FCC - "FCC ISSUES PUBLIC SAFETY AND TELEHEALTH REPORTS FROM ITS INTERGOVERNMENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE - DOC-360696A5"

Title: FCC ISSUES PUBLIC SAFETY AND TELEHEALTH REPORTS FROM ITS INTERGOVERNMENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE - DOC-360696A5 Source: FCC Data/Action: News Releases Date: 11/7/2019 Text Preview: ...................................... 13 2. Integrating Telehealth into Disaster Planning, Response and Recovery ................................. 15 E. State... ...hospitals, clinics, laboratories, pharmacies, Individual Smart Devices and disaster response (EMT) teams. Selected case studies of Telehealth implementation are... ...Disaster Planning, Response and Recovery a. Relevance of Disaster Planning, Response and Recovery to Telehealth After a disaster, when local healthcare facilities may be destroyed or otherwise unavailable, Telehealth may be the only way for vital health care services to be provided to the public. For Telehealth to be effective in responding to disasters, healthcare organizations and local governments must be able to deal with the unexpected. Not only may the location, nature, cause and scale of the disaster...