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Craig Settles

Craig Settles assists cities and co-ops with business planning for broadband and telehealth. He has surveyed economic development professionals nationwide about the impact of telehealth and community broadband, and offers guidance for federal grant proposals for broadband, telehealth, or other digital projects.

Health and Human Services

How Telehealth and TAPs Drive Broadband Adoption

There are some policymakers, politicians and media pundits who can’t understand why low-income people who don’t have a certain technology will turn down the technology, even when it’s free. But one thing low-income folks learn, often from a young age, is that “free” comes with a cost.

April 27, 2023
· Craig Settles
Opinion

Getting Telehealth Where It’s Needed When All Hell Breaks Loose

Expanding broadband and health-care services is essential not only for getting everyone connected, but also for helping communities during and after tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes and other natural disasters.

January 18, 2022
· Craig Settles
K-12 Education

Opinion: The ABCs of Telehealth in Schools

The COVID-19 pandemic and various studies have exposed nationwide disparities in who has access to physical and mental health care, and a recent funding windfall for schools and broadband could help close those gaps.

August 06, 2021
· Craig Settles
Opinion

Libraries and Telehealth Tackle Health-Care Gap Full Force

With federal funding for broadband in the pipeline, anchor institutions like libraries are well-positioned to make themselves available to increase patron access to telehealth services.

June 30, 2021
· Craig Settles
Health and Human Services

Chattanooga Catches the Telehealth Bug

Chattanooga, Tenn.'s investment in community broadband allows the city to bring more than just fast Internet browsing to citizens.

July 18, 2018
· Craig Settles
Opinion

Turning Barbershops into Telehealth Centers (Contributed)

In urban neighborhoods, where Internet service and health care can be hard to access, a novel pilot project uses local barbershops and salons as wireless hubs and hypertension screening centers.

December 13, 2019
· Craig Settles
Broadband and Network

Broadband Can Alleviate the Health-Care Crisis (Contributed)

The lack of physicians in rural areas could be offset by using telehealth delivered by community-based digital networks. That, in turn, can make non-urban areas more livable and sustainable for seniors.

October 22, 2019
· Craig Settles
Opinion

Like Politics, All Broadband Policy Is Local (Contributed)

Federal and state policymakers continue to ignore, weaken and, in some instances, block local input and control of broadband. This needs to stop if the country is to ever have viable, affordable broadband for all.

June 13, 2019
· Craig Settles
Recovery

MAST Units Offer 21st-Century Response to Disasters

Using a unit as a base station, roving mobile medical personnel could provide assistance in homes or community facilities.

March 16, 2018
· Craig Settles
Health and Human Services

Telemedicine Could Trump Economic Development for Driving Community Broadband

Health care and telemedicine delivery can make a strong financial business case that justifies community broadband investment, and makes it easier to raise money.

December 05, 2017
· Craig Settles