FCC Fifth Report
June 12, 2008

• Advanced telecommunications capability is meeting the challenge.  Capacity and availablity are increasing.
• Broadband depolyment is increasing to important contituencies like rural Americans, the disabled, and minorities.
• OECD rankings are not accurate.

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The Digital Economy Fact Book
The Progress & Freedom Foundation

• In the U.S., the health care services likely to be most affected by remote digital technologies include geriatric care monitoring, wellness monitoring, acute care telemonitoring, web messaging, and e-visits.
• Some predict that revenue from these services will grow from $461 million in 2005 to $2.11 billion in 2010.U.S. residential subscriptions to broadband Internet services grew 20 percent in 2006 to surpass 50 million, 47 percent of all U.S. households. The figure is expected to pass 60 million, 55 percent of all households, by the end of 2007.

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State Efforts to Expand Broadband Access
National Governors Association
May 20, 2008

• Broadband communication is radically transforming the way in which Americans use the Internet by providing the ability to access voice, video, and data through a single network.
• There are benefits in having access to educational institutions or telemedicine applications through the Internet.
• The study recommends a variety of successful approaches to spur broadband in the states.

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Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology
Congressional Budget Office
May 2008

• Health information technology has the potential to significantly increase the efficiency of the health sector.
• The potential of health IT to reduce spending for health care depends in large part on its ability to make care more efficient by cutting the cost of delivering services, avoiding redundant services, and improving providers’ productivity.

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The Telehealth Promise: Better Health Care and Cost Savings for the 21st Century
Alexander H. Vo, PhD
AT&T Center for Telehealth Research and Policy
Electronic Health Network University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
May 2008

• The integration of telehealth into the American health care system can offer unparalleled access to high quality care to every citizen no matter where they live.
• Widespread implementation of telehealth could save the U.S. health care system $4.28 billion just from reducing transfers of patients from one location, such as a nursing home, for medical exams at hospitals, physicians’ offices, or other caregiver locations. 

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Telephone Medical Consults Answer the Call for Accessible, Affordable and Convenient Healthcare
Center for Health Transformation
Newt Gingrich, Ph.D., Richard Boxer, M.D., Byron Brooks, M.D.
March 2008

• Telemedicine introduces opportunities for improved access to healthcare services for all Americans, regardless of geography, with lower costs and better outcomes.

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A Legal Perspective On Net Neutrality- Existing Remedies And Lack Of Ripeness Makes Regulation Perilous
Christopher Wolf
May 2006

• Net Neutrality restrictions are unnecessary because remedies are already in place for discriminatory conduct.
• Creating a new regulatory regime will is ill-advised, especially given the historically unsuccessful Congressional attempts to use the law as a “blunt instrument” to regulate parts of the Internet.

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Consumer Welfare, Capital Formation And Net Neutrality
Darby Associates & The American Consumer Institute
June 6, 2006

• Consumers are better served with no regulation of broadband.
• Investments in the next generation of broadband is costly, and regulations would impact the incentive for companies to continue their necessary investments.

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Home Broadband Adoption 2007
John Horrigan, Pew Internet And American Life Project
June 2007

• 47% of all adult Americans have a broadband connection at home as of early 2007, a five percentage point increase from early 2006.
• 40% of African Americans now have a broadband connection at home, a nine percentage point increase from early 2006.

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Telehomecare and Remote Monitoring-An Outcomes Overview
Advanced Medical Technology Association
November 2007

• Comprehensive implementation of telehomecare and remote monitoring require: (a) the cost of accessing adequate broadband services; (b) the reimbursement of nurse and physician fees; and (c) the cost of acquiring, maintaining, and regularly updating the facilities and medical technologies necessary for the telehealth services.
• It is essential that public and private sector leaders who can influence payment policy recognize the potential for telehealth and its many forms to improve care and efficiently manage resources for an aging population, as well as for productive citizens with chronic diseases.

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