Yesterday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was joined by local technology and health care leaders as well as U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra to announce the launch of the California Telehealth Network (CTN) – the largest dedicated telehealth network in the country. The ambitious project [...]
Author: Brent Stromberg
The country's most ambitious foray yet into the emerging field of telemedicine was launched in a ceremony Tuesday at the UC Davis Medical Center, which will serve as the nerve center for the California Telehealth Network — the largest endeavor of its kind in the [...]
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger joined U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra at the UC Davis Cancer Center on Tuesday to announce the launch of the country's largest "telehealth" system, which organizers say will one day connect patients to hundreds of hospitals and clinics statewide using broadband [...]
Today, Congresswomen Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, commended the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) announcement that California will receive Recovery Act funding totaling $205,147,578 for seven Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) [...]
"There is great need for more accessible acute and specialty care in medically underserved areas across California," U.S. CTO Chopra said in a statement. "With the $22.1 million in grant funding from the FCC, along with $3.6 million in matching funds from the CETF, the [...]
A new digital superhighway unveiled Tuesday will connect patients at low-cost clinics in corners of Ventura County to California’s most prestigious specialists in a project touted as the future of medicine. Read More>>>
“The California Telehealth Network is now officially launched.” That’s Eric Brown, Executive Director of the California Telehealth Network, which was launched today at the UC Davis Cancer Center. Brown was joined by Governor Shwarzenegger and U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra. The governor called telehealth [...]
On Tuesday, the University of California and a consortium of health care, technology and government agencies launched the California Telehealth Network, the San Francisco Business Times reports. Read More>>>
California has reached 97 percent broadband deployment and could hit its statutory target of 98 percent by the end of 2015. Although broadband service is available, not all residents are able to afford it. For residents of small communities and older neighborhoods with clunky broadband [...]
"We're proud to be a partner in the effort to build a robust statewide network that will bring specialized health and medical care to underserved communities, both rural and urban," said Sunne Wright McPeak, President and CEO, California Emerging Fund. "By bringing broadband capacity to [...]