2013 BROADBAND SUMMIT: BROADBAND ADOPTION AND USAGE – WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? February 7, 2013
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Transcript of 2013 BROADBAND SUMMIT: BROADBAND ADOPTION AND USAGE – WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? February 7, 2013
Medically-Underserved Counties
Of 75 counties, 73 are designated as
medically underserved
Source: Arkansas Department of Health, Office of Rural Health & Primary Care, January 2011
Arkansas Healthcare Statistics
Source: United Health Foundation America’s Health Rankings 2011
41st - number of primary care physicians (number per 100,000 population) 44th - stroke (percent of population) 45th - cancer deaths (deaths per 100,000 population) 41st - cardiac heart disease (percent of adult population) 43rd - health status (percent report fair or poor health) 43rd - heart attack (percent of adult population) 47th - infectious disease (cases per 100,000 population)
Ranked 3rd worst overall in the nation
National Telecommunications Information Administration / Department of Commerce
Federal Communications CommissionRural Health Care Pilot Program
Funding is made possible by…
$102 million BTOP Grant Awarded to UAMS August 27, 2010
Integrating two existing Networks:• Arkansas Telehealth Network
• AREON (Arkansas Research & Education Optical Network)
Providing 460+ sites with:• New Bandwidth
• Upgrade of Existing Bandwidth• Interactive Video Equipment
• Public Computers for Internet Access
Two-year Colleges
Four-year Universities
Acute Care Hospitals
Comprehensive Community
Mental Health Centers
Home Health Agency
Area Health Education
Centers (AHECs)
School Health Clinics
Area Institutes on Aging
ADH County Health Units
Human Development
Centers
Community Health
Centers
Rehab Facilities
Medical ClinicsPharmacies
Nursing Homes
Post-Secondary Medical
Education Facilities
Third Party Payers &
Regulatory Agencies
Arkansas Telehealth Network
ARKANSAS
ASHLEY
BAXTERBENTON BOONE
BRADLEY
CALHOUN
CARROLL
CHICOT
CLARK
CLAY
CLEBURNE
CLEVELAND
COLUMBIA
CONWAY
CRAIGHEAD
CRAWFORD
CRITTENDEN
CROSS
DALLAS
DESHA
DREW
FAULKNER
FRANKLIN
FULTON
GARLAND
GRANT
GREENE
HEMPSTEAD
HOT SPRING
HOWARD
INDEPENDENCE
IZARD
JACKSON
JEFFERSON
JOHNSON
LAFAYETTE
LAWRENCE
LEE
LINCOLN
LITTLE RIVER
LOGAN
LONOKE
MADISON
MARION
MILLER
MISSISSIPPI
MONROE
MONTGOMERY
NEVADA
NEWTON
OUACHITA
PERRY
PHILLIPS
PIKE
POINSETT
POLK
POPE
PRAIRIE
PULASKI
RANDOLPH
ST. FRANCIS
SALINE
SCOTT
SEARCY
SEVIER
SHARP
STONE
UNION
VAN BUREN
WASHINGTON
WHITE
WOODRUFF
YELLHub Site
HybridHub Site
For additional information:http://www.arkansaselink.com
http://learntelehealth.orghttp://www.americantelemed.org
http://www.broadbandusa.gov