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Technology helping providers focus on patients

When it comes to refilling prescriptions and checking to see if patients have followed instructions, new apps can do the busy work and allow providers to spend more face time with patients.

By John ReynoldsDec. 19, 2016, 11:00 p.m. CentralUpdated Dec. 19, 2016, 11:00 p.m. Central

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Technology helping providers focus on patients

by John Reynolds, The Texas Tribune
December 19, 2016

<h1>Technology helping providers focus on patients</h1>
<p class="byline">by John Reynolds, The Texas Tribune <br />December 19, 2016</p>
<p>When it comes to refilling prescriptions and checking to see if patients have followed instructions, <a href="http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20161203/TRANSFORMATION02/161209976">new apps can do the busy work</a> and allow providers to spend more face time with patients.&nbsp;(Modern Healthcare)</p>
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Technology helping providers focus on patients

John Reynolds, The Texas Tribune
December 19, 2016

When it comes to refilling prescriptions and checking to see if patients have followed instructions, new apps can do the busy work and allow providers to spend more face time with patients. (Modern Healthcare)

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