Rural technology resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2009 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/technology/ Bangor Daily News, (ME) article tells of teletrauma," a powerful new technology that lends the resources of Maines second-largest trauma center to the smallest and farthest-flung of the states community hospitals. http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/127905.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:41:02 CST http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/127905.html Daily Yonder article tells the story of how the federal government helped bring electricity to rural America and how it teaches an important lesson to those who are now deciding how to spend $7 billion on extending broadband to the countryside. http://www.dailyyonder.com/rural-broadband-lets-talk-about-cost/2009/11/03/2429 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:16:52 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/rural-broadband-lets-talk-about-cost/2009/11/03/2429 Daily Yonder article tells how with the big telecommunications companies and Sen. John McCain on one side, technology pioneers and Sen. Al Franken on the other, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to establish rules enforcing equal access to the Internet. http://www.dailyyonder.com/fcc-votes-favor-net-neutrality/2009/10/28/2419 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:15:16 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/fcc-votes-favor-net-neutrality/2009/10/28/2419 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation article reports that hospitals that serve a disproportionately large share of poor patients are lagging behind other hospitals in adopting electronic health records (EHR), leading to a digital divide that could exacerbate health care disparities. http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/product.jsp?id=50329 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:03:51 CST http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/product.jsp?id=50329 Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager today participated in events in Alaska commemorating the 60th anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's housing programs. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12422 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:43:01 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12422 The tiny rural community of Claudville, Virginia, pop. 916, is making Internet history as the first place in the nation to make use of TV white spaces broadcast frequencies freed in the transfer to digital television for wireless high-speed Internet service. http://www.dailyyonder.com/virginia-burg-buzzes-broadband-tv-white-spaces/2009/10/22/2412 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:16:15 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/virginia-burg-buzzes-broadband-tv-white-spaces/2009/10/22/2412 Daily Yonder article tells how the current battle over net neutrality has deep roots, oddly enough, in rural America. http://www.dailyyonder.com/speak-your-piece-internet-ghosts/2009/10/22/2411 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:59:45 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/speak-your-piece-internet-ghosts/2009/10/22/2411 Newswise article reports that telemedicine can help health care providers in rural areas stabilize and treat trauma victims when long distances or inclement weather prevents immediate transfer to an accredited trauma center. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/167245.php Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:57:50 CST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/167245.php Center for Rural Affairs article tells how a growing number of farmers and others in agriculture are using social media tools to communicate with each other, send out information and educate the public about agriculture. http://www.cfra.org/ruralmonitor/2009/10/13/facebook-draws-growing-crop-farmers Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:23:08 CST http://www.cfra.org/ruralmonitor/2009/10/13/facebook-draws-growing-crop-farmers This Notice is to invite applications for loans and grants under the Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLG) program for fiscal year (FY) 2010, to assist in economically developing rural areas. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-24612.htm Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:12:42 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-24612.htm AHA News tells of Project ECHO, a six-year-old program that helps rural New Mexico residents manage a dozen chronic diseases by putting a twist on the traditional use of telemedicine. http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews_app/jsp/display.jsp?dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsArticle/data/AHA_News_101209_novel&domain=AHANEWS Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:32:52 CST http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews_app/jsp/display.jsp?dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsArticle/data/AHA_News_101209_novel&domain=AHANEWS Kansas City Star, (MO) article reports that electronic medical records will transform the practice of medicine, but so far not many doctors or hospitals have gone digital, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday. http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/story/1494360.html Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:33:12 CST http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/story/1494360.html According to a recent Center for Rural Affairs report (http://files.cfra.org/pdf/Renewable-Energy-and-Economic-Potential.pdf), expanding the nation's renewable electricity to 20% of total generation has the potential to create over 3,500 operations and maintenance jobs on Nebraska wind farms. http://www.cfra.org/weeklycolumn/2009/10/06/wind-rich-great-plains-could-provide-energy-and-jobs-nation Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:44:02 CST http://www.cfra.org/weeklycolumn/2009/10/06/wind-rich-great-plains-could-provide-energy-and-jobs-nation Daily Yonder article discusses how net neutrality has become a contentious issue within the media, among pundits and in Congress, generating an edginess on par with healthcare reform discussions, but what does this debate mean to Smalltown, USA, and rural America? http://www.dailyyonder.com/very-hot-and-cold-net-neutrality/2009/10/06/2386 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:10:31 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/very-hot-and-cold-net-neutrality/2009/10/06/2386 Funding to expand the adoption of e-commerce strategies by communities, small/micro businesses, and entrepreneurs across the country. -- Southern Rural Development Center http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2245 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:31:39 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2245 Discusses the benefits of broadband high speed Internet service in rural communities in relation to employment and economic growth. