Rural Health Care program

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The Rural Health Care program is a U.S. federal initiative that subsidizes telecommunications and broadband services to help healthcare providers in rural areas improve patient care and access to medical resources.

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Generate an image of the Rural Health Care program (The Rural Health Care program is a U.S. federal initiative that subsidizes telecommunications and broadband services to help healthcare providers in rural areas improve patient care and access to medical resources.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. federal subsidy program ⓘ
universal service support mechanism ⓘ
administeredBy Federal Communications Commission ⓘ
administersFundingMechanism annual funding cap for Rural Health Care support ⓘ
applicationProcessIncludes filing forms with the Universal Service Administrative Company ⓘ
benefits enhanced access to urban medical expertise for rural patients ⓘ
improved connectivity for rural clinics and hospitals ⓘ
benefitType discount on eligible services ⓘ
subsidy ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion health care provider must be a public or non-profit entity ⓘ
health care provider must be located in a rural area as defined by FCC rules ⓘ
focusArea rural communities ⓘ
fundingSource contributions from telecommunications carriers to the Universal Service Fund ⓘ
fundsManagedBy Universal Service Administrative Company ⓘ
hasComponent Healthcare Connect Fund Program ⓘ
Telecommunications Program ⓘ
HealthcareConnectFundPurpose to support broadband connectivity for eligible health care providers ⓘ
legalAuthority Section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 as amended ⓘ
overseenBy Wireline Competition Bureau ⓘ
partOf Universal Service Fund ⓘ
policyGoal to reduce geographic disparities in access to health care ⓘ
to reduce the cost of communications services for rural health care providers ⓘ
to support telemedicine and telehealth services in rural areas ⓘ
purpose to improve access to medical resources for rural communities ⓘ
to improve patient care in rural areas ⓘ
to support telecommunications and broadband services for rural health care providers ⓘ
regulator Federal Communications Commission ⓘ
relatedTo Connect America Fund ⓘ
E-Rate program ⓘ
Lifeline program ⓘ
requires competitive bidding for most services ⓘ
sector health care ⓘ
supportsActivity consortia of health care providers ⓘ
creation of health care provider broadband networks ⓘ
supportsInfrastructure broadband networks for health care providers ⓘ
wide area networks for health care consortia ⓘ
supportsServiceType broadband Internet access services ⓘ
data transmission services ⓘ
telecommunications services ⓘ
voice services ⓘ
supportsUseCase exchange of electronic medical records ⓘ
remote consultations between patients and specialists ⓘ
remote diagnostics and monitoring ⓘ
targetBeneficiaries eligible rural health care providers ⓘ
non-profit health care providers ⓘ
public health care providers ⓘ
TelecommunicationsProgramPurpose to provide rural health care providers with rates comparable to urban rates for telecommunications services ⓘ

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Federal Communications Commission → oversees → Rural Health Care program ⓘ
Rural Health Care program → hasComponent → Healthcare Connect Fund Program ⓘ
linked to: Rural Health Care program
Universal Service Fund → relatedProgram → Rural Health Care Program ⓘ
linked to: Rural Health Care program