Local Procurement TREND. Local WiFi Brings Telehealth Opportunity

What steps did Chattanooga TN take to expand health care accessibility?

• Chattanooga’s utilities provider,invested heavily in fiber-optic network infrastructure, delivering 1-gigabit-per-second connections
• The city actively explored  delivering telehealth services to residents who subscribe to EPB broadband services
• Docity, as Hypepotamus reports, is “a HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform that works by partnering with communities and internet service providers to add telehealth access to their normal packages.” If users get broadband service from an ISP, they can add telehealth services for as little as $30 per month, the report adds.

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