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How to know where to go: Choosing the right care setting for your medical concern UHS It’s 7 PM on a Friday, you have sinus pain that can’t wait until your primary care office is open on Monday, and you’re not sure what to do. What are the options? At UHS, you can choose among a virtual walk-in visit or an in-person walk-in visit. And emergency departments are always available for truly urgent or life-threatening issues. Providers at UHS walk-in centers specialize in offering immediate care for acute complaints that need prompt attention but are not an emergency, such as cuts, coughs, f...

Note from the Editors Digital technologies have transformed almost every aspect of the health care and life sciences industry—from electronic health records and telemedicine, to diagnostics and therapeutics augmented by artificial intelligence, and to remote clinical trials. The year 2020 witnessed the COVID-19 pandemic catalyzing unprecedented levels of digital health innovation and adoption. The digital health industry is entering 2021 with optimism for even greater advancement, reductions in regulatory burdens, and continued widespread adoption of digital health technologies. In the Indu...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 includes billions of dollars to expand the deployment of broadband internet networks, consumer subsidies for service and equipment, as well as non-monetary provisions that could affect broadband service providers' businesses. The broadband provisions alone of the massive Appropriations Act are dense and raise many questions about how they will ultimately be implemented. In the meantime, we offer this summary of key provisions related to broadband network deployment. Emergency Broadband Ben...

Morgan Griffith: Strides in closing the digital divide Published Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, 12:04 am Join AFP's 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP | Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Morgan Griffith Closing the digital divide is a challenge for American society in the 21st century that must be met. Internet connectivity brings with it economic growth, educational opportunities, individual quality of life, and many other assets, but rural areas lag behind urban ones in access to reliable interne...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: During the first week of 2021, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) released two Public Notices seeking comment on the Commission’s implementation of the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) Program established by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 (the Act) as well as the Act’s injection of new funding to the Commission’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program first established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). As we previous...