Tim Lovell
At a community center in South Salt Lake, Utah, people in need of low-cost healthcare can now pay $3 to get a quick telemedicine consultation through a kiosk the size of an iMac.
Why?
Well, in a town of 25,000, where some 40 languages are spoken and where 2,000 refugees have been resettled, an English-only service would have limited impact.
With help from Wyncote, Pa.-based GLOBO, the kiosk — born of a joint effort between healthcare provider Intermountain, American Well and the United Way — is the first of its kind to offer translation capabilities in 250 languages.
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