The FCC recently announced their fourth and final set of approved Connected Care Pilot Program projects. These 16 projects were approved for $29,752,601 in funding.
With these projects, the Connected Care Pilot Program is set to fund 107 projects serving patients in 40 states plus Washington D.C.
The additional projects selected will address a number of critical health conditions such as high risk pregnancy/maternal health, mental health conditions, opioid dependency, COVID-19, and chronic conditions.
Christiana Care Health Services pilot project will use $3,253,637 to provide prenatal remote patient monitoring and telehealth visits to primarily low income patients. This pilot project will serve an estimated 5,000 patients in Delaware, with 80% considered to be low income.
Another project, the New England Telehealth Consortium seeks $2,560,098 to connect patients directly into their existing consortium network to receive connected care. The Pilot project will serve 1,872 patients with 20% low income patients and 11% will be veterans.
The New England Telehealth Consortium was selected because of their potential impact on patient groups and their commitment to address maternal health, chronic and long term conditions, infectious diseases, mental health conditions, and opioid dependency.
University Hospital seeks $627,300 for telehealth platforms, including an integrated telehealth platform to facilitate virtual visits and remote patient monitoring to treat patients with chronic and long term conditions as well as COVID-19.
University Hospital was selected because they have significant telehealth experience and is the only state owned acute healthcare facility in Newark, Central Ward with a service area that includes medically underserved areas.
Go to https://www.fcc.gov//fcc-announces-final-roup-connected-care-pilot-program-projects-0 for more information on additional projects.