News & Presentations

News Releases

FCC awards $21 million for Illinois Rural Health Network (pdf)
Illinois Rural HealthNet Consortium
November 28, 2007

IRHNet to expand medical options for rural Illinois (pdf)
Northern Illinois University
November 28, 2007

NIU-led group announces statewide broadband network
to improve rural health care
Northern Illinois University
November 28, 2007

News Coverage

Rural hospitals' link to get boost (pdf)
Chicago Tribune
November 29, 2007

Grant Offers Rural Hospitals Link to Specialists (pdf)
The News Gazette
November 29, 2007

Federal Grant to Help Connect Doctors, Rural Patients (pdf)
Springfield Journal Register
November 29, 2007

$25 million network to aid rural hospitals (pdf)
Aurora Beacon News
November 29, 2007

Grant to Fund State health Care Network (pdf)
Kane County Chronicle
November 29, 2007

Data network to improve health care (pdf)
Rockford Register Star
November 29, 2007

Network Connects Hospitals Across State (pdf)
Naperville Sun
November 29, 2007

NIU-Led Network to Aid Rural Hospitals (pdf)
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
November 29, 2007

NIU-Led Group Receives $21 Million (pdf)
Northern Star
November 29, 2007

Illinois Rural Hospitals Could Soon Be Linked With Shared Network (pdf)
Channel 17
November 29, 2007

Articles

National Rural Health Association- Rural Roads
Summer 2008 Volume 9, No.2
Title: "Rural Health News" (pdf)

Government HealthIT
June 9, 2008
Title: "Broadband Flows to Rural Clinics"
Summary: In rural and small-town America, physicians and hospitals often struggle to serve far-flung populations with limited resources....

BroadbandCensus.com
September 3, 2008
Title: "Illinois Plants ‘Johnny Appleseed’ Projects Promoting Broadband in State"

Presentations

Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network
Ancillary User Group Meeting
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Springfield, IL
Title: "Illinois Rural HealthNet- High Speed Broadband Connectivity for CAHs"(pdf)
Presentation by: Alan Kraus