Network

What is the UTN Network?

• Utah Telehealth Network (UTN) operates a secure, reliable, and affordable network connecting hospitals, clinics, and health departments across the state.

• UTN contracts with multiple telecommunication service providers in local communities to provide fiber or microwave services to participating healthcare facilities. Every facility on the network is connected with a minimum connection speed of 1 Gbps.

• UTN operates as a consortium in the FCC’s Rural Health Care (RHC) Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) program, which provides significant discounts on telecommunication services for eligible rural healthcare facilities, making connectivity much more affordable.

• The HCF program provides a 65% discount on all one-time and ongoing telecommunications costs. UTN has been using this program for new and existing sites since 2016.
  
  

Why should I join the network?

UTN membership includes the following benefits:

• Becoming part of the consortium makes you eligible for large discounts on your telecommunications costs through the FCC Rural Health Care programs

• 24/7/365 network operations center monitoring and support

• Managed Security Services, including:
• Firewall Management
• Virtual Private Network (VPN) setup and management
• Secure Endpoint malware/anti-virus protection software
• Web filtering
• Weekly vulnerability scanning and reporting plus weekly office hours.

• Two free Webex accounts per site (for admin purposes)
• Access to the Hatch Telemedicine Platform for direct-to-patient virtual visits

• Mobile Device Management (MDM) platform

• Rubrik cloud-hosted backup platform

• Access to IT training and education