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Resources by Topic: Telehealth

An Exploratory Study of the Use of Telehealth Services by Federally Qualified Health Centers and Hospitals in New York State
Results of a study on use of telehealth services by New York healthcare providers, including limitations, barriers, and plans for expanding availability. Features statistics on frequency and type of use, financing and reimbursement by provider type, and reasons for future use, with breakdowns by region of state and urban or rural location.
Author(s): Robert Martiniano, Jean Moore
Date: 11/2015
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Workforce Studies
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Systematic Review of Palliative Care in the Rural Setting
Synthesizes the results of an extensive search of the medical literature focused on the developments in palliative care for patients living in rural areas in the U.S. and internationally to determine where gaps in the research may occur. Suggests promising approaches including telehealth, community-academic partnerships, and training for rural healthcare providers.
Author(s): Marie A. Bakitas, Ronit Elk, Meka Astin, et al.
Citation: Cancer Control, 22(4), 450-464
Date: 10/2015
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Beyond Rural Walls: Identifying Impacts and Interdependencies Among Rural and Urban Spaces - A Survey of Literature
Discusses the economic benefits of broadband distribution and usage in business, education, healthcare, and public safety in rural and urban areas. Describes the interdependencies between rural and urban broadband, and the impact of rural broadband utilization on urban areas.
Author(s): Joshua Seidemann
Date: 10/2015
Sponsoring organization: NTCA: The Rural Broadband Association
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Family Physicians and Telehealth: Findings from a National Survey
Discusses the potential for telemedicine to facilitate expanded access to healthcare, particularly in rural and medically underserved areas. Includes statistics with breakdowns by percentage of use, type of medical care, type of facility ownership, practice characteristics, attitudes and beliefs about telehealth, and perceived barriers.
Author(s): Kathleen Klink, Megan Coffman, Miranda Moore, et al.
Date: 10/2015
Sponsoring organization: Robert Graham Center
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Telephone-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Telephone-Delivered Nondirective Supportive Therapy for Rural Older Adults With Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Analyzes therapy provided over the phone and its impact on symptoms of anxiety and depression among aging populations in rural areas that lack mental health services.
Author(s): Gretchen A. Brenes, Suzanne C. Danhauer, Mary F. Lyles, Patricia E. Hogan, Michael E. Miller
Citation: JAMA Psychiatry, 72(10), 1012-1020
Date: 08/2015
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Finger Lakes - Rethinking Rural Health: The Teledentistry Impact
Video featuring a teledentistry program in New York that helps increase access to pediatric dental care for rural communities.
Date: 07/2015
Sponsoring organization: WXXINews
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Telepsychiatry for Neurocognitive Testing in Older Rural Latino Adults
Examines two methods of neurocognitive assessments, telepsychiatry and in-person, using the same Spanish-language battery for testing to determine whether they are comparable among Spanish-speaking older adults in a rural setting. Includes telepsychiatry and in-person assessment data by education, acculturation, health literacy, depression, and a mini mental state exam.
Author(s): Ipsit V. Vahia, Bernardo Ng, Alvaro Camacho, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(7), 666-670
Date: 07/2015
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The Use of Telemedicine to Address Access and Physician Workforce Shortages
Policy statement discussing opportunities to use telemedicine technologies to address pediatric workforce shortages in rural and urban settings. Offers information on improving access to care, physician capacity, quality of care, and costs of care.
Author(s): James P. Marcin, Mary E. Rimsza, William B. Moskowitz
Citation: Pediatrics, 136(1), 202-209
Date: 07/2015
Sponsoring organization: American Academy of Pediatrics
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Benefits of Early Versus Delayed Palliative Care to Informal Family Caregivers of Patients With Advanced Cancer: Outcomes From the ENABLE III Randomized Controlled Trial
Examines the effects of introducing early palliative care intervention in rural settings for family caregivers (CGs) of patients with advanced-stage cancer by comparing the ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise Before Life Ends) model of early palliative care with the customary cancer care. Addresses the CGs needs and how meeting these needs would support problem solving, decision-making, and advance care planning.
Author(s): J. Nicholas Dionne-Odom, Andres Azuero, Kathleen D. Lyons, et al.
Citation: Journal of Clinical Oncology, 33(13), 1446-1452
Date: 05/2015
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Early Versus Delayed Initiation of Concurrent Palliative Oncology Care: Patient Outcomes in the ENABLE III Randomized Controlled Trial
Examines the effects of early versus delayed palliative care, the ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends) model. ENABLE has shown to be an effective telehealth model particularly for patients with advanced stages of cancer and family caregivers in rural areas. Patient outcomes reported focused on quality of life, symptoms, temperament, survival rate, and hospital and clinical care use.
Author(s): Marie A. Bakitas, Tor D. Tosteson, Zhigang Li, et al.
Citation: Journal of Clinical Oncology, 33(13), 1438-1445
Date: 05/2015
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