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Patients can be seen by video conference
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Your next doctor visit might just involve explaining your ailments to a video screen. River Park Hospital is keeping up with the changing times as telemedicine has made its way to McMinnville.Visitors to River Park’s Heart Healthy Fair on Saturday were able to converse with Dr. Frank Lafranchise who serves as medical director of the stroke program at Saint Thomas Hospital. Lafranchise, who was actually in Nashville at Saint Thomas Hospital at the time, joined attendees at the health fair held in River Park’s lobby via a telehealth unit.