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AT&T said Tuesday it will work with the University of California...

AT&T said Tuesday it will work with the University of California to advance telehealth under a three-year, $27 million contract. The university is a partner in the California Telehealth Network to use technology to improve care in urban and rural…

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areas. The network, a project of a coalition of health care, technology, government and other bodies, will get as much as $22.1 million over three years from an FCC pilot program on rural health care. The California Emerging Technology Fund and others also are underwriting the network, which will involve more than 860 sites, linking smaller facilities to larger hospitals, their specialists and experts. “We are excited to move to implementation of broadband to support healthcare throughout California,” said university Associate Vice President Dr. Cathryn Nation, the network’s co-director. The carrier’s state president, Ken McNeely, said, “AT&T is eager to work with the University of California on this exciting and groundbreaking telehealth initiative."