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January 29, 2012                                                                         Mark Wigfield: (202) 418-0253
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FCC ANNOUNCES DETAILS FOR 
JANUARY 31, 2013 TELEMEDICINE DEMONSTRATION
Washington, D.C.:  The Commission today announced details for a January 31, 2013 telemedicine 
demonstration by Georgia Telehealth Partnership, in conjunction with an FCC staff presentation at the Open 
Commission meeting earlier that day regarding the FCC’s ongoing work to expand broadband access and 
spectrum availability for health care uses.  Telemedicine and telehealth applications can improve the quality 
of health care delivered to patients in rural areas, generate savings in the cost of providing health care, and 
reduce the time and expense associated with travel to distant locations to receive or provide care.
The demonstration will include a simulated patient examination with the Coffee Regional Medical 
Center in Bacon County, Georgia, a participant in the Rural Health Care Pilot Program. The demonstration 
will be followed by audience questions and comments.  The demonstration will be held in the Commission 
Meeting Room at the FCC’s headquarters in Washington, DC.  It is free and open to the public, with seating 
available on a first-come, first-served basis.  
The demonstration will highlight some of the technology applications that will be enabled by FCC 
initiatives.  In particular, the FCC created the Rural Health Care (RHC) program to improve access to 
communications services for eligible health care providers. In December 2012, the Commission reformed 
and streamlined this program, creating a new, efficient Healthcare Connect Fund. Healthcare Connect will 
expand health care provider access to broadband, especially in rural areas, and encourage the creation of 
state and regional broadband health care networks. The new program will continue to help health care 
providers obtain broadband to implement telemedicine and telehealth applications. 
Georgia Telehealth Partnership focuses on increasing access to health care through innovative use 
of technology including telemedicine, health information exchange and telehealth.
Presenters
Paula Guy, Chief Executive Officer, Georgia Telehealth Partnership
Dr. Jeffery Kesler, Chief Operations Officer, Georgia Telehealth Partnership
Les Evans, Liaison, Georgia Telehealth Partnership
Mike Porter, CIO, Georgia Telehealth Partnership
Dr. Debra Lister, Coffee Regional Medical Center
Agenda
1:00 – 2:00 Telemedicine demonstration
2:00 – 2:30 Audience questions and comments
Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please include 
a description of the accommodation you will need. Individuals making such requests must include their 
2contact information should FCC staff need to contact them for more information. Requests should be made 
as early as possible. Please send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental 
Affairs Bureau: 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).
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