2013 BROADBAND SUMMIT: BROADBAND ADOPTION AND USAGE – WHAT HAVE WE

LEARNED?

February 7, 2013

Medically-Underserved Counties

Of 75 counties, 73 are designated as

medically underserved

Source: Arkansas Department of Health, Office of Rural Health & Primary Care, January 2011

Arkansas Healthcare Statistics

Source: United Health Foundation America’s Health Rankings 2011

41st - number of primary care physicians (number per 100,000 population) 44th - stroke (percent of population) 45th - cancer deaths (deaths per 100,000 population) 41st - cardiac heart disease (percent of adult population) 43rd - health status (percent report fair or poor health) 43rd - heart attack (percent of adult population) 47th - infectious disease (cases per 100,000 population)

Ranked 3rd worst overall in the nation

National Telecommunications Information Administration / Department of Commerce

Federal Communications CommissionRural Health Care Pilot Program

Funding is made possible by…

$102 million BTOP Grant Awarded to UAMS August 27, 2010

Integrating two existing Networks:• Arkansas Telehealth Network

• AREON (Arkansas Research & Education Optical Network)

Providing 460+ sites with:• New Bandwidth

• Upgrade of Existing Bandwidth• Interactive Video Equipment

• Public Computers for Internet Access

Two-year Colleges

Four-year Universities

Acute Care Hospitals

Comprehensive Community

Mental Health Centers

Home Health Agency

Area Health Education

Centers (AHECs)

School Health Clinics

Area Institutes on Aging

ADH County Health Units

Human Development

Centers

Community Health

Centers

Rehab Facilities

Medical ClinicsPharmacies

Nursing Homes

Post-Secondary Medical

Education Facilities

Third Party Payers &

Regulatory Agencies

Arkansas Telehealth Network

Arkansas e-Link Community Anchor Institutions

Telemedicine Equipment

Spoke Site Physician’s Home

ANGELS in Action

ARKANSAS

ASHLEY

BAXTERBENTON BOONE

BRADLEY

CALHOUN

CARROLL

CHICOT

CLARK

CLAY

CLEBURNE

CLEVELAND

COLUMBIA

CONWAY

CRAIGHEAD

CRAWFORD

CRITTENDEN

CROSS

DALLAS

DESHA

DREW

FAULKNER

FRANKLIN

FULTON

GARLAND

GRANT

GREENE

HEMPSTEAD

HOT SPRING

HOWARD

INDEPENDENCE

IZARD

JACKSON

JEFFERSON

JOHNSON

LAFAYETTE

LAWRENCE

LEE

LINCOLN

LITTLE RIVER

LOGAN

LONOKE

MADISON

MARION

MILLER

MISSISSIPPI

MONROE

MONTGOMERY

NEVADA

NEWTON

OUACHITA

PERRY

PHILLIPS

PIKE

POINSETT

POLK

POPE

PRAIRIE

PULASKI

RANDOLPH

ST. FRANCIS

SALINE

SCOTT

SEARCY

SEVIER

SHARP

STONE

UNION

VAN BUREN

WASHINGTON

WHITE

WOODRUFF

YELLHub Site

HybridHub Site

For additional information:http://www.arkansaselink.com

http://learntelehealth.orghttp://www.americantelemed.org

http://www.broadbandusa.gov