Offshore care on line

10/19/2009
By Paula Dittrick
Technology continues to drive innovations in telemedicine—and consequently lower costs—for oil companies and drilling contractors responsible for providing medical care to offshore crews.InPlace Medical Solutions enables offshore workers experiencing illness or injury to visit directly with physicians through real-time, two-way videoconferencing services. InPlace Medical Solution is a subsidiary of NuPhysicia LLC of Houston.The idea is to reduce the number of unnecessary helicopter evacuations, which can be expensive. Fewer medical evacuations also increase productivity.Scorpion Offshore Ltd. uses NuPhysicia's services aboard the jack up Offshore Courageous, which started a 3-...

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