The California Telehealth Network is an effort to create the nation’s largest health care IT wireless infrastructure so doctors can monitor patients remotely, particularly patients in rural areas. California has formed what it says is the United States’ largest telehealth network to deliver medical care […]
Author: Brent Stromberg
On Tuesday, California launched the California Telehealth Network, the nation's largest telemedicine network, to connect patients and physicians using broadband technology, the Sacramento Bee reports. Read More>>>
We have a fabulous array of speakers for our event this morning beginning with Dr. Jack Stobo. I'm sorry, here's my list here. Dr. Jack Stobo; of course our illustrious Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who just joined us; Sharon Gillett from the FCC; Aneesh Chopra, who [...]
For many rural areas of the country, telemedicine has long been more of an elusive dream than an everyday reality. And the challenge of getting up-to-date specialty care and continuing medical education into underserved areas has taken a back seat, on many occasions, to the [...]
On Tuesday, via webcast from the UC Davis Cancer Center, we were introduced, with the flip of a switch, to another major infrastructure project, the California Telehealth Network, heralded by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as the "future of medicine. Read More>>>
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger joined state and federal officials Tuesday to launch the California Telehealth Network, intended to bring medical care to underserved areas statewide. Read More>>>
Imagine a doctor listening to the heartbeat of a patient half a world away. Or a young child opening wide into the peering lens of a high-definition camera. And doctors collaborating online, exchanging digital X-rays, MRIs and potential diagnoses. Telemedicine's future took another leap forward [...]
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger officially launched the California Telehealth Network on Tuesday at the University of California-Davis Cancer Center in Sacramento. Schwarzenegger lumped the telecommunications network's development in with construction of bridges, highways and other concrete-and-steel projects included in his administration's $60 billion infrastructure development program, [...]
Congresswoman Doris Matsui wants to fill the need for speed — at least on the Internet. California will receive $205 million for seven broadband projects from the federal stimulus, giving mostly low-income communities access to high-speed Internet access. Despite being the center of the high-tech [...]
The public-private California Emerging Technology Fund, the University of California — which administers the system — and companies such AT&T Inc. also provided funding for the project. AT&T landed the contract to build a medical-grade telecommunications system, according to the university. Read More>>>