State of Telehealth: Removing Barriers to Access and Improving Patient Outcomes

Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband

Senate Commerce Committee

Thursday, October 7, 2021 - 10:00am
Time Zone: 
EST
Live Event
Virtual Event

The hearing will examine the importance of access to telehealth services, the utilization and changes during the COVID-19 pandemic, the critical role of access to broadband in the public health response, and how to structure future deployment and policy to address the needs of underserved communities. 

 Witnesses

  • Sterling N. Ransone, Jr., MD, FAAFP, President, American Academy of Family Physicians
  • Sanjeev Arora, MD, MACP, FACG, Founder, Project ECHO; Distinguished Professor of Medicine, University of New Mexico
  • Deanna Larson, President, Avel eCARE
  • The Honorable Brendan Carr, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission