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1231. Strategies for Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Rural Health System in New York State - Resources
Date: Jun 2021

Describes the challenges of COVID-19 encountered by Bassett Healthcare Network (BHN), a network of 5 hospitals and 24 clinics located in rural upstate New York covering the healthcare needs of 5 counties. Presents four strategies in response to these challenges: expand the capacity of intensive-care; retrain and reposition employees into new roles; adopt a system providing rapid access to care and follow-up; and coordinate communication and decision-making with network administrators, employees, and other healthcare professionals.

...department and urgent care services · Health systems · Infectious diseases · Statistics and data · Telehealth · New York...

1232. 48th Annual Arizona Rural Health Conference - Resources
Date: Jun 2022

Offers an agenda and presentation slides from the 2022 Arizona Rural Health Conference. Covers a variety of topics including workforce issues, health disparities, community partnerships, and more.

...Health Health disparities · Health workforce · Networking and collaboration · Population health · Public health · Telehealth · Vaccination · Arizona...

1233. Texas Primary Care Office Needs Assessment, 2021 - Resources
Date: Mar 2021

Reports on healthcare disparities, communities with unmet healthcare needs, and barriers to primary, mental, and dental healthcare access in Texas. Includes data and discussion of healthcare workforce shortages and shortage designations, Texas Primary Care Office programs and services, state demographics, and more. Mentions rural throughout, with pages 37-41 discussing rural-specific health outcomes and service availability challenges in depth.

...Oral health · Population health · Poverty · Primary care · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Uninsured and underinsured · Texas...

1234. Virtual Care Expansion in the Veterans Health Administration during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Clinical Services and Patient Characteristics Associated with Utilization - Resources
Date: Mar 2021

Presents results of a study of virtual care use in the Veterans Health Administration during the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Reports statistics for previous and current virtual care use, method of care delivery, and type of care. Compares demographic groups, including urban, rural, and highly rural veterans, and identifies factors associated with virtual care use.

...Association, 28(3), 453-462 03/2021 Access · COVID-19 · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Veterans...

1235. Economics of Using Telemedicine to Supplement Hospice Care in Rural Areas - Resources
Date: 2021

Describes a tele-hospice program implemented in 2015 by Hospice Services, Inc., a community-based hospice provider that serves rural and frontier counties in northwest and north central Kansas, in partnership with the University of Kansas Medical Center. Explores the financial impact of the tele-hospice intervention, comparing tele-hospice costs with costs of in-person services. Also identifies cost savings related to the use of virtual technology to conduct administrative meetings.

...Hospice and palliative care · Medicare · Reimbursement and payment models · Technology for health and human services · Telehealth...

1236. Making Connections: A Guide to Starting a Rural HIV Care Telemedicine Program - Resources
Date: May 2021

Offers an overview of a program that provides HIV care to rural Alabama that started as an in-person service in rural clinics and transitioned to a telemedicine program. Includes a 10-step road map for planning and implementing a telemedicine program. Covers considerations for program development, including scheduling, service delivery, legal considerations, barriers and facilitators to planning, and technology. Free to download after registering name, organization, and email.

...email. 05/2021 AIDS United HIV and AIDS · Planning and strategy methods and resources · Telehealth · Alabama...

1237. The Complex Geographies of Telelactation and Access to Community Breastfeeding Support in the State of Ohio - Resources
Date: Nov 2020

Study examining face-to-face and virtual breastfeeding support options in Ohio, comparing access in urban and rural areas. Explores potential for telelactation services to increase access for rural mothers, noting the barrier of broadband service access. Offers maps that represent spatial data on breastfeeding support access and that identify locations where breastfeeding support interventions would have the most impact.

...Broadband · Maternal health and prenatal care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Women · Ohio...

1238. Coronavirus Pandemic Highlights Critical Gaps in Rural Internet Access for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers: A Call for Partnership with Medical Libraries - Resources
Date: Oct 2020

Highlights the challenges of reaching migrant and seasonal farmworkers with public health information during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discuses migrants' lack of broadband Internet as an inhibitor to migrants' ability to access both healthcare and public health information.

...Association, 108(4), 651-655 10/2020 Agricultural health and safety · Broadband · COVID-19 · Migrants · Public health · Telehealth...

1239. Prenatal Telemedicine During COVID-19: Patterns of Use and Barriers to Access - Resources
Date: Jan 2022

Study examining patient experiences with prenatal telemedicine based on a survey of 164 pregnant patients at a rural New England medical center. Covers barriers to accessing care, Internet access, remote surveillance tools, and engagement with providers.

...JAMIA Open, 5(1) 01/2022 Access · Maternal health and prenatal care · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

1240. Access Granted: Rural Broadband Options, Obstacles, and Solutions - Resources
Date: Jan 2022

Report describing the importance of broadband access for rural education, healthcare, economic development, equality, and climate impact. Discusses connectivity options and barriers to expanding broadband infrastructure, and examines consumer, community, and policy actions to reduce barriers and expand access.

...barriers and expand access. Molly Malone 01/2022 Center for Rural Affairs Access · Broadband · Infrastructure · Policy · Telehealth...