- Date
- 2000-08
- Kind
- Award
- Where
- Beaver Island Rural Health Center
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Rural Health Center
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcaretechnologygovernancefundraisingcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Michigan Department of Community Health awarded the Beaver Island Rural Health Center a $96,546 Rural Health Initiative grant for a Telehealth program. Northern Michigan Regional Health System and Northwestern Michigan Health Agency committed $15,000 each in matching funds, while the REMEC Telehealth Network waived annual fees. The project was intended to link Beaver Island with northwestern Michigan health-care providers.
Evidence limits
The newsletter documents the award and commitments, not the final network installation, operating costs, or clinical use.
Sources
- Reports a $96,546 Michigan Department of Community Health Rural Health Initiative grant, $15,000 matching commitments from two regional health organizations, and waived REMEC Telehealth Network annual fees. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2000-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the published newsletter.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2000-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Michigan awards the Beaver Island Rural Health Center a $96,546 Telehealth grant in 2000”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-rural-health-center-telehealth-grant-2000/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2000, “Telehealth grant awarded to BIRHC.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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