-JAMA Pediatrics
“Findings In this Medicaid claims data analysis, there was no association found between a school-based telehealth program implemented in a rural South Carolina county and all-cause emergency department visits among children ages 3 to 17 years enrolled in Medicaid. However, an additional analysis of a subsample of children with asthma suggested that this program was associated with a more than 20% overall reduction in emergency department visits.”
– Kyle Wiggers (VentureBeat Newsletters)
“Gigstreem (formerly Rainbow Broadband), a Tysons, Virginia-based internet service provider targeting residential and commercial customers, today announced that it has raised $10 million in a series A round led by RET Ventures, with participation from LNC Partners.
Gigstreem offers six-month contracts with an early termination fee to customers in New York, Baltimore, Orlando, South Carolina, and Virginia. Fully symmetrical 150Mbps tiers start at $50, going up to $80 and $100 for 400Mbps and 1Gbps, respectively.”
– Matthew Gavidia (AJMC Newsroom)
“School-based telemedicine was shown to potentially enhance healthcare benefits for children with chronic diseases, such as asthma, in rural and medically underserved communities, according to a study published today in JAMA Pediatrics.”
– Mary Katherine Wildeman (The Post & Courier)
“Berkeley County is asking for its citizens’ help in figuring out who in the county doesn’t have adequate broadband internet service. Governments looking to make investments in broadband, which includes fiber optic, satellite, cable and DSL connections, need to know exactly where service is lacking in order to know where to spend.”
-Becker’s Hospital Review
“As the southeastern U.S. braces for the impact of Hurricane Dorian, several hospitals and health systems have announced that they will provide telehealth services free of charge to patients affected by the storm.
Hurricane Dorian has already caused at least five deaths in the Bahamas, according to The New York Times. As of Sept. 3, the now-Category 2 hurricane has begun moving slowly away from the Bahamas and toward Florida, with the storm expected to reach Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia by the end of the week.
Here are seven hospitals and health systems offering free virtual visits due to the hurricane:
– Linda Childers (Oncology Nurse News)
“Getting a cancer diagnosis is a life changing experience for all patients, but for those who live in rural areas, receiving appropriate care and treatment can pose additional challenges.”
– BBP Wires (Broadband Communications Magazine)
“WASHINGTON — Taking further steps to close the digital divide, the Federal Communications Commission authorized over $4.9 billion in support over the next decade for maintaining, improving, and expanding affordable rural broadband for 455,334 homes and businesses served by 171 carriers in 39 states and American Samoa, including 44,243 locations on Tribal lands.”
– Sara Weissman (Diverse Education)
“The college lifestyle – famous for hectic schedules, late-night study sessions and 2 a.m. pizza – has never gone hand-in-hand with good health. But today’s college students are the least likely generation to go to a primary care doctor. Only 55 percent of Generation Z have a primary care physician, compared to two thirds of millennials and 76 percent of Generation X, according to a 2019 Digital Health Consumer Survey. Meanwhile, a report last year found that 1.7 million college students remain uninsured.”
– The Edgefield Advertiser
“Like me, you may have heard it said that trying to bring Broadband Internet capabilities to rural areas like Edgefield County in the early part of the 21stcentury is similar in the effort our grandparents had in bringing electricity to rural areas in the early part of the 20thcentury.”
COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) –
“The Colleton County School District is partnering with the MUSC Children’s Health for a school-based Telehealth program.
The goal is to provide quality healthcare to the students at Colleton County Middle School.
According to the district’s coordinator of communications, Sean Gruber, the key technology that makes this program possible is a “telehealth cart” provided by the South Carolina Telehealth Alliance, which will allow students to remotely visit with doctors.”
Palmetto Care Connections (PCC) is the telehealth network for South Carolina that offers telehealth support services to rural and underserved health care providers.
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