- Date
- 2008-01
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcaretechnologyfundraisingcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Rural Health Center announced a $2,500 Charlevoix County Community Foundation grant toward matching funds for a $60,000 telemedicine grant received from USDA and the Dow Foundation. The article said the planned equipment would support electronic transmission of X-rays and reduce some specialist-related travel.
Evidence limits
This is a source-reported grant announcement and intended benefit. It does not establish installation, operation, grant expenditure, or any patient outcome.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 2008, "BIRHC Receives Grant from Charlevoix County Community Foundation".Reports a $2,500 grant toward matching funds for BIRHC's $60,000 USDA/Dow Foundation telemedicine grant and electronic X-ray equipment. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the matching-grant report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-01_Beaver-Beacon
- A forum post links a Petoskey News Review report that Charlevoix Area Hospital received a $248,627 USDA grant and would facilitate emergency telemedicine with Beaver Island Rural Health Center; the Chamber reply points readers to the November 2007 Northern Islander and credits Donna Kubic. The forum preserves the lead and attribution but does not independently verify award terms or implementation.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001058
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “BIRHC receives a Charlevoix County matching grant for telemedicine, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-birhc-telemedicine-matching-grant-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2008, "BIRHC Receives Grant from Charlevoix County Community Foundation". (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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