Advances in technology allowing healthcare providers to monitor patents remotely in the name of preventive care could support indigent Hays County residents in the future.

MRG Medical showed Hays County Commissioners in a June 25 workshop a watch that can monitor a patient’s vital signs, as well as their sleeping and eating habits.

MRG officials hope to provide the county with the technology, which they feel could help slash the $2 million spent by Hays County that pays for indigent residen...