The FCC late last week approved a Report and Order that provides guidance on the $100 million Connected Care Pilot Program. In addition the commission voted to approve 36 FCC Connected Care projects totaling more than $31 million in funding….
Telehealth
Verizon Healthcare Initiatives Tap Private 5G, Private MEC, AI, Slicing
Verizon is seeing a great deal of interest in private 5G core networks and private multi-access edge computing (MEC) on the part of healthcare providers. Telecompetitor discussed this and other trends impacting Verizon healthcare initiatives – involving network slicing, artificial…
T-Mobile Telehealth Offering Will Use 5G/ LTE
T-Mobile and Zyter, Inc. are partnering to provide telehealth, remote patient monitoring and care team collaboration — to more healthcare organizations and their patients across the U.S. An increasing number of consumers choose telehealth solutions rather than physical doctor’s office…
FCC To Accept CARES Act COVID-19 Telehealth Applications Soon
The FCC will accept applications for the second round of the CARES Act COVID-19 Telehealth Program from noon ET on April 29 to noon ET May 6 by the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau, the commission announced this week. The telehealth…
Simplification is a Key Focus for Verizon BlueJeans Telehealth
In a sign that telehealth advances made during the COVID-19 pandemic will be normalized going forward, Verizon Business has announced BlueJeans Telehealth. It describes the service as a data-driven way to extend care into the home. Verizon Business says that…
USDA Funding Distance Learning and Telemedicine Projects for 5M Rural Residents
The USDA said it is investing $42.3 million to help provide 5 million rural Americans with better access to health care and educational opportunities. The investment comes through the USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) program. The USDA says that $24…
AT&T Deploying 5G MEC for Veterans Health Care
AT&T and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs are deploying 5G multi-access computing (MEC) across the Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle. AT&T says that this is the industry’s first deployment of 5G and MEC across an entire VA…
Telehealth Adoption Report: 41% of Broadband Households Had a Remote Visit in 2020
The percentage of broadband households that had a remote healthcare visit increased from 15% in 2019 to 41% last year, according to a telehealth adoption report from Parks Associates. The firm also found that 29% of respondents are very likely…
FCC Awards First Quarter of $100 Million Connected Care Pilot Funds
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has chosen 14 pilot programs over 11 states for the Connected Care Pilot Program, awarding applicants $26.6 million for their proposed projects. The program started taking applications for a projected $100 million in awards in…
FCC Seeks Comments on Next Round of $250 Million COVID-19 Telehealth Program
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has issued a request for comments on administering Round 2 of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. The $249.95 million the program will receive from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 is more than the $200 million…
Telehealth Technology Study Sees Concerns Shifting
The COVID-19 pandemic has at least one tiny silver lining: Sixty-five percent of healthcare organizations say that they have been very successful in meeting patient demand by using telehealth technology, according to a telehealth technology study from HIMSS Market and…
FCC to Start Taking Applications for $100M Connected Care Pilot Program
The application window for the FCC Connected Care Pilot Program will open tomorrow, November 6th at 12 PM ET. The application window for the program, which will support health care providers with as much as $100 million from the Universal…
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