Connecting Rural Wisconsin: The Economic Necessity of Broadband
Discusses why broadband access is critical to the future development of rural counties. Benefits include improved access to healthcare, more higher education options, improved public safety, and a stronger infrastructure.
Date: 11/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Technology Council
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Bringing Broadband to Rural America: Update to Report on a Rural Broadband Strategy
Update to the 2009 Rural Broadband Report describing broadband deployment and adoption in rural areas. Discusses telecommunications needs of rural healthcare providers.
Date: 06/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Communications Commission
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Northern Arizona Rural Health Policy Assembly: What We Learned and What We Recommend
Reports the results and public comments on presentations from the 2010 regional meeting on several topics affecting rural Arizona. Covers research ethics and Native Americans; protections for Native American women; and broadband access and rural reservations.
Date: 12/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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FCC’s Performance Management Weaknesses Could Jeopardize Proposed Reforms of the Rural Health Care Program
Evaluates the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) management of the Rural Health Care Program. Focuses on how well the program is addressing the needs of rural healthcare providers, the impact of the FCC's pilot program design and implementation, and the FCC's performance goals and measures.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Connecting Rural America
Summarizes the awards made in the first round of Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) funding that will help communities bring broadband service to rural areas.
Date: 06/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Rural Development
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Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan
Includes the executive summary and full text of the National Broadband Plan, which began taking form in April 2009 and was finalized in March 2010. The plan makes recommendations to the FCC, the Executive Branch, Congress and state and local governments. Chapter 10 focuses on healthcare, and includes some information specific to rural health care facilities.
Date: 03/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Communications Commission
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An Interview with Kip Smith
An interview with Kip Smith, Executive Director for the Health Information Exchange of Montana, during which he talks about making the jump from finance to rural health, working in search and rescue, and laying fiber optic lines across the frontier.
Author(s): Beth Blevins
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2009
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Broadband Internet Service Helping Create a Rural Digital Economy
Discusses the benefits of broadband high speed internet service in rural communities, including the use of telehealth.
Author(s): Peter Stenberg, Mitch Morehart, John Cromartie
Citation: Amber Waves
Date: 09/2009
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Broadband Internet's Value for Rural America
Analyzes rural broadband use and availability. Includes information on telehealth use in rural areas.
Additional links: Report Summary
Author(s): Peter Stenberg, Mitchell Morehart, Stephen Vogel, et al.
Date: 08/2009
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Comments of the Benton Foundation Center for Rural Strategies, the Rural Policy Research Institute, and the Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute (TIPI) at the University of Texas at Austin on the National Broadband Plan
Comments on the modification of the existing Universal Service Fund (USF) programs to provide broadband access to all Americans, particularly rural populations.
Date: 06/2009
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
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