Goto Section: 54.636 | 54.638 | Table of Contents
FCC 54.637
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 54.637 Off-site data centers and off-site administrative offices.
(a) The connections and network equipment associated with off-site data
centers and off-site administrative offices used by eligible health care
providers for their health care purposes are eligible for support under the
Healthcare Connect Fund, subject to the conditions and restrictions set
forth in paragraph (b) of this section.
(1) An “off-site administrative office” is a facility that does not provide
hands-on delivery of patient care, but performs administrative support
functions that are critical to the provision of clinical care by eligible
health care providers.
(2) An “off-site data center” is a facility that serves as a centralized
repository for the storage, management, and dissemination of an eligible
health care provider's computer systems, associated components, and data,
including (but not limited to) electronic health records.
(b) Conditions and Restrictions. The following conditions and restrictions
apply to support provided under this sections.
(1) Connections eligible for support are only those that are between:
(i) Eligible health care provider sites and off-site data centers or
off-site administrative offices,
(ii) Two off-site data centers,
(iii) Two off-site administrative offices,
(iv) An off-site data center and the public Internet or another network,
(v) An off-site administrative office and the public Internet or another
network, or
(vi) An off-site administrative office and an off-site data center.
(2) The supported connections and network equipment must be used solely for
health care purposes.
(3) The supported connections and network equipment must be purchased by an
eligible health care provider or a public or non-profit health care system
that owns and operates eligible health care provider sites.
(4) If traffic associated with one or more ineligible health care provider
sites is carried by the supported connection and/or network equipment, the
ineligible health care provider sites must allocate the cost of that
connection and/or equipment between eligible and ineligible sites,
consistent with the “fair share” principles set forth in § 54.639(d).
[ 78 FR 13987 , Mar. 1, 2013]
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Goto Section: 54.636 | 54.638
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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