Law and Policy in Telemedicine
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- National Exchange Carrier Association
Formed in 1983 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as a not-for-profit membership corporation, NECA plays an important role in administering the FCC's access charge plan -- a plan that helps ensure that telephone service remains available and affordable in all parts of the country. Directly and through its subsidiaries, NECA also administers a number of other significant federal and state programs, each designed to keep the United States telecommunications system the most widely used in the world.
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the Executive Branch's principal voice on domestic and international telecommunications and information technology issues. NTIA works to spur innovation, encourage competition, help create jobs and provide consumers with more choices and better quality telecommunications products and services at lower prices.
- Rural Health Care Division
RHCD program information for health care providers (HCPs) and telecommunications carriers.
- Universal Service Administrative Company
The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) is a private, not for profit corporation that is responsible for providing every state and territory in the United States with access to affordable telecommunications services through the Universal Service Fund.
- Telecommunications Act of 1996
To promote competition and reduce regulation in order to secure lower prices and higher quality services for American telecommunications consumers and encourage the rapid deployment of new telecommunications technologies.
- Universal Service Order
After the Telecommunication Act of 1996 became law, and after a lengthy notice and comment period, FCC made its first order on how the statutes of the Act would be implemented. Of particular interest to telemedicine is the Universal Service provisions that affect how rural health care institutions pay for telecommunication costs.
- ATM Forum
An international nonprofit organization dedicated to spreading the word about ATM technology.
- Business Case: Telemedicine And The No-Brainer Bandwidth Bargain
Author/editor: Rob Kirby
Date: February 5, 2001
From Network Magazine. Haukeland University Hospital had dreams of telemedicine. When Gigabit Ethernet for the WAN emerged at a lower price than the hospital's frame relay setup, barriers to long-distance health care fell.
- Connecting The Nation: Classrooms, Libraries, and Health Care Organizations in the Information Age
Author/editor: Emilio Gonzalez and Michael K. Hamra
Date: June, 1995
From NTIA's Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications, Connecting the Nation provides a status report on this critical national initiative by drawing from the most current data regarding Internet connectivity, a benchmark for NII access.
- Global Software Solutions/Communications
An extensive list of links on telecommunications, including software, organizations, newsgroups, publications, training, buyers guides, and much more.
- Health-Care On-Ramps: A Road Map to Western States' Information Highways
Author/editor: Christopher McKinnon and Paul Orbuch
Date: April, 1998
Funded by the National Library of Medicine, the report is based upon an 18-state survey conducted by the Western Governors' Association (WGA) and the National Association of State Telecommunications Directors (NASTD) between April and September of 1997. Surveys were sent to both telecommunications directors and rural health/telemedicine experts in each state and they were asked to collaborate on a response. The completed questionnaires were compiled into a draft report which was then circulated to each state to confirm the information.
- Inmarsat
An internationally owned cooperative providing mobile satellite communications.
- International Telecommunication Union
ITU is an international organization within which governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services.
- NECA
The National Exchange Carriers Association, mandated to carry out the Universal Service Fund.
- Steve Goodman's Bookmarks
This Web site has good information on the telecommunications industry, including links to telcos, equipment vendors, the FCC, wireless, and much more.
- Telecommunications Act of 1996
Text of the Act, reports of telemedicine advisory committee, and reports on implementation of the Act.
- Telecommunications Magazine
Online magazine devoted to telecommunications. Has links to trade show information, vendors, products, and an online sampler of articles. Free subscription available upon registration.
- Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms
The hypertext version of Federal Standard 1037C, Glossary of Telecommunication Terms, 1996.
- Telecoms Virtual Library
A unique collection of links to other telecoms sites worldwide and part of the World Wide Web Consortium Virtual Library.
- Telemedicine: A Guide to Assessing Telecommunications for Health Care
Author/editor: Marilyn J. Field
Date: 1996
The National Library of Medicine asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to develop a broad framework for evaluating clinical telemedicine. This book, available in full text, presents that framework and focuses on telemedicine's effects on the quality, accessibility, cost, and acceptability
of health care.
- Wireless Resources
This site has been established as a resource for wireless messaging, alphanumeric paging, and wireless solutions.
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