Verizon Business is partnering on Care Everywhere, a platform enabling healthcare professionals to securely access data, collaborate and share resources. Though the partnership currently only serves countries Europe, the Middle East, Asia and other nations…
GE Research had connected both Sub-6 and mmWave 5G from AT&T to its Niskayuna, N.Y. research facility. AT&T uses the brand name 5G+ for its mmWave offering. The testbed itself is designed to develop solutions…
The FCC has announced 71 awards totaling $40,468,845 in Round 2 funding announcements for its COVID-19 Telehealth program. So far, $123.6 million has been awarded, with some funding committed to every state, territory and to…
The FCC has announced the approval of 72 more funding applications totaling $41,113,186 in the second round of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. The awards follow a previous round 2 funding announcement of almost $42 million,…
The FCC has approved initial funding for 62 applications in the second round of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. The initial approvals total $41.98 million. The program supports healthcare providers and their patients by providing reimbursement…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…