Sixth-graders at Stevenson Middle School in Boyle Heights will get personal notebook computers to take home as part of a pilot program to provide technology to low-income students. Read More>>>
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In less than 60 days, doctors in remote areas in California will be able to forward X-rays and scans through secure networks to specialists at various UC medical centers for consultation. The specialists will then be able to send back their diagnoses via these networks [...]
Each seventh-grader at Central Middle School in Riverside soon will receive a free Netbook computer connecting school to home, a boon for those whose families can't afford them. Central is one of two schools in California to get the School2Home program, Riverside Unified School District [...]
AT&T's $27 million contract to provide Managed Network Service to the University of California's California Telehealth Network (CTN) is another sign that service providers are finding a new revenue stream from the healthcare industry's telehealth drive. Read More>>>
A consortium leading a $30 million telehealth project in California has tapped AT&T to connect hundreds of healthcare providers throughout the state. AT&T will provide the consortium, which is led by the University of California Office of the President and the UC Davis Health System, [...]
A telehealth consortium led by the University of California Office of the President and the UC Davis Health System - formed to create a statewide broadband system for health care - has selected AT&T to build a secure, medical-grade telecommunications system as part of the [...]
The Commerce Department last week announced a $7.25 million investment to boost economic opportunities in some low-income communities in California. The California Emerging Technology Fund will coordinate a campaign using local partner organizations and others to disseminate information about broadband training and services to 5 [...]
A $500,000 grant that will be used to provide computers and training to students and small-business owners in the Iron Triangle area of Richmond was announced this week. The grant from the California Emerging Technology Fund is intended to narrow the "digital divide" that leaves [...]
The state, through the California Emerging Technology Fund, has resources to close the "digital divide." So does the federal government, which authorized $7.2 billion through the stimulus bill to expand broadband access in underserved communities. Read More>>>
"It is a huge opportunity to transform the delivery of health care," said Sunne Wright McPeak, president and CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund, created in 2006 as a condition of AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc.'s merger to expand broadband into underserved areas. [...]