CTN’s mission is to use broadband technology to improve access to
the best quality health care in rural and medically underserved
communities statewide.
The CTN is the product of an unprecedented statewide coalition of
healthcare, technology, government, and other stakeholders, that
drafted a proposal in spring 2007 to the Federal Communications
Commission. Under the FCC’s Rural Health Care Pilot Program –
with the goal of significantly increasing access to acute,
primary and preventive health care in rural America – the FCC
will provide California with up to $22.1 million over three
years. Additional funds for the CTN have been provided by the
California Emerging Technology Fund, and UnitedHealth/PacifiCare.
The CTN project intends to leverage and build upon California’s
historic and recent investments in telehealth. In recent years, a
number of exciting initiatives have been launched in California
to advance the use of telecommunications and health care
technology.
CTN will connect over 800 California healthcare providers in
underserved areas to a state- and nation-wide broadband network
dedicated to healthcare.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), under its new Rural
Health Care Pilot Program, is funding the creation of 69 networks
nationwide. The FCC will fund 85% of the costs of designing and
installing the CTN network. The California Emerging Technology
Fund will provide the 15% matching funds required by the FCC; and
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
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