith, Emergency Management Coordinator, HCA Chippenham Medical Center**
Ken Smith, Emergency Management Coordinator at HCA Chippenham Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, describes how GD e-Bridge helps EMS and critical care access hospitals in rural areas improve communication and operational effectiveness. The real-time communication that e-Bridge facilitates between EMS and hospital teams has helped decreased the amount of false STEMI being called in, as hospital teams are getting information early on from EMS.
### **Richard Lewis, EMS Director, George E. Weems Memorial Hospital and Franklin County EMS**
Richard Lewis, EMS Director at George E. Weems Memorial Hospital and Franklin County EMS in Franklin County, Florida, looks for three things when choosing a telehealth solution for his team: whether the software is HIPPA compliant, whether it’s user-friendly for EMS and hospitals, and the quality of customer support. In e-Bridge he found something he could customize to fit all of these requirements and more.
### **David Motes, Acting Fire Chief, Clay County Fire Department**
According to David Motes, Acting Fire Chief of the Clay County Fire Department in Clay County, Florida, GD e-Bridge is that rare affordable, easy-to-use patient care reporting device that allows Fire EMS to take a quick exam video on the scene, send it to the hospital, determine whether a consult is necessary and ensure that physicians are prepared for the patient’s arrival. This is particularly valuable when a patient is in a rural area and it might take some time to get to the hospital.
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