NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Health care delivery: Telemedicine improves care and reduces costs (Oregonlive.com)

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

OHN Awarded for Excellence in Telecommunications Partnerships at Conference

OCTOBER 27, 2011

FCC Creates Connect America Fund to Expand Broadband, Create Jobs (fcc.gov)

OCTOBER 18, 2011

OHN's Health IT 12 Best Practices, Part 2: Collaboration (i360gov.com)

OCTOBER 7, 2011

12 Elements to Support a Viable Health IT and Telehealth Infrastructure (Becker's Hospital Review)

OCTOBER 6, 2011

A look at Steve Jobs' impact on health IT (Government HealthIT)

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

OHN's 12 best practices for HIT, part 1: Strategy and planning (Government HealthIT)

AUGUST 25, 2011

The Economic Impact of Telemedicine Capability in a Rural Hospital (National Center for Rural Health Works, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service)

AUGUST 19, 2011

Construction of broadband health network begins (The Portland Business Journal)

JULY 21, 2011

ATA Criticizes FCC for Inaction, Poor Administration of Rural Healthcare Program (American Telemedicine Association)

JULY 20, 2011

OHSU receives national recognition as a top hospital (US News)

OHA Notice of Proposed Rule Making

Attentive mother, long-distance doctoring combine to save a critically ill infant (Oregon Live)

JUNE 23, 2011

IT guide provides a little help from friends (HITEC Watch, Government Health IT)

The 12 Elements of a Successful Health IT Project by Kim Lamb, OHN Executive Director (Benton Health Foundation)

The 12 Elements of a Successful Health IT Project by Kim Lamb, OHN Executive Director (Government Technology, www.govtech.com)

JUNE 20, 2011

The feds are coming: Enforcement is increasing; help protect your hospital from breaches (HIPAA Security Insider)

JUNE 14, 2011

Obama Administration Establishes White House Rural Council to Strengthen Rural Communities (WhiteHouse.gov)

MAY 12, 2011

County to improve internet access (Crescent City Daily Triplicate)

MAY 6, 2011

FCC extends commitment period for Rural Health Care Pilot Program participants

MARCH 28, 2011

Congressman Walden submits letter to FCC Chairman supporting OHN

MARCH 17, 2011

Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber drafts letter of support to OHN provider sites

Health Information Technology Improves Medical Care (www.speedmatters.org)

Review of recent studies shows predominantly positive results for health information technology (US Department of Health and Human Services, www.hhs.gov)

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Kids' docs can be 'virtually in the room' (Medford Mail Tribune)

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Mental health clinic hurt by Astoria fires (MSNBC)

DECEMBER 17, 2010

FCC’s Performance Management Weaknesses Could Jeopardize Proposed Reforms of the Rural Health Care Program (GAO Highlights)

Medweb Adds Collaborative Video Conferencing to TeleStroke (MedWeb)

The faster the adoption of EHRs, the cheaper the operating cost (CDWG)

Groundbreaking research on making ICUs safer (New England Health Institute)

Germany: 'Partnership For The Heart' Project Results Unveiled - Telemedicine Extends And Improves Life (eGov Monitor)

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