Technology Has Heart

As we near the end of February -- American Heart Month -- and begin to look toward spring, it’s a good time to reflect on a critical health issue in the United States: heart disease. At the Connect2HealthFCC Task Force, our goal is to better enable the use of broadband and advanced technologies to help consumers get well and stay healthy.

Heart disease, affecting a growing number of Americans each year, is an area ripe for innovative technology-based solutions to improve its management, treatment, and ultimate prevention. Many exciting broadband enabled solutions currently exist and many more are being developed, that help consumers manage their heart health or help prevent this insidious disease from ever occurring. Listen to your heart, find a tool that is right for you and take steps today to help the heart of a friend or loved one. In the process, the heart you save, just might be your own.

[Dr. Nina Miller is a Senior Policy Fellow with the Connect2HealthFCC Task Force]