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Health care professionals are bringing clinic-style care right into patients' homes

Dec 2, 2019

It's a surprisingly icy and snowy morning in Spokane Valley — especially when considering that it's early October. And Christina Duncan, a nurse practitioner for DispatchHealth, an on-demand mobile medical service that makes house calls, bringing urgent care services right into people's homes, is preparing to start the workday...

Mike Conrad, medical technician with DispatchHealth, and Christina Duncan, nurse practitioner, head in to a Spokane residence to see a patient.

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