Webcams, technology allows doctors to treat prisoners, patients in small towns November 29, 2006 BeaumontEnterprise.com, Nov. 29, 2006http://beaumontenterprise.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17524192&BRD=2287&PAG=461&dept_id=512551&rfi=6 In many Southeast Texas rooms and offices, health professionals are using Webcams and monitors to diagnose and treat far-off patients and to get expertise from big-city doctors. In Jefferson County, prisoners receive care from physicians in Galveston, about 75 miles away. Those prisoners are served by healthcare providers with the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, a pioneer in telemedicine, the field of delivering medicine at a distance. « Back | The Newsroom »