CALDWELL, Texas (KRHD) — The St. Joseph Health Center in Burleson County received a grant from the Texas Department of Agriculture to increase access its to high-speed internet.
- The hospital received a grant for worth about $134,000.
- It's part of the Texas Department of Agriculture's $23 million Broadband Infrastructure Improvement grant, which seeks to help rural hospitals increase access to high-speed internet.
- The goal of the grant is to improve services like adding telehealth, communicating with doctors and accessing medical records online.
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The Burleson County St. Joseph Health hospital is getting a grant to improve its technology.
It's worth about $130,000 — the grant works to provide reliable, high-speed internet access.
It's part of the Texas Department of Agriculture $23 million dollar program to help rural hospitals access provide more medical services online — services like accessing medical records online, scheduling appointments and communicating with doctors.
