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News from our Partners
Telemedicine Information Exchange: www.telemed.org
- Hawaii Health Plan to Offer First-of-Its-Kind Online Doctor Consultation Service
- Medicare to Pay for Telemedicine for Nursing Home Patients
- Research Shows that Telemedicine Can Be Used to Reduce Non Emergency Pediatric ER Visits
- Telemedicine Being Used to Help Traumatic Brain Injury Patients
- New Telehealth Report Available
American Medical Association: www.ama-assn.org
- Alabama Blues overhauls physician fee schedule
- Abortion-rights groups sue to block Arizona laws
- 850,000 doctors could be hit by potential data breach from insurer's stolen laptop
- Medicaid pay could be cut again when stimulus money runs out
- GAO finding on potential Medicare overuse attracts lawmaker attention
- Medicaid drug fraud targeted by government watchdog group
- Social media behavior could threaten your reputation, job prospects
- Retail clinics expanding services more than locations
- Physician pay cuts on horizon at Michigan Blues?
- How to code, bill for H1N1 flu vaccine
The Benton Foundation: www.benton.org
- Google Voice, AT&T, and the FCC: Fighting Over the Wrong Thing
- States Receiving Long-Awaited Funds for Enhanced 911
- Telephone Company Is Arm of Government, Feds Admit in Spy Suit
- We Must Anchor Our Communities With Fiber
- Kaiser to use $54M award to sift EHRs for clues to healthcare's greatest challenges
FCC Seeks Public Comment for Changes to National Broadband Plan
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it is making changes to the National Broadband Plan, which is designed to assist thousands of health providers at hospitals and clinics in the U.S. who lack adequate broadband access and capability. The announcement, made July 15, begins a 30-day open window for public comment. Comments can be sent to: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW; Washington, DC 20554 or via email, fccinfo@fcc.gov.
To view a video of the Open Commission meeting in its entirety, click here.
Updates to the FCC’s National Broadband Plan include the development of a permanent $400 million fund to further broadband infrastructure and build out of health information capabilities in rural areas. This financial support is an additional funding opportunity, outside of the current Rural Health Care Pilot Program (RHCPP) of which Oregon Health Network (OHN) manages for the state, and the standard Rural Health Care Program (RHC).
Progress at the OHN Network Ops Center
26 provider sites are actively connected to and being monitored by our Network Operations Center!