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Rural Docs Pull Ahead in Electronic Records
A greater percentage of rural medical practices have adopted electronic medical records. A new study looks at why rural clinics may be outpacing urban practices in using this new technology.Photo by...
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Community Networks and the Bully Pulpit
President Obama is expected to make another statement in favor of community broadband networks in Tuesday's State of the Union Address. While his authority in the matter is limited, his promotion of...
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Broadband Linked to Population Growth
Counties that have better broadband access tend to be adding population at a faster rate than counties that don’t have as much access. And the counties with the worst levels of access are losing...
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Speak Your Piece: Net Neutrality and Rural
The FCC is poised to vote on a measure to enforce more open access to the Internet. Rural consumers could win important reforms that protect rights and expand opportunity.Photo by Andrew...
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Editor's Note: The Universal Need for Speed
Rural communities lag in broadband access, but it’s easy to forget they aren't alone in their need to improve Internet connectivity. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images Federal Communications Commission...
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Hardening Against Disaster by Going Digital
When tropical storm Irene decimated parts of Vermont, a state program stepped in to ramp up digital development in response. “Never let a crisis go wasted,” says the program’s director. When tropical...
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Rural Libraries and Broadband Adoption
A new study suggests there is a link between libraries and rates of household broadband adoption – but only in the most remote rural counties. Libraries were the only type of “community anchor...
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Life in the (Sort of) Fast Lane
Arizona resident Karen Fasimpaur is off the electrical grid but very much connected when it comes to the Internet. Still, living in a remote area required her to make compromises on bandwidth and other...
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Broadband Study: Use What's There
To bridge the digital divide, federal programs have focused on building out broadband to rural areas that don’t have connections. A new study says we should shift some of that focus to getting people...
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Tech Transition Threatens Rural Consumers
The conversion to new digital communications systems creates special challenges for rural communities to stay safe and connected. Rural residents go to Capitol Hill to brief congressional staff on how...
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Could Lifeline Expansion Help the Economy?
A new proposal would allow Lifeline recipients to get help with their broadband connection instead of their phone. An economist looks at the potential impact of getting more low-income Americans...
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Therapy by Phone Shown to Help Seniors
Older patients in rural areas benefit from psychological counseling provided via the telephone, a new study shows. But Medicare’s reimbursement rules create barriers to treatment.Therapy provided over...
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Digital Tools for Mountain Girls
A Duke University scholar returns to her home region of Western North Carolina to create a digital production program to help girls succeed in high school and beyond. “I wanted to found an organization...
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Letter from Langdon: The Co-Op Model
Missouri already has the perfect vehicle for delivering high-speed Internet to hard-to-serve rural locations: rural electric co-ops. In one example around the Lake of the Ozarks, a power cooperative is...
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The only Zip codes in America that didn’t have accounts for the “have-an-affair” website are rural. Unfortunately, that probably tells us more about our technology than our morals.Because we lack...
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