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Craig Settles

Analysis: Telehealth Can Turn Hotels into Inpatient Monitoring Facilities

Craig Settles · Apr 2, 2020

Rural America already has a shortage of hospital beds. Telehealth could help move some patients to a new type of facility powered by broadband. New temporary regulations in response to COVID-19 will allow the change.

Analysis: The Hope and Hype of Telehealth and COVID-19

Craig Settles · Mar 13, 2020

President Trump has mentioned telehealth as part of the response to COVID-19. That approach raises serious questions about the digital divide and rural residents’ lack of broadband access.

Health

A Little Healthcare with Your Haircut?

Craig Settles · Mar 4, 2020

A new project places a simple telehealth service in barbershops and hair salons. The experiment will test interest in such healthcare and see whether community-based telehealth service could help expand broadband access.

Broadband and Technology

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.

Broadband and Technology

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…

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