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An App Could Make C Spire a National Healthcare Player, CEO Says

C Spire seeks an opportunity in the next few years to deliver a multistate or national health-based service via the web or smartphone app rather than reliant on its broadband or wireless infrastructure, said Hu Meena, CEO of Mississippi-based telecom…

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provider C Spire. C Spire has a partnership with the University of Mississippi Medical Center to deliver certain routine medical services via smartphone. For its national service, the company would likely need to negotiate state-by-state licensing, and the project isn't that far along, Meena said in an interview Monday. Several years ago, the carrier participated in a UMMC diabetes monitoring trial (see 1807180040).