Website Search Results for: digital divide
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Date: Jul 2022
Discusses the digital divide and telehealth for specific populations including rural residents and people with disabilities in light of COVID-19. Describes federal and state legislation around the digital divide and telehealth, and provides policy recommendations for a variety of populations.
...Digital Divide --- Discusses the digital divide and telehealth for specific populations including rural residents and people...
Date: Nov 2022
Describes the rise in telehealth use in Massachusetts since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and disparities in use across populations. Summarizes the access, quality, and experience factors associated with telehealth from the perspective of patients, providers, and community leaders. Identifies barriers and factors that promoted telehealth use. Offers recommendations for health plans to advance telehealth equity by addressing the root causes of the digital divide, promoting digital inclusion, removing structural and financial barriers to telehealth access, and supporting higher quality and more inclusive care delivery.
...digital divide, promoting digital inclusion, removing structural and financial barriers to telehealth access, and supporting...
Date: Dec 2020
Report examining the digital divide in access to mobile broadband service for certain populations, including rural areas. Discusses age of mobile and WiFi technology and compiles speed test data to analyze access at the county level. Presents population data based on race, household size, employment, and offers maps of approximate LTE speeds by county.
...Digital Divide in U.S. Mobile Technology and Speeds --- Report examining the digital divide in access...
Date: Aug 2021
Highlights differences in broadband access and digital technology adoption, such as smart phone, tablet, or computer, between rural, urban and suburban residents of the U.S.
...Digital Divides Persist Between Rural, Urban, and Suburban America --- Highlights differences in broadband access and digital...
Date: Jun 2020
Provides an overview of wireless networks and the development and deployment of 5G networks. Describes challenges of expanding networks to rural and low-income communities. Discusses the potential impact of 5G deployment on the digital divide between rural and urban areas. Offers recommendations regarding performance goals and mitigating the digital divide.
...digital divide between rural and urban areas. Offers recommendations regarding performance goals and mitigating the digital...
Date: Mar 2023
Discusses how the digital divide intersects with health equity and behavioral health and how telehealth can bridge health disparities. Describes local, state, and federal examples of efforts to reduce the digital divide. Includes a list of funding opportunities and resources promoting broadband access.
...Digital Access: A Super Determinant of Health --- Discusses how the digital divide intersects with health...
Date: Jan 2019
Describes broadband Internet access issues in rural and underserved areas and federal assistance programs in place to help address these issues. Includes information on support specific to rural healthcare.
...Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs --- Describes broadband Internet access issues in rural and underserved areas...
Date: 2019
Provides discussion and analysis on the factors influencing broadband subscription rates, including information based on service availability and community attributes. Describes rural specific examples and contexts throughout.
...Digital Divide: Identifying the Supply and Demand Factors That Drive Internet Subscription Rates --- Provides discussion...
Date: Mar 2021
Describes the availability of broadband internet access in the United States by state and across urban, rural, and tribal areas. Outlines federal programs to fund and support broadband infrastructure and deployment.
...Digital Divide: What Is It, Where Is It, and Federal Assistance Programs --- Describes the availability...
Added: Dec 2023
Analyzes Pew Trusts data on awarded broadband grants in 17 states between 2014 and 2020 to determine common characteristics of funded projects, criteria for allocation, and communities reached. Includes discussion of implications for Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funds and the impact on existing disparities. Offers rural and urban comparisons.
...Digital Divide --- Analyzes Pew Trusts data on awarded broadband grants in 17 states between 2014 and 2020 to determine...