ABSTRACT

Improving the quality of healthcare, while increasing accessibility and lowering costs, is a complex dilemma facing rural communities around the world. The Center for Rural Pennsylvania believed that telehealth, the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical healthcare was a viable solution s

chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|20 pages

Cut to the Chase

chapter 3|50 pages

What about Healthcare?

chapter 4|34 pages

What about Telehealth?

chapter 5|24 pages

How We Did the Project

chapter 6|6 pages

Macro Analysis: A Better Approach

chapter 7|34 pages

What We Found Was Surprising

chapter 8|34 pages

The Cost of Healthcare—With Telehealth

chapter 9|14 pages

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