Rural Health
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Encouraging Rural Health Clinics to Provide Mental Health Services: What are the Options?
Examines changes in the delivery of mental health services by Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), their operational characteristics, barriers to the development of services, and policy options to encourage more RHCs to deliver mental health services.
Author(s): John Gale, David Hartley, Barbara Shaw, Stephanie Loux
Date: 05/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Examines changes in the delivery of mental health services by Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), their operational characteristics, barriers to the development of services, and policy options to encourage more RHCs to deliver mental health services.
Author(s): John Gale, David Hartley, Barbara Shaw, Stephanie Loux
Date: 05/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Rural Veteran Access to Healthcare Services: Investigating the Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Overcoming Spatial Barriers
Features a study on the use of technology in providing rural veterans' access to healthcare. Focuses on patient demographics, travel distance, and comfort with computer use, among others.
Author(s): Benjamin L Schooley, Thomas A Horan, Pamela W Lee, Priscilla A West
Citation: Perspectives in Health Information Management, 7(Spring), 1f
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
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Features a study on the use of technology in providing rural veterans' access to healthcare. Focuses on patient demographics, travel distance, and comfort with computer use, among others.
Author(s): Benjamin L Schooley, Thomas A Horan, Pamela W Lee, Priscilla A West
Citation: Perspectives in Health Information Management, 7(Spring), 1f
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
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Electronic Medical Record Systems in Critical Access Hospitals: Leadership Perspectives on Anticipated and Realized Benefits
Examines the efficacy of electronic medical records (EMRs) in reducing healthcare costs while also improving performance and quality in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Also discusses the reasons CAH leadership may choose to implement an EMR, and whether anticipated benefits have generally been realized. Results are based on a survey of leadership from 15 Iowa-based CAHs.
Author(s): Troy R. Mills, Jared Vavroch, James A. Bahensky, Marcia M. Ward
Citation: Perspectives in Health Information Management, 7, 1c
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
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Examines the efficacy of electronic medical records (EMRs) in reducing healthcare costs while also improving performance and quality in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Also discusses the reasons CAH leadership may choose to implement an EMR, and whether anticipated benefits have generally been realized. Results are based on a survey of leadership from 15 Iowa-based CAHs.
Author(s): Troy R. Mills, Jared Vavroch, James A. Bahensky, Marcia M. Ward
Citation: Perspectives in Health Information Management, 7, 1c
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
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States' Use of Cost-Based Reimbursement for Medicaid Services at Critical Access Hospitals
Explains cost-based reimbursement for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Documents which of the 45 states with CAHs utilize a cost-based reimbursement methodology for Medicaid.
Author(s): Andrea Radford, Mike Hamon, Caitlin Nelligan
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Explains cost-based reimbursement for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Documents which of the 45 states with CAHs utilize a cost-based reimbursement methodology for Medicaid.
Author(s): Andrea Radford, Mike Hamon, Caitlin Nelligan
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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A Manual on Effective Collaboration Between Critical Access Hospitals and Federally Qualified Health Centers
Highlights how through cooperation and collaboration, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), especially those near each other and serving similar communities, can meet community needs, enhance roles, and stabilize and expand needed services and rural delivery systems.
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Highlights how through cooperation and collaboration, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), especially those near each other and serving similar communities, can meet community needs, enhance roles, and stabilize and expand needed services and rural delivery systems.
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Border Lives: Health Status in the United States-Mexico Border Region
An overview of key health issues affecting U.S. residents living in the U.S.-Mexico border region.
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: United States-México Border Health Commission
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An overview of key health issues affecting U.S. residents living in the U.S.-Mexico border region.
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: United States-México Border Health Commission
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A Case Study of Developments in Rural Health in Difficult Economic Times: Nemaha County, Nebraska
Shows how health care providers and others in Nemaha County, Nebraska fared during an economic downturn, covering impacts related to access to care, escalating health care costs, and gaps in quality.
Author(s): Anh Nguyen, Kelly Shaw-Sutherland, Keith Mueller
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Shows how health care providers and others in Nemaha County, Nebraska fared during an economic downturn, covering impacts related to access to care, escalating health care costs, and gaps in quality.
Author(s): Anh Nguyen, Kelly Shaw-Sutherland, Keith Mueller
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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A Case Study of Developments in Rural Health in Difficult Economic Times: Walthall County, Mississippi
Shows how health care providers and others in Walthall County, Mississippi fared during an economic downturn, covering impacts related to access to care, escalating health care costs, and gaps in quality.
Author(s): Anh Nguyen, Kelly Shaw-Sutherland, Keith Mueller
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Shows how health care providers and others in Walthall County, Mississippi fared during an economic downturn, covering impacts related to access to care, escalating health care costs, and gaps in quality.
Author(s): Anh Nguyen, Kelly Shaw-Sutherland, Keith Mueller
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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A Case Study of Developments in Rural Health in Difficult Economic Times: Leake County, Mississippi
Shows how health care providers and others in Leake County, Mississippi fared during an economic downturn, covering impacts related to access to care, escalating health care costs, and gaps in quality.
Author(s): Kelly Shaw-Sutherland, Anh Nguyen, Keith Mueller
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Shows how health care providers and others in Leake County, Mississippi fared during an economic downturn, covering impacts related to access to care, escalating health care costs, and gaps in quality.
Author(s): Kelly Shaw-Sutherland, Anh Nguyen, Keith Mueller
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Alternatives to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System: Assessing the Impact on Rural Hospitals
Explores alternatives to Medicare's Outpatient Prospective Payment System and how these options would affect rural hospitals.
Author(s): Janet Pagan-Sutton, Claudia Schur, Katie Merrell
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Explores alternatives to Medicare's Outpatient Prospective Payment System and how these options would affect rural hospitals.
Author(s): Janet Pagan-Sutton, Claudia Schur, Katie Merrell
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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