Microsoft awards grant to Numbers4Health to expand its telehealth solution to rural Maine
REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --On Wednesday, Microsoft Corp. announced it selected Numbers4Health as a winner of its third annual Airband Grant Fund to help bring telehealth solutions to rural communities.
- REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --On Wednesday, Microsoft Corp. announced it selected Numbers4Health as a winner of its third annual Airband Grant Fund to help bring telehealth solutions to rural communities.
- As one of the eight winners, Numbers4Health is deploying a solution in partnership with internet service providers to help support telemedicine and improve healthcare outcomes in rural Maine.
- The Airband Grant Fund is part of the Microsoft Airband Initiative , which aims to help close the broadband access gap in rural America by 2022.
- "Numbers4Health is working to ensure the citizens of rural Maine will have broadband access to critical telehealth solutions," said Shelley McKinley , Microsoft's head of Technology and Corporate Responsibility.