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With a high-profile speech by Reed Tuckson, a flashy presence in the exhibit hall and a new partnership with videogame maker KONAMI, the insurer is setting its sights on the digital health landscape in an effort to affect healthcare changes.
New England Telehealth Consortium (NETC) has tapped Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems for a four-year contract to provide high-speed satellite services for mobile telehealth clinics throughout rural communities in Northern New England.
A luncheon panel discussion at the 2013 International CES concludes that patient-centered healthcare and new advances in digital technology are pushing telehealth into the spotlight – if only the providers, courts and federal and state governments could agree.
The two-day summit kicked off Tuesday in Las Vegas with an entertaining examination of the latest digital health trends, from robots in the battlefield (and hospital) to virtual reality simulators that help war veterans with PTSD.
After piloting 50 provider healthcare networks in 38 states, the agency now intends to make the program permanent.