Health Care Archives
09.19.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
At Tuesday's hearing on Why Broadband Matters before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, one theme that arose again and again was the power of high speed Internet to help less-advantaged people across the U.S. Of course, the problem is that people who could benefit the most from this technology -- such as low-income, rural, and elderly Americans -- are also the least likely to have access. Read More »
09.17.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing entitled Why Broadband Matters, with the goal of identifying the wide range of educational, economic, health care, and civic benefits of high speed Internet. Read More »
09.03.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
Elderly and chronically ill patients are turning to telehealth home-monitoring services to reduce office and hospital visits, curb costs and possibly lead to better patient outcomes. Read More »
08.29.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
Thanks to not one, but two grants from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the Colorado Telehealth Network will become a reality. Read More »
08.27.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
Last week, a "community benchmark workshop" was held in rural Coshocton County, bringing together representatives from a wide variety of industries to examine the current state of high speed Internet for their businesses and to brainstorm future possibilities this technology holds for them. Included were representatives from agriculture, government, health care, education, and many more fields. Read More »
08.20.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers may be better off using their cellular phones to communicate than the systems that EMS agencies provide them, according to a February report to Congress. Read More »
07.22.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
High speed Internet is allowing soldiers abroad to see -- live, and from thousands of miles away -- the birth of their children back home. Read More »
06.26.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
Electronic medical records have tremendous potential to save time and trim costs from our health care system. Virginia Governor Tim Kaine recognizes this potential, and he is leading his state's participation in a federal project that allows Virginia to give financial incentives to doctors who use electronic medical record technology and report back about the results. Read More »
06.19.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
University of Missouri research suggests telemedicine has major potential to cut health care costs and improve quality of life for the chronically ill. Read More »
06.09.08
Posted By: Speedmatters Web Team
There is a danger of a growing digital divide as some households get fiber and others don't. Fiber to the home connections (FTTH), which offer Internet 10 times faster than today's high speed Internet, will offer new opportunities for everything from health to education. Read More »
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