Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare facilities
North Dakota's Significant Health Needs as Identified by Community Health Needs Assessments Aggregate Results for Rural Critical Access Hospitals
Summarizes the health needs identified by rural communities in North Dakota through focus groups and community health needs assessment surveys.
Author(s): Karin Becker
Date: 01/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota State Office of Rural Health
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Summarizes the health needs identified by rural communities in North Dakota through focus groups and community health needs assessment surveys.
Author(s): Karin Becker
Date: 01/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Dakota State Office of Rural Health
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Implementation Manual for a Telemental Health Outreach Clinic
Presents a guide to implementing a telemental health outreach clinic on a college campus. Provides guidance on selecting a college, a space on campus, and contracting with a local pharmacy, among other factors.
Author(s): Carolyn Turvey, Linda Blake, L. Richards
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
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Presents a guide to implementing a telemental health outreach clinic on a college campus. Provides guidance on selecting a college, a space on campus, and contracting with a local pharmacy, among other factors.
Author(s): Carolyn Turvey, Linda Blake, L. Richards
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
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Assessing the Feasibility of a Virtual Tumor Board Program: A Case Study
Examines the feasibility of a Virtual Tumor Board (VTB) program connecting rural community clinicians to the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (UNC LCCC) tumor board. Analyzes the individual clinical participants to explore their experiences with the VTB. Includes a summary of data collection methods, coding of interview data, and UNC tumor board participant survey results.
Author(s): Christopher M. Shea, Randall Teal, Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, et al.
Citation: Journal of Healthcare Management, 59(3), 177-193
Date: 2014
Type: Document
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Examines the feasibility of a Virtual Tumor Board (VTB) program connecting rural community clinicians to the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (UNC LCCC) tumor board. Analyzes the individual clinical participants to explore their experiences with the VTB. Includes a summary of data collection methods, coding of interview data, and UNC tumor board participant survey results.
Author(s): Christopher M. Shea, Randall Teal, Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, et al.
Citation: Journal of Healthcare Management, 59(3), 177-193
Date: 2014
Type: Document
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Electronic Health Information Exchange in Underserved Settings: Examining Initiatives in Small Physician Practices and Community Health Centers
Discusses a study evaluating electronic data exchange projects. Identifies the barriers and benefits of participating in health information exchange (HIE) activities in underserved settings.
Author(s): J. Mac McCullough, Frederick J. Zimmerman, Douglas S. Bell, Hector P. Rodriguez
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 14, 415
Date: 2014
Type: Document
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Discusses a study evaluating electronic data exchange projects. Identifies the barriers and benefits of participating in health information exchange (HIE) activities in underserved settings.
Author(s): J. Mac McCullough, Frederick J. Zimmerman, Douglas S. Bell, Hector P. Rodriguez
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 14, 415
Date: 2014
Type: Document
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Primer for Rural Health Network Memorandum of Agreement/Understanding
Defines and explains how to develop a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)/Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as a formal business document to be used when creating a network of two or more separate groups or organizations.
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Defines and explains how to develop a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)/Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as a formal business document to be used when creating a network of two or more separate groups or organizations.
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Evaluation of the Medicare Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Demonstration: Report to Congress
Reports on the results of a Medicare Frontier Extended Stay Clinic (FESC) demonstration project that used an enhanced clinic model in frontier areas to address the needs of seriously ill or injured patients who could not be transferred to a hospital or needed monitoring and observation for a limited period of time. Includes an overview of the demonstration and key findings from the project.
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Reports on the results of a Medicare Frontier Extended Stay Clinic (FESC) demonstration project that used an enhanced clinic model in frontier areas to address the needs of seriously ill or injured patients who could not be transferred to a hospital or needed monitoring and observation for a limited period of time. Includes an overview of the demonstration and key findings from the project.
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Migrant Health Newsline: Commemorative Issue
Final and commemorative issue examining the migrant health movement in the U.S. Includes reprints of past articles about the history of migrant health, the creation of the Migrant Health Program, the Migrant Health Act, and other legislation increasing access to healthcare for migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
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Final and commemorative issue examining the migrant health movement in the U.S. Includes reprints of past articles about the history of migrant health, the creation of the Migrant Health Program, the Migrant Health Act, and other legislation increasing access to healthcare for migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
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Trends in Hospital Network Participation and System Affiliation, 2007-2012
Reports trends in hospital network participation and system affiliation among metropolitan and non-metropolitan hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Compares CAHs with non-CAH small, rural hospitals.
Author(s): Xi Zhu, Fred Ullrich, Keith J. Mueller, A. Clinton MacKinney, Thomas Vaughn
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Reports trends in hospital network participation and system affiliation among metropolitan and non-metropolitan hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Compares CAHs with non-CAH small, rural hospitals.
Author(s): Xi Zhu, Fred Ullrich, Keith J. Mueller, A. Clinton MacKinney, Thomas Vaughn
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Extent of Telehealth Use in Rural and Urban Hospitals
Discusses the use of telehealth in rural and urban hospitals, and provides statistics on hospital characteristics and common departments and programs with telehealth services. Describes opportunities for telehealth to support healthcare in rural communities.
Author(s): Marcia M. Ward, Fred Ullrich, Keith Mueller
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Discusses the use of telehealth in rural and urban hospitals, and provides statistics on hospital characteristics and common departments and programs with telehealth services. Describes opportunities for telehealth to support healthcare in rural communities.
Author(s): Marcia M. Ward, Fred Ullrich, Keith Mueller
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Maine Critical Access Hospitals by County 2014
Shows the location of Critical Access Hospitals in the state of Maine.
Date: 2014
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Maine Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Shows the location of Critical Access Hospitals in the state of Maine.
Date: 2014
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Maine Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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