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1231. Challenges and Strategies to Improve Access to Oral Health Care in Rural America - Resources
Date: 2025

Provides an overview of barriers to oral health in rural areas, and discusses strategies to increase access to oral healthcare and improve rural public health outcomes. Covers topics including dental insurance, service delivery models, oral health workforce, the role of oral health professionals in addressing opioid and tobacco use, and water fluoridation.

...service delivery · Mobile and episodic healthcare delivery · Oral health · Public health · Service delivery models · Telehealth...

1232. Compacts of Free Association: VA Is Pursuing Partial Implementation of Health Care Authorities in the Freely Associated States - Resources
Date: Sep 2026

Explores challenges veterans in the Freely Associated States (FAS) - Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau - face in obtaining healthcare benefits and services. Discusses analyses completed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to assess the implementation of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024, which gave VA discretionary authority to expand healthcare services to eligible veterans in the FAS by providing hospital care, medical services, and beneficiary travel payments.

...Telehealth · Transportation · Veterans · Federated States of Micronesia · Republic of Palau · Republic of the Marshall Islands...

1233. Veterans Health Care: Information on Eligibility for and Use of Dental Benefits - Resources
Date: Sep 2026

Provides an overview of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) dental benefits and eligibility. Describes the number and percentage of VHA-enrolled veterans who were eligible for VA dental benefits between 2020 and 2025. Presents data by demographic characteristics, including age and rural residence. Explores the potential effect of expanding eligibility for VA dental benefits to all veterans with a heart disease diagnosis. Appendix I discusses VHA's use of teledentistry between 2020 and 2025, including the number and percentage of VHA facilities, by facility type and rurality, that provided at least one dental visit by teledentistry.

...Government Accountability Office Access · Oral health · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Veterans...

1234. Care Coordination Between Rural Primary Care and Telemedicine to Expand Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: Results from a Single-Arm, Multisite Feasibility Study - Resources
Date: Sep 2023

Examines the feasibility of expanding access to medication treatment for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in rural areas through the use of telemedicine. Analyzes 6 rural primary care sites and their care coordination model. Includes data on patients referred to telemedicine and total number of patient-days on MOUD.

...Care coordination · Illicit drug use · Opioids · Prescription drug misuse · Primary care · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

1235. Target Door-to-Needle Time in Acute Stroke Treatment via Telemedicine Versus In-Person Evaluation in a Rural Setting of the Midwest: A Retrospective Cohort Study - Resources
Date: Jan 2025

Examines door-to-needle time (DTN) among 239 patients who received thrombolytic treatment within a rural, Midwestern stroke network. Compares telemedicine and in-person treatment delivery, with data on patient safety, short-term outcomes, and DTN by provider type.

...Diseases, 34(1), 108141 01/2025 Cardiovascular disease · Healthcare quality · Specialty care · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

1236. Utilizing Patient Geographic Information System Data to Plan Telemedicine Service Locations - Resources
Date: Sep 2017

Describes a model for determining optimal locations for telemedicine service providers by using electronic health record (EHR) data in a geographic information system (GIS). Demonstrates the method for extracting GIS patient data from EHRs using an EHR sample of 4,027 visits to a neurodevelopmental pediatric service provider in 2011-2012. Discusses potential and limitations for using EHR data and GIS mapping to plan for specific telemedicine interventions.

...Informatics Association, 24(5), 891-896 09/2017 Access · Health information technology · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

1237. The 2018 Farm Bill (P.L. 115-334): Summary and Side-by-Side Comparison - Resources
Date: May 2024

Analyzes the 2018 Farm Bill by comparing House and Senate versions of the bill and the previous 2014 bill. Includes important rural provisions addressing substance abuse treatment, telemedicine funding, broadband access, and rural hospital loans.

...05/2024 Congressional Research Service Broadband · Funding · Hospitals · Legislation and regulations · Substance use and misuse · Telehealth...

1238. Community Health Centers' Progress and Challenges in Meeting Patients' Essential Primary Care Needs: Findings from the Commonwealth Fund 2024 National Survey of Federally Qualified Health Centers - Resources
Date: Aug 2024

Summarizes findings from the 2024 Commonwealth Fund National Survey of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), which received responses from 737 FQHC leaders in fall 2023 and spring 2024. Explores the extent to which FQHCs achieve primary care accessibility, comprehensiveness, and coordination. Compares findings to data from the 2018 version of this survey to assess how care delivery changed over time. Describes barriers FQHCs face in offering high-quality care. Presents data by rural and urban location throughout.

...workforce supply and demand · Healthcare quality · Primary care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

1239. Tele-Collaborative Outreach to Rural Patients with Chronic Pain: Pragmatic Effectiveness Trial Protocol for the CORPs Study - Resources
Date: Nov 2024

Presents a trial protocol to examine the effectiveness of the Tele-Collaborative Outreach to Rural Patients (CORPs), a remote collaborative care intervention to improve pain interference among rural veterans with high-impact chronic pain. The intervention will be delivered through Veterans Health Administration (VA) system and will include pain education, care coordination, and navigation support provided by a nurse care manager (NCM). Discusses program implementation, evaluation, and cost-effectiveness.

...Sarah S. Ono, et al. Pain Medicine, 25, S91-S98 11/2024 Access · Care coordination · Health conditions · Telehealth · Veterans...

1240. Attitudes and Perceived Barriers Toward Store-and-Forward Teledermatology among Primary Care Providers of the Rural Mississippi - Resources
Date: 2022

Explores the utilization of teledermatology to make dermatology care accessible in rural and underserved areas of Mississippi. Discusses perceived barriers based on 34 primary care provider surveys, such as time investment to learn the technology and time required to submit a teledermatology consult.

...Dermatological Research, 314, 37-40 2022 Access · Delta Region · Primary care · Specialty care · Telehealth · Mississippi...