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FCC Gives Boost to 'Telehealth'

Posted Nov 21, 07 12:04 PM CST in Science & Health,  Technology 

(Newser) – High-speed Internet access funded by $417 million in FCC grants will change how healthcare is provided in rural or heard-to-reach areas across the US, bringing top-end clinical and diagnostic resourced to underserved patients and doctors, the Washington Post reports. Some 6,000 clinics, hospitals, research facilities and universities will be part of the three-year pilot “telehealth” network.

Broadband access allows onsite healthcare providers to upload and rapidly transmit everything from patient records to MRIs to doctors hundreds of miles away. The grants will “play a critical role” in how telecom technology transforms healthcare delivery, the FCC said. Congress has been pressing the FCC to expand broadband access to remote areas, where buildout expense generally is higher.

Source Washington Post

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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin J. Martin, left, accompanied by commissioners Michael J. Copps, center, and Jonathan S. Adelstein, right, reviews documents as he testifies on Capitol...   (Associated Press)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin speaks during a hearing on localism, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007, at the FCC headquarters in Washington.   (Associated Press)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin J. Martin, left, looks on as commissioner Michael J. Copps, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Feb. 1, 2007 file photo, before the Senate...   (Associated Press)
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin speaks during a question and answer session during the Telecommunications Industry Association's Globalcomm conference in this June 5, 2006,...   (Associated Press)
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