Telemedicine allows healthcare professionals to evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients in remote locations using communications technology. And the advances in telemedicine will only grow as we move into a 5G world, benefitting healthcare around the globe and helping to close the urban-rural divide.
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Telemedicine Factoids
Check out the new telemedicine infographic to learn more about the growing benefits of telehealth.
The Internet is Waiting for Congress to Take Action on Privacy
While the European Union and the state of California have been devising comprehensive privacy protection systems within their regulatory borders, the United States government has chosen not to regulate, or to regulate only a limited number of data controllers. It is time for Congress to create a unified privacy law that applies to all players equally.
Research Peek of the Week: Netflix Responsible for the World’s Most Downstream Traffic
A new report by Sandvine revealed the web applications responsible for the world’s most downstream traffic.
Is Next-Generation Broadband the Key to Improving Patient Outcomes through Telemedicine?
On October 31, IIA is hosting a Telemedicine event featuring a fireside chat with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr and a panel of telehealth professionals.
Research Peek of the Week: Telemedicine Technology Gaining Acceptance
Telemedicine is a growing segment of the U.S. healthcare system. Today, hospitals, specialty clinics, and other healthcare organizations have embraced telemedicine-services for their potential to provide high-demand care in mental, rural, and foreign health markets.
California’s Net Neutrality Adventure: Right Goal, Wrong Path
California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB 822 that adopts a state-level net neutrality requirement for broadband providers operating in California. However well-intentioned this effort may be, it is deeply legally flawed. It also contains substantive provisions that would serve as a major barrier to broadband investment.
Accelerating 5G Will Be Good for America
The U.S. relies on the private sector rather than government for 5G-related investments, and that gives us flexibility to adapt to market conditions. But it also requires getting the policies and standards right to ensure early and broad deployment of 5G.
IIA Comments on the FCC’s Vote on Wireless Infrastructure Order
IIA released the following statement commending the FCC for taking steps to eliminate unnecessary barriers to 5G, ensuring deployments will happen as quickly as possible around the nation.
Research Peek of the Week: Gig Workers and Workers Overall Equally Satisfied with Their Jobs
The allure of schedule flexibility and explosion in use of the internet and mobile devices has fueled the growth in U.S. “gig economy” workers. And overall, gig economy workers appear just as satisfied with their jobs as U.S. adult workers as a whole.
FCC’s New Frontier: Time to Auction 2.5 GHz Spectrum to Close Homework Gap
The majority of today’s teachers routinely make homework assignments with the expectation that students will go online to complete the work. But students don’t have equal access to high-speed broadband. One straightforward way increase access to high-speed broadband is a spectrum auction to repurpose a currently-underutilized spectrum band and open up more wireless capacity for everyone, including for educational use.
Highlights from POLITICO’s “The New Age of Innovation: The State of Play in 5G in the U.S.” Event
Check out highlights from POLITICO’s “The New Age of Innovation: The State of Play in 5G in the U.S.” event about 5G installation, deployment, and adoption in the U.S.