FCC ANNOUNCES NEW COVID-19 TELEHEALTH PROGRAM AWARDS TOTALING NEARLY $42 MILLION TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN EVERY STATE AND TERRITORY
Summary
• Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii was awarded $924,603 for the purchase and installation of clinic-to-clinic telemedicine equipment, as well as to upgrade its COVID-19 hotline to a virtual urgent care telehealth platform during the current pandemic. • Alfond Center for Health in Augusta, Maine was awarded $603,315 to equip providers with all-in-one workstations capable of video conferencing and remote patient monitoring devices to perform virtual visits and reduce exposure. • Sparrow Health System in Lansing, Michigan was awarded $586,375 to purchase telehealth equipment for five hospitals, primarily located in rural, low-income areas, to expand patient access to, and improve timeliness of, care. • The Med Centro Healthcare System in Ponce, Puerto Rico was awarded $909,391 to acquire network improvements and connected devices, such as laptops and tablets, to implement a telehealth program to provide continuous care to patients during the pandemic whose incomes are primarily below the federal poverty level. • The Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center in Christiansted, St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands was awarded $345,566 to purchase telemedicine devices and virtual visit software to implement a full telehealth system to improve patient care.