Carr Sees Healthcare Trend Toward 'Connected Care Everywhere' in UVa Visit
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr cited the growing importance of telemedicine after visiting the University of Virginia health system in Charlottesville Monday. The trend "is a movement from healthcare delivered inside brick-and-mortar facilities to connected care everywhere,” he said Tuesday. “Inside…
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hospitals and clinics, patients now have access to the most cutting-edge, broadband-enabled technologies. And the FCC has played a significant role in helping to support and promote broadband deployments to these facilities. When patients leave the doors of those facilities, their access to high-tech healthcare services often drops off. Connected care technologies are helping to fill that gap."