Through telemedicine, broadband has the potential to deliver huge cost savings to America’s health care system – over $300 billion annually. While also delivering much needed specialty care to rural parts of the country.

Multimedia

• NextGenWeb Speaks With USIIA President David McClure
• NextGenWeb Speaks with Dr. Elizabeth Cowboy
• NextGenWeb Talks with the President & CEO of the Global Telemedicine Group
• NextGenWeb Speaks with Maria Pallavicini, Dean of Natural Sciences at UCMerced
• NXTComm Live: Theresa Davis

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Posts

• A Web Welcome to HealthITNow!
• Checking in from NCSL in Boston …
• eHealth: Some key points from the USIIA study

Groups

“Allowing Patients to Live Their Lives”

“E-Visits Patient”

“Connected Cardiac Care”

Studies:

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Articles

• Doctors to Monitor ICU Patients Electronically
  Washington Post
  April 29, 2008
• Telecommuting Tips
  Atlanta Journal-Consitution
  April 25, 2008
• Roadmap for Health IT Offered in NYC
  Government Technology
  April 15, 2008
• Research Studies Demonstrate Benefits Of Health IT On Patients
  iHealthBeat
  April 9, 2008
• Health IT Coalition Is Making A Big Pitch For Legislation
  Bridgewater Courier News
  April 1, 2008
• Panacea Or Placebo: Electronic Health Records Come To The US
  Ars Technica
  March 26, 2008
• Grant To Help Expand Rural Telemedicine
  Washington Post
  March 19, 2008
• Lack Of Health IT Shows Market Failure
  Roll Call
  March 9, 2008
• E-Records a Vital Step in Streamlining Health Care
  Roll Call
  March 9, 2008
• Companies Look To Take Wi-Fi To The Sea, Emergency Room
  Washington Post
  March 7, 2008
• Health Technology
  New York Times
  Ivan Seidenberg, Letter To The Editor
  March 6, 2008
• New York City to Help Doctors Track Patients’ Records Electronically
  New York Times
  February 26, 2008
• AT&T, Tenn. Create Medical Info Exchange
  New York Times
  February 25, 2008
• HHS Awards Grant to Secure Health Information Technology Advancement In the Private Sector
  US Department of Health & Human Services
  January 22, 2008
• California Broadband Report Offers Model For Other States
  Washington Post
  January 19, 2008
• Area Hospitals To Interconnect With New Technologies
  Indiana’s News Center
  Ft. Wayne, IN WPTA-TV
  By Peter Neumann
  January 18, 2008
• Verizon Hails California Broadband Task Force’s Call For ‘Next-Generation’ Networks
  TradingMarkets.com
  January 17, 2008
• Task Force Touts Virtues Of Expanded Broadband Network
  The Sacramento Bee
  By Clint Swett
  January 17, 2008
• Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen Uses Technology to Transform State Government
  Government Technology Magazine
  By Tod Newcombe
  January 14, 2008
• Aging Under A High-Tech Eye
  Los Angeles Times
  October 11, 2007
• Electronic Prescription
  Bangor Daily News
  January 10, 2008
• Technology Vital To Improving Health Care
  The Columbian
  January 8, 2008
• California Receives Federal Grant For Rural Health Care
  Eureka Reporter
  December 5, 2007
• Rockefeller Announces $8.4 Million Award To Help Health Care Providers
  Charleston Daily Mail
  November 30, 2007
• FCC To Fund Telehealth In Rural Areas
  Wireless Healthcare
  November 29, 2007

• Broadband Telehealth Networks Coming To Rural America

  American Academy Of Family Physicians News Now
  November 28, 2007
• Rural Health Groups to Get Millions From FCC
  Washington Post
  November 20, 2007
• Tele-Treatment: Monitoring From Afar, ‘EICUs’ Fill Medical Gap Boston Globe
  November 19, 2007
• HHS Secretary, FCC Chairman Discuss Deployment of Telehealth Networks in Rural Communities
  Government Technology
  November 14, 2007
• Chronically Ill Lack Internet Access
  Investor’s Business Daily
  October 8, 2007
• UC Merced To Digially Link Rural Health Centers
  Fresno Bee
  September 27, 2007
• US Internet Industry Assoc Lobbies For eHealth
  xchange Magazine
  September 20, 2007
• Broadband Is Critical To E-Health Work, Study Finds
  National’s Journal Tech Daily
  August 15, 2007
• Internet Industry Group Joins The Political Fray Over Health IT
  Government Health IT
  August 15, 2007
• Trade Group-Congress Should Ditch Net Neutrality To Help E-Health Grow
  Computer World
  August 15, 2007
• Report NN Could Kill E-Health
  CNET.com
  August 15, 2007
• Trade Group-More Government Action Needed On E-Health
  Washington Post
  August 15, 2007
• Where Are The Innovators In Health Care?
  Wall Street Journal
  July 19, 2007
• Broadband Access Critical To Health Care
  Concord Monitor (New Hampshire)
  June 27, 2007