Southwest Missouri Council of Governments - Healthcare Sector |
Southwest Missouri Council of Governments - Healthcare Sector
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As your sector representative indicated, the Southwest Missouri Council of Governments (SMCOG) is working with the Missouri MoBroadbandNow project, which is part of a five year initiative launched by Governor Nixon in 2009 to facilitate broadband expansion throughout Missouri.
MoBroadbandNow seeks to expand broadband accessibility and adoption in our area to transform Healthcare through broadband technology. However, several factors need to be considered when doing this, such as: Are the right tools in place for healthcare providers to leverage broadband; and, Do current processes and procedures allow enough room for use of broadband? Ultimately, answers to questions like these will enable Telemedicine and Telehealth to revolutionize Healthcare in Missouri by allowing rural, as well as urban, providers and patients the opportunity of access to specialists, retrieval of health records, improved emergency response, reducing transportation costs, offering new alternatives for home health and e-visits, and connecting health professionals to their patients in real-time.
To be successful, the MoBroadbandNow project needs to have a fuller understanding of how healthcare providers in our region would like to use broadband, and the barriers and challenges that you face in integrating it into your community.
In order to do that, we are engaging in an effort to identify broadband needs at the local level. Specifically, in this survey, we want to find out the attitudes, opinions, needs and interests of stakeholders in healthcare. The thoughts of this group will be shared with the Southwest Missouri Regional Technology Planning Team (RTPT) which is tasked with considering ways, and crafting a strategic plan, to create broadband opportunities and address the needs of our region.
MoBroadbandNow seeks to expand broadband accessibility and adoption in our area to transform Healthcare through broadband technology. However, several factors need to be considered when doing this, such as: Are the right tools in place for healthcare providers to leverage broadband; and, Do current processes and procedures allow enough room for use of broadband? Ultimately, answers to questions like these will enable Telemedicine and Telehealth to revolutionize Healthcare in Missouri by allowing rural, as well as urban, providers and patients the opportunity of access to specialists, retrieval of health records, improved emergency response, reducing transportation costs, offering new alternatives for home health and e-visits, and connecting health professionals to their patients in real-time.
To be successful, the MoBroadbandNow project needs to have a fuller understanding of how healthcare providers in our region would like to use broadband, and the barriers and challenges that you face in integrating it into your community.
In order to do that, we are engaging in an effort to identify broadband needs at the local level. Specifically, in this survey, we want to find out the attitudes, opinions, needs and interests of stakeholders in healthcare. The thoughts of this group will be shared with the Southwest Missouri Regional Technology Planning Team (RTPT) which is tasked with considering ways, and crafting a strategic plan, to create broadband opportunities and address the needs of our region.