Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Service delivery models
Mixed Methods Study of Management of Health Conditions in Rural Low-income Families: Implications for Health Care Policy in the USA
Examines the health issues and health management strategies utilized by rural low-income women and their families. Explains how health care reform measures may improve individual health status and reduce rural health disparities if they are carefully implemented.
Author(s): Leigh Ann Simmons, Catherine Huddleston-Casas, Kari Morgan, Derek Feldman
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(2), 1879
Date: 04/2012
Type: Document
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Examines the health issues and health management strategies utilized by rural low-income women and their families. Explains how health care reform measures may improve individual health status and reduce rural health disparities if they are carefully implemented.
Author(s): Leigh Ann Simmons, Catherine Huddleston-Casas, Kari Morgan, Derek Feldman
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(2), 1879
Date: 04/2012
Type: Document
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Community Paramedicine Evaluation Tool
Provides a framework by which data can be collected from multiple community paramedicine programs to develop common successes and challenges. Designed to address rural settings.
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Provides a framework by which data can be collected from multiple community paramedicine programs to develop common successes and challenges. Designed to address rural settings.
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Delivering Free Healthcare to Rural Central Appalachia Population: The Case of the Health Wagon
Describes the Health Wagon, a full mobile medical clinic delivering free healthcare to those in rural Southwest Virginia in Central Appalachia.
Author(s): Teresa Gardner, Paul Gavaza, Paula Meade, Donna Adkins
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(1), 2035
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
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Describes the Health Wagon, a full mobile medical clinic delivering free healthcare to those in rural Southwest Virginia in Central Appalachia.
Author(s): Teresa Gardner, Paul Gavaza, Paula Meade, Donna Adkins
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(1), 2035
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
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Characteristics of Telemental Health Service Use by American Indian Veterans
Details a study on the use of telemedicine to treat post-traumatic stress disorder among American Indian and Alaska Native veterans. Discusses the use of video conferencing to provide access to care for rural Native veterans seeking mental health services.
Author(s): Dr. Jay H. Shore, Dr. Elizabeth Brooks, Dr. Heather Anderson, et al.
Citation: Psychiatric Services, 63(2), 179-181
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
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Details a study on the use of telemedicine to treat post-traumatic stress disorder among American Indian and Alaska Native veterans. Discusses the use of video conferencing to provide access to care for rural Native veterans seeking mental health services.
Author(s): Dr. Jay H. Shore, Dr. Elizabeth Brooks, Dr. Heather Anderson, et al.
Citation: Psychiatric Services, 63(2), 179-181
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
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Exploring Opportunities to Strengthen the Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program
Reports on the efforts of Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) Networking Planning grantees and provides recommendations for future rural health networks, including on the topics of network planning and sustainability. Focus areas included care coordination, health information technology, behavioral and mental health services, and services for vulnerable populations.
Author(s): Walter Gregg, Adam Hofer, Ira Moscovice
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Reports on the efforts of Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) Networking Planning grantees and provides recommendations for future rural health networks, including on the topics of network planning and sustainability. Focus areas included care coordination, health information technology, behavioral and mental health services, and services for vulnerable populations.
Author(s): Walter Gregg, Adam Hofer, Ira Moscovice
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Role of Telehealth/Videoconferencing in Managing Cancer Pain in Rural American Indian Communities
Determines the feasibility and effect of using videoconferencing to deliver cancer-related pain management education and case consultation to healthcare providers in rural American Indian and Alaskan Native communities. Analyzed data from 52 providers at 11 sites participating in educational sessions and 93 providers at 16 sites participating in case conferences at tribal clinics in Alaska and Washington.
Author(s): Emily Haozous, Ardith Z. Doorenbos, George Demiris, et al.
Citation: Psycho-Oncology, 21(2), 219-223
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
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Determines the feasibility and effect of using videoconferencing to deliver cancer-related pain management education and case consultation to healthcare providers in rural American Indian and Alaskan Native communities. Analyzed data from 52 providers at 11 sites participating in educational sessions and 93 providers at 16 sites participating in case conferences at tribal clinics in Alaska and Washington.
Author(s): Emily Haozous, Ardith Z. Doorenbos, George Demiris, et al.
Citation: Psycho-Oncology, 21(2), 219-223
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
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Pursuing High Performance in Rural Health Care
Addresses the state of rural healthcare and offers a vision for a high performance rural healthcare system that is affordable, accessible, community-focused, high quality, and patient-centered. Covers models of care, value-based payments, healthy communities, and more.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith J. Mueller, Andrew F. Coburn, et al.
Date: 01/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Addresses the state of rural healthcare and offers a vision for a high performance rural healthcare system that is affordable, accessible, community-focused, high quality, and patient-centered. Covers models of care, value-based payments, healthy communities, and more.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith J. Mueller, Andrew F. Coburn, et al.
Date: 01/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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The Management of Chronic Diseases in Rural Missouri Practices
Reports the results of interviews with focus groups from rural healthcare practices in Missouri describing the challenges of managing chronic disease in small rural healthcare settings. Discusses the characteristics of rural practices and the communities they serve.
Author(s): Maithe Enriquez, Jill Moormeier, William Lafferty
Citation: Missouri Medicine, 109(3), 210-215
Date: 2012
Type: Document
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Reports the results of interviews with focus groups from rural healthcare practices in Missouri describing the challenges of managing chronic disease in small rural healthcare settings. Discusses the characteristics of rural practices and the communities they serve.
Author(s): Maithe Enriquez, Jill Moormeier, William Lafferty
Citation: Missouri Medicine, 109(3), 210-215
Date: 2012
Type: Document
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Project ECHO: A Model for Complex, Chronic Care in the Pacific Northwest Region of the United States
Describes Project ECHO, a telehealth program, involving weekly video conferences between rural providers and their colleagues at academic medical centers to discuss patient cases involving a variety of subjects, such as Hepatitis C, chronic pain, integrated addictions, psychiatry, and HIV/AIDS to receive management advice, and access to best practices. Figure 2 shows a map of participating sites and Table 1 lists the numbers of clinics, clinicians, and patients presented.
Author(s): John D. Scott, Kent T. Unruh, Mary C. Catlin, et al.
Citation: Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 18(8), 481-484
Date: 2012
Type: Document
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Describes Project ECHO, a telehealth program, involving weekly video conferences between rural providers and their colleagues at academic medical centers to discuss patient cases involving a variety of subjects, such as Hepatitis C, chronic pain, integrated addictions, psychiatry, and HIV/AIDS to receive management advice, and access to best practices. Figure 2 shows a map of participating sites and Table 1 lists the numbers of clinics, clinicians, and patients presented.
Author(s): John D. Scott, Kent T. Unruh, Mary C. Catlin, et al.
Citation: Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 18(8), 481-484
Date: 2012
Type: Document
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Rural Veterans' Use of CBOCs for Primary Care: FY07
Discusses the role of Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) in providing access to primary care services for rural veterans. Highlights the use of telehealth to deliver services at CBOCs.
Author(s): Michelle A. Mengeling, Mary Charlton
Date: 2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Rural Health Resource Centers
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Discusses the role of Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) in providing access to primary care services for rural veterans. Highlights the use of telehealth to deliver services at CBOCs.
Author(s): Michelle A. Mengeling, Mary Charlton
Date: 2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Rural Health Resource Centers
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