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| https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-announces-over-740000-for-rural-education-and-telemedicine-in-montana | Daines Announces Over $740,000 for Rural Education and Telemedicine in Montana | 2019-11-21 | 2019 | 2019-11 | Republican | House | MT | Steve Daines | D000618 | www.daines.senate.gov | legacy | 11.21.19 Daines Announces Over $740,000 for Rural Education and Telemedicine in Montana U.S. SENATE U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $742,904 in Montana to support distance learning and telemedicine projects at the University of Providence and Benefits Hospitals, Inc. Expanding access to telemedicine is critical for getting Montanans the health care they need in our rural communities, Daines said. This funding will help expand wireless and telehealth services that will improve access to specialty medical care for 164,000 rural Montanans. It will also create a distance learning system to help educate our nurses and nursing students in rural Montana. $441,357 will be designated to the University of Providence to install a distance learning system to deliver advanced classes and educate nurses and nursing students in rural Montana. It will help serve an estimated 8,720 students. $301,547 will be designated to Benefis Hospitals, Inc. to expand wireless and telehealth services through the REACH Montana Telehealth Network that will improve access to specialty medical care for 164,000 rural residents of thirteen north central Montana counties. For more information on the grants, click HERE. ### Print Email Tweet Previous Article Next Article | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |