mHealth Intelligence April 22, 2020
In a Healthcare Strategies podcast taped this week, Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr explains how the agency is helping providers launch new telehealth and mHealth programs to address COVID-19 and transition to a connected care model of the future.
Some $200 million is available right now to help healthcare providers launch or expand telehealth programs during the Coronavirus pandemic, and another $100 million is set aside to expand connected health programs to rural areas over the next three years.
All courtesy of the Federal Communications Commission, whose goal is to improve the lines of communication – literally – upon which these platforms operate.
“We’ve been active in supporting internet connectivity in telehealth for really over a decade,” says Brendan Carr,...