Alabama Telehealth Gets Coronavirus Boost of $1 Million

Governing: More than $1 million in grant funds are flowing to Alabama amid the coronavirus pandemic in an effort to bolster telehealth and telemedicine services in the state.

This week, the Federal Communications Commission announced two grants totaling more than $800,000 had been awarded to a Birmingham-based counseling service and a Troy hospital, which plans to expand telehealth services across 10 community health centers it serves. The grants follow an earlier round of funds aimed at buttressing telemedicine efforts as social distancing spread across the country this spring.

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