WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and Representative Annie Kuster announced that Coos County Family Health Services in Berlin was awarded $68,750 for the purchase of telehealth-enabled smartphones to allow providers to remotely communicate with patients, many of whom do not own smartphones and would otherwise be unable to receive remote telemedicine care. Senator Hassan successfully worked to strengthen and increase funding for this FCC telehealth programs in the end of year COVID-19 relief bill.
"This equipment will help our patients stay connected to their doctors and nurses, and avoid unnecessary visits to the emergency room,” said Ken Gordon, CEO of Coos County Health Services. “Tele-medicine can remove barriers to care, reduce unnecessary spending and make life easier for our patients and their family caregivers. Thank you to Senator Hassan and the Congressional Delegation for working to make these critical funds available.”
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