Portman Announces Nearly $1 Million in Federal Grants to Help Provide Telehealth Services to Ohio Health Care Facilities
WASHINGTON, DC —Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau awarded three telehealth grants totaling $930,009 to the following facilities: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Community Teaching Homes, Inc., in Toledo, and Southwest General Health Center, in Middleburg Heights, Ohio. The exacting funding amount and details of the facilities telehealth services can be found below.
This announcement is in addition to a telehealth grant announced last month for the Health Partners of Western Ohio located in Lima, Ohio. These grants come from funds accessible thanks to the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which Portman supported and was signed into law by President Trump. Portman released the following statement:
“These new federal grants are great news for Ohioans. During this ongoing coronavirus pandemic, telehealth has become a vital service for Ohioans to receive the health care consultations they need without having to leave the safety of their homes. I will continue to work with my colleagues to ensure Ohioans have the resources they need during these uncertain times.”
The following facilities received funding:
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, in Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded $719,098 to provide telehealth services to the highest risk pediatric patients with complex health care needs, including tracheostomy and ventilator dependence, gastrostomy and tube feeding dependence, to limit their potential exposure by keeping them out of the hospital and safely at home which improves their health prognosis and frees up resources to care for children with COVID-19.
Community Teaching Homes, Inc., in Toledo, Ohio, was awarded $20,761 to provide the full continuum of behavioral health services through telehealth connections to COVID-19 highly vulnerable and at risk children and families, specializing in youth involved with the child welfare, juvenile justice, and developmental disabilities systems.
Southwest General Health Center, in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, was awarded $190,150 for connected devices, laptops and other equipment that will be used to conduct remote patient monitoring, medical voice and video consultations, and for inpatient care to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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