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/September09/PDF/Broadband.pdf Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:07:45 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/September09/PDF/Broadband.pdf This report analyzes (1) rural broadband use by consumers, the community-at-large, and businesses; (2) rural broadband availability; and (3) broadband's social and economic effects on rural areas. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR78/ERR78.pdf Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:55:56 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR78/ERR78.pdf Grant, loan, and loan guarantee assistance to rural residents, rural communities, and rural utility systems. -- USDA Rural Development http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2214 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:24:50 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2214 Reports findings from an April 2009 survey on the use of broadband Internet connections among Americans. Includes data by age groups, income brackets, those living in rural areas, education level, and ethnicity. -- Pew Internet and American Life Project http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/10-Home-Broadband-Adoption-2009.aspx?r=1 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:53:28 CST http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/10-Home-Broadband-Adoption-2009.aspx?r=1 Comments and recommendations on the National Broadband Plan from the Rural Internet and Broadband Policy Group - organizations dedicated to rural broadband and rural development. -- Rural Policy Research Institute http://www.rupri.org/Forms/BroadbandComments_PolicyGroup_June09.pdf Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:03:35 CST http://www.rupri.org/Forms/BroadbandComments_PolicyGroup_June09.pdf Comments on the modification of the existing Universal Service Fund (USF) programs to provide access to all Americans, particularly rural populations. -- Rural Policy Research Institute http://www.rupri.org/Forms/BroadbandComments_Bentonetal_June09.pdf Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:59:02 CST http://www.rupri.org/Forms/BroadbandComments_Bentonetal_June09.pdf Dedicated to assuring that rural areas in the United States have access to the information and support they need to obtain and use advanced telecommunications services and technology for social and economic development. http://www.rtcconference.org/rtc/ Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:48:25 CST http://www.rtcconference.org/rtc/ Contains the comments shared by the Rural Internet and Broadband Policy Group with the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) to create a broadband plan that creates opportunity for rural America and the nation as a whole. -- Center for Rural Strategies http://www.ruralstrategies.org/projects/vacanttv/update.6.10.09/broadband_group_comments.pdf Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:16:38 CST http://www.ruralstrategies.org/projects/vacanttv/update.6.10.09/broadband_group_comments.pdf Provides frequently asked questions and guides on how community leaders and stake holders can bring broadband to their communities and to help their organizations use digital technology to achieve goals and improve their social and economic well-being. -- Southern Rural Development Center http://srdc.msstate.edu/ecommerce/curricula/connecting_communities/index.html Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:31:52 CST http://srdc.msstate.edu/ecommerce/curricula/connecting_communities/index.html Describes a comprehensive rural broadband strategy to Congress that includes recommendations for improving interagency coordination of broadband policies and initiatives for assessing broadband needs in rural areas, and for specific federal agency programs and resources to overcome the obstacles that currently impede rural broadband deployment. -- Federal Communications Commission http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-291012A1.pdf Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:25:20 CST http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-291012A1.pdf Award for the purchase, installation, and/or upgrading of information technologies that enhance access to health information. -- National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2138 Mon, 04 May 2009 10:55:53 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2138 Describes issues associated with high-speed Internet access in rural America and recommends principles for rural broadband policy. -- Rural Policy Research Institute http://www.rupri.org/Forms/NTIA_RUS.pdf Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:10:23 CST http://www.rupri.org/Forms/NTIA_RUS.pdf Represents rural wireless telecommunications providers throughout the United States. Speaks on issues that concern its members and keeps them informed through sharing of information, knowledge, and expertise. http://www.rca-usa.org/ Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:34:36 CST http://www.rca-usa.org/ Discusses results of a survey conducted between March and August 2003 on use of the Internet in rural areas. Includes availability of Internet services and demographics of Internet users in rural areas. Also includes discussion of why rural Internet penetration is less than in urban areas. -- Pew Research Center for the People and the Press http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2004/PIP_Rural_Report.pdf.pdf Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:16:40 CST http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2004/PIP_Rural_Report.pdf.pdf Serves as a social network with a focuses on the communications needs of rural Americans. Seeks to ensure that rural communities are offered the same affordable wireless broadband services available to urban and suburban areas, and equal access to wireless E-911 Phase II (location-based) coverage. http://rumbausa.ning.com/ Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:18:17 CST http://rumbausa.ning.com/