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Video Makes The Case for Caution and Perspective in TeleMental Health and Coaching

Back in 1910, automobiles were just beginning to be mass-produced, roads were not paved, driver’s licenses were not issued, and people were experimenting with their new automobiles by driving everywhere they could, along dirt roads, over fields, any yes, into ditches. For a quick 10-minute video clip that illustrates how this analogy relates to telemental health and coaching, just look here: MP4 version or FLV version.

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Nation’s Largest Telehealth Network Approved: California Telehealth Network (CTN)

California Telehealth Network ‘s $30 million project, co-funded by the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Health Care Pilot Program, and public and private sources, will connect more than 800 California clinics and hospitals to a statewide medical-grade network of healthcare and emergency services by 2013.

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National US Broadband Plan Includes Healthcare

The US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) announced expansion of the US broadband policy and funding. The Universal Service Plan is an Internet access fund to allow low-income citizens to have access to the Internet.

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FCC Advances the Telehealth & Telemedicine Agenda

The FCC, which delivers a national broadband strategy to Congress on March 17, issued a “National Broadband Plan: National Purposes Update” on Feb. 18 that highlights the need for broadband to support telehealth & telemedicine and offers a preview of other major goals.

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