How will the Northern Fiber Optic Link help improve access to health care and support Health IT needs?
The design of the Northern Fiber Optic Link will support the nation’s critical missions in the field of health care. NFOL will provide some of the most remote health care providers in the country with better, faster and more reliable connectivity while allowing rural clinics to participate in the transition to a national Digital Health Records management system. According to the Director of the Camai Health Clinic in Naknek Alaska, it takes her more than 27 hours, using current satellite connections, to upload digital health records now required by federal agencies. As more rural clinics attempt to comply with these federal requirements, they will find it difficult, if not impossible, to do so. The real-time and robust capabilities of the NFOL’s fiber connection will finally bring this vast remote region into the 21st century by enhancing health care services while helping to reduce the cost of coverage and care. For example, distance medicine will be a key delivery option for rural Al
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