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New EMS tool saves Fla. taxpayer dollars

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LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Lee County EMS workers spend most days saving lives. But now, new technology will also allow them to be better bill collectors.

Lee County EMS paramedic Heather Demos has a computer companion. Everywhere dispatch sends her, the laptop follows.

“This is a computer system that helps me do anything and everything that I need to do for a patient,” she explained. “We’re not allowed to leave it anywhere.”

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