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Broadband is the Achilles' heel of telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Community broadband is often great for curing capacity barriers – networks owned by cities and counties, telephone and electrical co-ops, wireless ISP (WISPs), other local ISPs and public-private partnerships. Region Tag: Global Edition. The telehealth session could get badly garbled or delayed. Ask around!

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Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Community broadband, meanwhile, refers to are those networks owned by towns, cities and counties, local telephone and electrical co-ops, wireless internet service providers (or WISPs) and other local ISPs, and public-private partnerships often initiated by municipalities or counties. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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How communities can better prepare for post-emergency telehealth deployments

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Community broadband built by electric co-ops or public electric utilities such as Lafayette and Chattanooga, are designed so both data and electricity immediately re-route around flooding or other damage to any location throughout the network. Region Tag: Global Edition. Follow him on Twitter @cjsettles101.