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Craig Settles

Broadband Update: Complex Platforms Make Telehealth More Than Video

Craig Settles · May 30, 2019

Treating a patient remotely combines the power of medical devices, hardware, internet technology, and old-fashioned medicine to provide a continuum of care. To address rural America’s healthcare shortage, it requires lots of bandwidth.

Rural Broadband Co-ops Create Opportunity for Next Level of Telehealth

Craig Settles · Apr 30, 2019

Telehealth means a lot more than just video conferencing between doctor and patient. Making the medical technology work means the ability to move data – lots and lots of data.

Broadband and Technology

Are State Legislatures Wising Up about Broadband Co-ops?

Craig Settles · Apr 7, 2019

Co-ops offer several advantages for rural communities attempting to improve broadband connectivity. But large telcos don’t like them. North Carolina has loosened its restrictions on co-ops. Will other states follow?

Broadband and Technology

Analysis: New Funding and Technology Available for Opioid Treatment

Craig Settles · Mar 22, 2019

The Department of Agriculture is emphasizing opioid-abuse treatment in a grant program that supports telemedicine. The next deadline is April 15. Meanwhile, a vendor releases a free version of their software, which provides telemedicine…

Broadband and Technology

Speak Your Piece: Arkansas Battles over Municipal Broadband

Craig Settles · Feb 19, 2019

Will Arkansas become the first state to rescind its ban on local-government ownership of internet service providers? With the issue before the state Legislature, citizen input could have an impact on the decision.

Schools, Libraries Are Obvious Setting for Telehealth

Craig Settles · Jan 24, 2019

With faster connections and easy accessibility, these community institutions are the logical place to offer telehealth services.

Broadband and Technology

Could Telehealth Help Preserve Our Peace of Mind?

Craig Settles · Jan 17, 2019

Behavioral health is one of the most popular medical services provided via telehealth. The trend may improve healthcare access in rural areas, where there are fewer specialists and services available locally. The key to this improvement is…

Health

Telehealth Changes Will Increase Rural Broadband Demand

Craig Settles · Jan 10, 2019

New federal policies will make it easier for Americans to use telehealth. Rural communities should be looking for ways to leverage the new demand into better internet connections at home.

Broadband and Technology

Could TV Whitespace Get Real With Microsoft Initiative?

Craig Settles · Oct 5, 2018

We’ve been hearing about TV whitespace technology for years. A Microsoft project to jump start the use of the technology shows some early signs of progress

Broadband and Technology

Tenn. Power Co-op and ISP Use New State Law to Add Broadband (Podcast)

Craig Settles · Sep 4, 2018

New rules in Tennessee allow utility co-ops more leeway in providing internet service to their customers. A power co-op joins forces with an existing internet-service provider to expand broadband access and lay the infrastructure for a…

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