AT&T Networks California Telehealth Initiative

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- SACRAMENTO – August 17, 2010 – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra joined a diverse group of statewide healthcare and technology agencies today at the UC Davis Cancer Center in Sacramento to launch the California Telehealth Network (CTN). A $30 million joint funding effort between the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF), the California HealthCare Foundation, UnitedHealthcare, the National Coalition for Healthcare Integration, the University of California and other private and public entities, the California Telehealth Network is the largest single-state grant award of its kind. It will connect more than 800 California healthcare facilities to a statewide medical-grade network of healthcare and emergency services.

“California is always leading the way with the most innovative and new technology that is changing the future. And, what we are launching today is a new era for health care,” said Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. “Through a simple broadband link, this state-of-the-art system will save lives by instantly connecting people from across the state, including underserved and rural areas, with the best and brightest doctors. The California Telehealth Network marks the beginning of a new digital highway that will fundamentally change the future of how health care is provided.”

“There is great need for more accessible acute and specialty care in medically underserved areas across California,” Aneesh Chopra, U.S. Chief Technology Officer and Assistant to President Barack Obama commented. “With the $22.1 million in grant funding from the FCC, along with $3.6 million in matching funds from the CETF, the CTN will help improve access to quality healthcare in rural and medically underserved areas, over a secure, managed network enabling the delivery of emerging eHealth and telemedicine services.”

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