Health-Care Groups, County Gov Partner on Rural Internet
Health-care organizations could be part of a rural Internet pilot project in southeast Eau Claire County in Wisconsin, with officials reporting that hospital systems there have expressed interest in collaborating. by Ryan Patterson, The Leader-Telegram / January 22, 2021 Shutterstock/ESB Professional
Eau Claire County, Wis.
Eau Claire County Information Systems Director
Dave Hayden
informed the Eau Claire County Broadband Committee during its meeting Thursday that
Marshfield Clinic and
Hospital Sisters Health System expressed interest in collaborating on the yearlong project.
Committee members seemed supportive of the idea, so the committee will pursue a potential partnership between the county and health care organizations. The organizations are interested in partnering because better internet connection could help health care employees wor
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