FCC Rural Health Care Pilot Program information: Background on
the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Health Care Pilot
Program and its administrative details, as well as a description
of the FCC’s processes to date and other documentation are
available
online.
Summary Memorandum: On November 16, 2007, the
FCC voted to approve an Order in its Rural Health Care Pilot
Program docket (WC Docket 02-60). The order order – dedicating
over $417 million for the construction of telehealth networks in
42 states and US territories, and describing the details of how
these funds will be used – was released November 19, 2007, and
became effective 30 days later. A summary of this Order and its
implications for the CTN was prepared for the CTN Advisory
Council.
The original California Telehealth Network
proposal: The proposal submitted to the FCC’s Rural
Health Care Pilot Program by the California project partners on
May 7, 2007 is
available online.
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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