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b"Telehealth is important for\\xa0monitoring\\xa0coronavirus patients' condition while minimizing healthcare workers'\\xa0exposure to the disease. But today's show discusses\\xa0the greater value\\xa0of using telehealth to offload\\xa0a sizeable\\xa0share of\\xa0non-COVID-19 patients\\xa0from hospitals and doctors:\\naccidentsmental health treatmentstraumas -\\xa0strokes & heart attacks\\xa0\\xa0post-surgery monitoringelderly care\\nCOVID-19 also exposed the faultlines that is inherent in this country's broadband infrastructure. It has made\\xa0networks groan under the stress of quickly shifting business, schools, and healthcare data to homes. What's the\\xa0short- and long-term impact of this shift, especially as it pertains to telehealth?\\n\\nKim Almkuist, the nurse practitioner\\xa0overseeing\\xa0telehealth initialives for the Wilson County [NC] Department of Health, describes how telehealth\\xa0is improving healthcare. She also explains potential impacts on home healthcare of the feds\\xa0relaxing restrictions on telehealth. Almkuist has\\xa0the Wilson\\xa0Greenlight public broadband nerwork backing her up.\\xa0\\n\\nChrisopher Mitchell, Director of Community Broadband Network at\\xa0ILSR,\\xa0advises\\xa0how to deal short-term with our broadband faultlines.\\xa0But also, what can we do in the long-term to address broadband infrastructure?\\xa0Many grass-roots activities\\xa0have sprung up after the pandemic hit. Are groups such as these and the Institute of Local Self Reliance\\xa0the greatest chance for resolving these shortcoming?"