What my daughter’s broken leg taught me about broadband

My daughter broke her leg on Saturday, and despite my worry for her, I spent a considerable amount of time at the hospitals where she was treated noticing the variety of familiar technology used by the doctors. While some of what I saw was awesome, I also saw firsthand how critical consistent, fast broadband speeds are to the success of telehealth programs.

We went first to an urgent care clinic near our home in the hopes of avoiding the emergency room. No such luck. The diagnosis of a broken leg with the potential for a hip injury sent us over to the Dell Children’s Medical Center. But to get the address, the doctor at the urgent care clinic had to check his iPhone, as the web connection there chose that very moment to go down. So armed with a CD containing my daughter’s X-rays, we drove to the emergency room at Dell Children’s and signed in...