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Learn how Partners Healthcare, the\xa0City\xa0of Boston, and\xa0the state of Massachusetts\xa0created Boston Hope, a 1,000-bed field hospital with a telehealth-driven hybrid wired/wireless infrastructure \u2013 in just seven days!\n\nListen to\xa0best practices for transforming\xa0your local healthcare capabilities with\xa0telehealth and community\xa0broadband, regardless of your city\u2019s\xa0or county\u2019s\xa0size. Our\xa0guest, John Campbell, serves as the Chief Information Officer for C, a division of not-for-profit Partner\u2019s Healthcare.\n\nCampbell\xa0describes how the team:\nimplemented a fully technology-enabled hospital, including a testing lab and pharmacy;deployed broadband, regular computers,\xa0and mobile devices; andthe massive push to get 10,000 physicians set up to do telehealth in just a few weeks; andsuccessfully herded cats.\nBoston\xa0Hope was created to treat patients on the road to recovery,\xa0while\xa0easing pressure on the\xa0others\xa0hospitalsproviding acute,\xa0ICU\xa0treatment for\xa0COVID-19 patients.\xa0Boston\xa0Hope\xa0likely\xa0will\xa0close when\xa0Boston\xa0has\xa0\u201cflatten the curve.\u201d\n\n\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0*****************************************\n\nGigabit Nation is\xa0sponsored this month by Ready.net. Ready.net helps community broadband networks add subscribers and increase revenue through the premium telehealth services Ready.net makes possible by connecting home to hospital.