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Tag: Telehealth
AT&T Offers Free Telehealth Service During COVID-19 Crisis
AT&T Business is partnering with VitalCare to offer free telehealth services to business customers such as hospitals for 60 days, an action taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Vital Care provides “fully integrated digital…
CARES Act Telecom Funding Includes $300M for FCC Telehealth, USDA ReConnect Program
The $2 trillion CARES Act signed into law by President Trump on Friday aims to address the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic on a range of fronts and includes at least $300 million in funding for telecom…
FCC COVID-19 Response Includes Relaxing E-Rate, Rural Health Care Rules
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FCC has made changes to the Rural Health Care (RHC) and E-Rate programs to enable them to more effectively support telemedicine and remote learning. The FCC’s Wireline Competition…
Verizon 5G Healthcare Lab Will Explore Medical VR/AR
Verizon is partnering with Emory Healthcare on a 5G healthcare lab to be known as the Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub (EHIH). The Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband network has been activated at the lab, where researchers…
Is Universal Service Fund in Peril? A Close Look at the Budget – and Where the Money Comes From
The percentage of end user phone bills that goes toward the Universal Service Fund has been climbing and there are serious questions about the sustainability of that funding mechanism, despite a relatively stable USF budget.…
Report: Telehealth is Popular with Patients Approving of Electronic Health Records
Digital advances in health and medicine are popular with patients, according to a survey about attitudes toward telehealth from Cox Business. The company found that 72% of respondents would have greater peace of mind if…
USDA Invests $42.5M in Rural Distance Learning, Telemedicine
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says that it is investing $42.5 million in 133 distance learning and telemedicine projects in 37 states and two territories. The projects, which will be funded through the USDA Distance…
FCC Telehealth Barriers Report: Almost Half of U.S. Counties Face “Double Burden”
Almost half of U.S. counties face a “double burden” of chronic disease and a need for greater broadband connectivity, according to a new report filed with the FCC. The report comes from an advisory committee…
C Spire Health App Lets Patients Visit a Clinician via Smartphone
C Spire and the Center for Telehealth at the University of Mississippi Medical Center have collaborated to create a telehealth app that could provide an alternative to doctor or hospital visits. The C Spire Health…
FCC Proposes $100 Million Connected Care Pilot
The FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on a three-year, $100 million Connected Care Pilot program that will test the idea of providing telehealth services to veterans and low-income patients. The program…
FCC Seeks Telehealth Momentum with $100 Million Connected Care Pilot Program
The FCC will vote July 10 on issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on a $100 million Connected Care Pilot Program that will support telehealth. The announcement was made by FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr during…
Telehealth Forecast: 61% of Doctors Expect to Use it by 2022
Nearly a quarter (22%) of physicians have used telehealth to see patients, and a new telehealth forecast suggests that 61% of doctors will use it by 2022. Physicians are looking at telehealth to improve patient…