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.

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• NextGenWeb Speaks With USIIA President David McClure
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• NextGenWeb Talks with the President & CEO of the Global Telemedicine Group
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• NXTComm Live: Theresa Davis

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Articles

• Telemedicine’s promise and potential
  The Hill
  May 5, 2009
• Sebelius Views Health IT as Essential to Health Care Reform Efforts
  iHealth Beat
  April 16, 2009
• R.I. Health Department Survey Finds 40% of Doctors Use Health IT
  iHealth Beat
  April 13, 2009
• Obama Touts Military Digital Health Record Plan as Model
  PBS News Hour
  April 9, 2009
• Kaiser Chief Touts Health IT as Tool in Health Care Reform
  iHealth Beat
  April 7, 2009
• A Shot In The Arm For Digital Health Care
  Connecticut Post
  March 30, 2009
• Computerized Records Giving Doctors New Tool
  Baltimore Sun
  March 23, 2009
• RX Going Digital
  Chattanooga Times Free Press
  March 23, 2009
• NY State’s HIT Programs Good Model For Federal Efforts, Researchers Say
  Fierce Health IT
  March 16, 2009
• Health IT Touted As Good Medicine
  Sun Sentinel
  March 16, 2009
• New York Leads Nation in Electronic Medical Records Systems
  eMax Health
  March 11, 2009
• Health Transformation
  National Review
  March 9, 2009
• Technology Enables Doctors To Treat Patients Via Internet
  St. Louis Post Dispatch
  February 25, 2009
• Study: Health IT Use Lowers Costs, Improves Outcomes
  Fierce Health IT
  February 9, 2009
• Notre Dame Expert Believes Electronic Records Will Save Lives
  Inside Indiana Business
  February 6, 2009
• In Hawaii, the Doctor Is Always in Online
  Louisville Courier Journal
  January 16, 2009
• In Hawaii, the Doctor Is Always in Online
  The New York Times
  January 15, 2009
• Digital Savvy Plentiful In Rural America
  Global Corporate Xpansion
  January 8, 2009
• IBM Chief IT Investment Will Create Jobs
  The Wall Street Journal
  January 5, 2009
• Health IT Trends Point Way To Savings
  World Congress
  December 26, 2008
• Connecting The Medical Dots
  The Washington Post
  December 22, 2008
• CBO Says Health IT Only Cost-Effective Solution To Healthcare Reform Fierce Health IT
  December 22, 2008
• Rep. Kennedy: Stimulus Big Chance For Health IT Overhaul
  NextGov
  December 17, 2008
• IT Jobs Will Be Hot With Obama In The White House
  Information Week
  December 17, 2008
• Health IT Could Save Lives, Billions Of Dollars
  Rocky Mountain News
  December 15, 2008
• Picture Positive For State Health Care IT Despite Budget Squeeze
  Channel Web
  December 12, 2008
• In The News: Senate Finance Chief Backs Health IT Stimulus
  Government Health IT
  December 10, 2008
• Baucus Wants SCHIP, Health IT In Stimulus
  The Hill
  December 10, 2008
• States Accelerate Health IT Lawmaking
  Government Health IT
  December 10, 2008
• LA Ranks High In Health Information Technology
  2theadvocate.com
  December 10, 2008
• States Wired for Health Information Technology
  Government Technology
  December 10, 2008
• For World’s Sick, Care Via E-Mail
  Washington Post
  November 24, 2008
• Michigan Medical Society Offers Health IT Portal
  Fierce Healthcare
  November 18, 2008
• Could Health Care IT Get A Boost Next Year?
  Information Week
  October 28, 2008
• Whitehouse & Gingrich: Next President Must Put Health In Health Care
  Washington Times
  October 28, 2008
• Digitizing Health Care
  MIT Technology Review
  October 21, 2008
• Telecommuting Improves Health
  Network World
  October 14, 2008
• Electronic Health Records
  Washington Times
  September 16, 2008
• Health information exchanges say they’re cutting costs and improving care
  Government Health IT
  September 11, 2008
• Health IT, Transparency, P4P Key to Health Care Reform, Experts Say
  iHealth Beat
  September 11, 2008
• eHealth Initiative Survey Links Health IT To Lower Costs And Improved Outcomes
  eHealth Initiative
  September 11, 2008
• ICA Healthcare Solution to Improve Patient Health through Information-Sharing
  TMC Net
  September 3, 2008
• VA Centers To Study Extending Telemedicine To Rural Veterans
  iHealth Beat
  September 2, 2008
• U.S. Adults’ Use of Internet for Health Information Doubles
  iHealth Beat
  August 21, 2008
• Wisconsin Hospitals Report High Rates of Health IT Adoption
  iHealth Beat
  August 21, 2008
• Health IT Provision Added to Democratic Health Platform
  iHealth Beat
  August 19, 2008
• Does Telemedicine Have a Role in Technology-Enabled Health Care Reform?
  iHealthBeat
  July 22, 2008
• FDA Approves Intel Home-Care Tools
  Wall Street Journal
  July 10, 2008
• Health IT: What Everyone Should Know
  North American Precis Syndicate
  July 8, 2008
• Health IT Turns To Children’s Health
  Government Health IT
  June 23, 2008
• Broadband Expansion Aids New Business Development
  By Brenda Porter
  June 23, 2008
• Medical IT Saves Lives And Money
  Baltimore Sun
  June 21, 2008
• Improving Access To Information Can Improve Health Care
  Meade County Times-Tribune
  By Sen. John Thune
  June 17, 2008
• Bush Plan Offers Bonuses to Medicare Doctors Who Use Electronic Records
  Congressional Quarterly
  June 10, 2008
• 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