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“We looked for the points where we are needed, not just
where we are trying to compete,” Dr. de Moor explained,
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Code 3 also offers a retail area, stocking convenient
remedies for travelers and employees. From child and
adult diapers to cold and flu remedies, a wide array of
baby formulas and more, people living life through the
airport as travelers or employees can find many of the
items for which they may find an acute need.
In addition to diagnosing and beginning treatment for
heart attacks, providers at Code 3 deliver diagnosis and
treatment for fevers, cold and flu, nausea, vomiting,
diarrhea, respiratory infections, lacerations, sprains and
strains, and more in adults and children. They also provide
rapid lab testing and care for work-related injuries.
This North Texas-based business has seen great success
already, Dr. de Moor explains, and has already expanded
to a location at McCarran International Airport in Las
Vegas. “Texas is a great place for business and innovation,”
she said. “To be a woman-owned small business here, it’s
been good.”
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“It’s super important to have access immediately,” Dr. de
Moor notes. “The sooner you get in front of an emergency
physician, the greater your chances of survival. The loss
of minutes can really matter.”
as she discussed the strategy behind Code 3. “We are
working with both travelers and employers, and we’re
very focused on being high-quality, reasonably priced
and accessible.” Dr. de Moor explains that her company
is also working with employers on the airport to provide
pre-employment physicals, workers comp evaluations
and follow-up, DOT physicals, hearing and vision
screenings, and more.
Providers at Code 3 have treated patients from as far
away as New Zealand and China, including a woman who
had what she thought was indigestion that turned out to
be a heart attack. The Code 3 staff was able to diagnose
her quickly in a situation where minutes count.
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Children’s Health, a leading provider
of pediatric healthcare headquartered in Dallas, has
developed and scaled one of the largest and fastest-
growing telemedicine programs in the U.S. In 2013,
a school-based telehealth initiative started with two
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