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MedStar Health Awarded Nearly $1M By FCC For Telehealth Expansion During COVID-19 Pandemic

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- MedStar Health was awarded this week nearly $1 million by the Federal Communications Commission to bolster the system's expansion of its Telehealth in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

MedStar says so far during this pandemic, they've conducted more than 275,000 Telehealth sessions.

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The federal funding boost will help the system invest in its technology to reach an estimated 1.6 million system patients.

For the latest information on coronavirus go to the Maryland Health Department's website or call 211. You can find all of WJZ's coverage on coronavirus in Maryland here.

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