Bush Plan Offers Bonuses to Medicare Doctors Who Use Electronic Records
Congressional Quarterly
By Alex Wayne
June 10, 2008

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Net Neutrality Could Sabotage Health Care Tech
The Heartland Institute
Juen 10, 2008
 

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Health Information Gets Boost
Chattanooga Free Times Press
June 8, 2008

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At WSU Extension, we are helping rural Washington transition from its former economic base of timber-, fishing- and mining-related jobs to economies based on technology.  The broadband and telecom infrastructure needed for such a transition is fundamental to the success of teleworking, as is the commitment of the community to cultivate teleworker jobs and attract people with the right skills to fill them.

Thanks to the vision of the Forks community, which formed a public-private partnership in 2001 to build a digital backbone along the coast of the Olympic Peninsula, the area has the broadband infrastructure necessary to support advanced telework applications.  Forks also has the other two ingredients to make rural telework work:  workforce development capacity and interest in finding and securing jobs for information workers.

That’s where Washington State University Extension comes in.  As coordinator for our telework efforts, I work with community, business, and government leaders to create jobs and cultivate the innovative and flexible leadership capabilities needed to sustain holistic rural telework initiatives, such as the one in Forks.

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Many people think of access to broadband as an economic issue, or maybe a social issue.  Speaking as someone who is in the business of saving lives, I believe broadband is a health care issue.

I spoke last week to the Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association, because I believe the work we are doing at the Marshfield Clinic in Wisconsin depends on what our state and nation are doing to ensure that all communities, including rural areas, have access to high-speed Internet.  We leverage broadband to optimize medical care.

The Marshfield Clinic serves most of northern Wisconsin through 43 regional centers, with more than 1,000 physicians and non-physician providers.  In 2007, we had 3.5 million patient encounters.

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Tech That Makes Telecommuting Work
Washington Post
By Gabe Goldberg
June 1, 2008

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Win-Win-Win: Employers, Employees, And The Environment
Global Politician
By Jennifer L. Jackson
June 2, 2008

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As Fuel Surges, Telecommuting Grows In US
Agence France-Presse
June 1, 2008

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Web Cops: To Avoid More Regulation, Internet Service Providers Ought To Disclose More
Washington Post
May 31, 2008

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With U.S. gas prices rising on average 17 cents in the last two weeks, and crude oil expected to hit $200 per barrel, the case for telework and telecommuting is more compelling than ever.  A recent study projects that an estimated 1.35 billion gallons of gasoline could be conserved annually if U.S. workers telecommuted an average of just 1.6 days per week.

The Telework Coalition,  TelCoa, has long been leading the movement to reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign oil, promote a cleaner environment, and improve economic efficiency and quality of life through telecommuting.  The Telework Coalition works to enable virtual and mobile work through research, education, technology and legislation by focusing the efforts of companies, governments at all levels, nonprofits and individuals around this common interest.

Our landmark benchmarking study gathered important data from 13 organizations that collectively have more than 77,000 teleworkers and nearly 60,000 additional mobile workers.  We examined telework programs that have been in place for an average of 10 years.  Our study found that many of these programs are growing as the always-on, mobile workforce is increasingly enabled with broadband Internet access and mobile devices.

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