Hospitals Can Help Patients ‘Get Connected’
Read the article Click here Key Points: Internet Access as a Human Right: The United Nations recognized internet access as an essential human right in 2016. However, the U.S. lags behind in ensuring marginalized groups, including communities of color, have access to this right. Telehealth and Internet Access: Telehealth has become crucial for healthcare delivery, […]
Leveraging $14.2B in FCC Funding to Help Connect Patients to Telehealth
Read the article Click here The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently reported an astonishing 12.9 million American households have signed up for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), a national program that facilitates internet access by alleviating the cost of internet service plans for qualifying households. This means there are still 38 million eligible American households missing out on free money […]
Leveraging $14.2B in FCC Funding to Help Connect Patients to Telehealth
Leveraging $14.2B in FCC Funding to Help Connect Patients to Telehealth
Broadband for better health—ensuring internet access for all
The US should extend a programme to increase internet access and work on improving broadband infrastructure, write Sammer Marzouk and colleagues
A program to bring internet access to low-income people is running out of money. Health care will suffer
Extending the ACP and improving broadband access for all is crucial in achieving equal access to essential health care services — and keeping it that way.