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Policymakers: Broadband Funding Key to Bringing Telehealth Access to Rural Areas

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To “help address a need for reliable broadband access in rural Ohio and provide access to digital advances in agriculture, telemedicine, and education ” ( via the AP ). broadband connectivity by 2022 — is offering that assistance. Supporting ‘the Deployment of Broadband’ to Health Facilities.

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New Illinois Law Highlights Efforts to Expand Rural Telehealth Access

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Access to telehealth services is expanding throughout the United States, and especially in rural communities , where lawmakers increasingly see technologies like virtual visits and remote patient management (RPM) as a means to extend care to those who live in areas too remote to effectively access high-quality care in person.