November 20, 2007
FCC doles out telehealth grant
A multi-state telehealth network based in Maine recently received a federal grant of nearly $25 million to enhance rural health care.
The Federal Communications Commission recently awarded the Bangor-based New England Telehealth Consortium a $24.7 million grant as part of the commission's Rural Health Care Pilot Program, according to a press release from Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins.
The two-year grant will be used to launch a remote trauma consultation and telemedicine program from urban hospitals to approximately 500 rural facilities in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
The Federal Communications Commission recently awarded the Bangor-based New England Telehealth Consortium a $24.7 million grant as part of the commission's Rural Health Care Pilot Program, according to a press release from Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins.
The two-year grant will be used to launch a remote trauma consultation and telemedicine program from urban hospitals to approximately 500 rural facilities in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
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