The FCC approved $46 million in universal-service money for the d...
The FCC approved $46 million in universal-service money for the development of six broadband telehealth networks, under the agency’s Rural Health Care pilot program. Five networks will link hundreds of hospitals in Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Wyoming, North…
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Dakota, South Dakota and South Carolina, the commission said Thursday. Money was also approved for a network in Alaska, it said. Acting Chairman Michael Copps said he hopes to approve additional health-care network funding soon. “There is great potential to improve health care for those communities that currently have limited access to primary, specialty and preventive care; as well as to enhance public safety by connecting health care providers, public health officials and first responders to these networks so that they can share crucial data during emergencies,” he said. The program has $417 million to spend on health-care broadband. Of 67 eligible projects, 29 “have developed or posted requests for proposals to select vendors to build out their broadband networks, while the remaining projects are preparing their requests for proposals as part of the competitive bidding process,” the FCC said.