mHealth Intelligence July 8, 2020
In a new podcast, Craig Settles explains how underserved populations can gain access to telehealth and other resources through the development of community broadband programs.
The key to telehealth expansion in underserved communities, says Craig Settles, may very well be the development of community broadband programs.
Settles, a broadband and telehealth consultant, says both urban and rural areas struggle to access reliable broadband, the foundation on which connected health programs are built. With that access controlled in large part by corporations, it’s important to develop community partnerships that give underserved residents an opportunity to schooling, library services and healthcare.
“There are segments of the country that (broadband providers) do not consider worth their time,” he says. But a community broadband...