Advancing Healthcare Through Broadband: Opening Up a World of Possibilities by Neal Neuberger, Health Tech Strategies LLC, Internet Innovation Alliance, October 2007
The spread of broadband can help improve the quality of health care in America, as well as reduce the cost of care through a number of advanced health technology applications. The paper notes the range of medical uses for broadband is very broad, adding that “at the most basic level, broadband enables enhanced information sharing among medical facilities, practitioners and patients.” IIA urges Congress to establish a National Commission on Telemedicine to help “accelerate the deployment of telemedicine; provide financial incentives … and remove regulatory or statutory barriers to telemedicine programs.” IIA also stresses the importance of expanding the reach of affordable broadband services across the country to spread cost-effective health care. Read More
