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FCC Gives Boost to 'Telehealth'

$417M in grants will bring broadband to rural hospitals

By Jim O'Neill,  Newser User

Posted Nov 21, 2007 12:04 PM CST

(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...   Read full story »

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