Rural Health
Resources by State: Oregon
Telebehavioral Health: An Effective Alternative to In-Person Care
Issue brief discussing telehealth treatment modalities based on a 2019 review of clinical outcomes related to telebehavioral health. Covers three state-level approaches: the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center Rural Telemental Health Program (VA RTMH), which serves rural Oregon veterans, and Medicaid policies in Texas and Massachusetts. Addresses telebehavioral health policy details, implementation, and considerations for states looking to develop new telebehavioral health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Author(s): Brittany Lazur, Lily Sobolik, Valerie King
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Issue brief discussing telehealth treatment modalities based on a 2019 review of clinical outcomes related to telebehavioral health. Covers three state-level approaches: the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center Rural Telemental Health Program (VA RTMH), which serves rural Oregon veterans, and Medicaid policies in Texas and Massachusetts. Addresses telebehavioral health policy details, implementation, and considerations for states looking to develop new telebehavioral health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Author(s): Brittany Lazur, Lily Sobolik, Valerie King
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Oregon's Critical Access Hospitals: Fiscal Year 2018 Community Benefit Reporting Highlights
Shows community benefit data for Oregon's 25 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), using information from Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. Features an Oregon map showing locations of CAHs, with shadings indicating frontier, rural, and urban areas. Includes a comparison of FY2018 and FY2017 community benefit dollars spent by category, community benefit spending totals, percent of net revenue, and more.
Date: 09/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Office of Rural Health
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Shows community benefit data for Oregon's 25 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), using information from Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. Features an Oregon map showing locations of CAHs, with shadings indicating frontier, rural, and urban areas. Includes a comparison of FY2018 and FY2017 community benefit dollars spent by category, community benefit spending totals, percent of net revenue, and more.
Date: 09/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Office of Rural Health
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Youth Exposure to Marijuana Advertising in Oregon's Legal Retail Marijuana Market
Uses school-based survey results to investigate marijuana advertising exposure among 8th and 11th graders in Oregon. Provides data and statistics on survey respondents' characteristics and exposure to marijuana advertising, with information broken down by urban, rural, and frontier locations.
Author(s): Steven Fiala, Julia Dilley, Erik Everson, Caislin Firth, Julie Maher
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 17
Date: 09/2020
Type: Document
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Uses school-based survey results to investigate marijuana advertising exposure among 8th and 11th graders in Oregon. Provides data and statistics on survey respondents' characteristics and exposure to marijuana advertising, with information broken down by urban, rural, and frontier locations.
Author(s): Steven Fiala, Julia Dilley, Erik Everson, Caislin Firth, Julie Maher
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 17
Date: 09/2020
Type: Document
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Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Demonstration Program: Report to Congress, 2019
Provides an overview of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration. Describes participating states' CCBHC activities including improved access to treatment and recovery support services, the range of services provided during the first year of the demonstration, how states have been reporting and utilizing required quality measures, and assess the costs to CCBHCs. This is the third of five annual reports to Congress on the CCBHC demonstration.
Date: 09/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Mathematica Policy Research, RAND Corporation
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Provides an overview of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration. Describes participating states' CCBHC activities including improved access to treatment and recovery support services, the range of services provided during the first year of the demonstration, how states have been reporting and utilizing required quality measures, and assess the costs to CCBHCs. This is the third of five annual reports to Congress on the CCBHC demonstration.
Date: 09/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Mathematica Policy Research, RAND Corporation
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Preliminary Cost and Quality Findings from the National Evaluation of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Demonstration
Provides an overview of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration through April 2019. Describes the CCBHC payment rates and costs of care through the first demonstration year as well as the experiences of states and CCBHCs reporting the required quality measures. Includes a comparison of payment rates by urban and rural clinic location.
Author(s): Joshua Breslau, Brian Briscombe, Michael Dunbar, et al.
Date: 09/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Mathematica
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Provides an overview of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration through April 2019. Describes the CCBHC payment rates and costs of care through the first demonstration year as well as the experiences of states and CCBHCs reporting the required quality measures. Includes a comparison of payment rates by urban and rural clinic location.
Author(s): Joshua Breslau, Brian Briscombe, Michael Dunbar, et al.
Date: 09/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Mathematica
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Implementation Findings from the National Evaluation of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Demonstration
Provides an overview of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration through April 2019. Presents findings on implementation progress, successes, and challenges regarding CCBHC staffing, access to care, scope of required services, and care coordination. Includes rural references and case studies throughout.
Author(s): Allison Wishon Siegwarth, Rachel Miller, Jasmine Little, et al.
Date: 09/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Mathematica Policy Research
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Provides an overview of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration through April 2019. Presents findings on implementation progress, successes, and challenges regarding CCBHC staffing, access to care, scope of required services, and care coordination. Includes rural references and case studies throughout.
Author(s): Allison Wishon Siegwarth, Rachel Miller, Jasmine Little, et al.
Date: 09/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Mathematica Policy Research
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Living and Learning Through COVID-19 - Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital and Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital
Profiles how two CAHs in rural Lincoln County, Oregon, prepared for and responded to a COVID-19 outbreak. Discusses steps taken to address staffing, supply chain, and cultural awareness challenges that emerged during the pandemic.
Date: 08/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Profiles how two CAHs in rural Lincoln County, Oregon, prepared for and responded to a COVID-19 outbreak. Discusses steps taken to address staffing, supply chain, and cultural awareness challenges that emerged during the pandemic.
Date: 08/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Concurrent Opioid and Methamphetamine Use in Rural Communities: Perspectives Among People Who Use Drugs
Presentation slides that discuss concurrent methamphetamine use and opioid use among people living in rural communities, characteristics of the high-risk rural environments, and strategies to improve treatment and harm reduction for concurrent methamphetamine/opioid use. Utilizes March 2018 to April 2019 survey data from a study taking place in 2 rural counties in Oregon. Includes demographic information of and qualitative responses from survey respondents.
Author(s): P. Todd Korthuis, Gillian Leichtling
Date: 05/2020
Type: Presentation Slides
Sponsoring organizations: Comagine Health, Oregon Health & Science University
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Presentation slides that discuss concurrent methamphetamine use and opioid use among people living in rural communities, characteristics of the high-risk rural environments, and strategies to improve treatment and harm reduction for concurrent methamphetamine/opioid use. Utilizes March 2018 to April 2019 survey data from a study taking place in 2 rural counties in Oregon. Includes demographic information of and qualitative responses from survey respondents.
Author(s): P. Todd Korthuis, Gillian Leichtling
Date: 05/2020
Type: Presentation Slides
Sponsoring organizations: Comagine Health, Oregon Health & Science University
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Oregon Rural Hospitals
Shows a county-level map of Oregon identifying the location of rural hospitals including Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), non-CAHs, and sole community hospitals.
Date: 05/2020
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Office of Rural Health
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Shows a county-level map of Oregon identifying the location of rural hospitals including Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), non-CAHs, and sole community hospitals.
Date: 05/2020
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Office of Rural Health
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Mitigating COVID-19's Rural Impact on Families At-Risk for Violence and Child Maltreatment and Neglect
Discusses the potential impact of COVID-19 physical distancing measures on rural children experiencing maltreatment and those living in situations of intimate partner violence. Describes how rural communities and providers can help through community awareness efforts and changes to screening and other service delivery approaches.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 04/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Discusses the potential impact of COVID-19 physical distancing measures on rural children experiencing maltreatment and those living in situations of intimate partner violence. Describes how rural communities and providers can help through community awareness efforts and changes to screening and other service delivery approaches.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 04/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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