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1231. Advancing Health Equity and Access Using Telemedicine: A Geospatial Assessment - Resources
Date: Aug 2019

Highlights a study on the effectiveness of a virtual urgent care (VUC) program in expanding healthcare access and addressing health equity in rural populations in North Carolina. Compares rural versus urban areas and breaks down data by rates of poverty, Medicare and Medicaid enrollment, and broadband access, among other measures.

...Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Telehealth · North Carolina...

1232. 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...

1233. Bridging the Gap: Health Challenges and Solutions in Rural Illinois - Resources
Date: Nov 2024

A podcast episode of a conversation between Kristen Nolen, Section Chief for the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Center for Rural Health, and Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association. Discusses healthcare deserts, telemedicine, medical infrastructure, and facility shortages in rural areas. Transcript available below description.

...Public Health Closures of healthcare facilities and services · Health workforce supply and demand · Telehealth · Illinois...

1234. Hospital Utilization Among Rural Children Served by Pediatric Neurology Telemedicine Clinics - Resources
Date: Aug 2019

Compares rates of emergency department visits and hospital admissions at a California academic children's hospital with similar groups of patients who received outpatient pediatric neurology care at remote telemedicine clinics or in-person clinics. Features statistics including baseline characteristics among telemedicine and in-person cohorts, and hospital encounter frequencies and rates.

...youth · Clinics · Health workforce supply and demand · Hospitals · Outpatient care · Statistics and data · Telehealth · California...

1235. Staving Off One's Mortality: Rural Kidney Health and Its Disparities - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Jun 15, 2022

For the 240,000 rural Americans with complete kidney failure, it's likely that very few knew they even had kidney disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, kidney disease is usually silent; 90% of people with kidney disease don't know they have it. With research pointing to the high costs of kidney disease for pediatric and adult patients alike — mostly covered by Medicare — experts and researchers discuss rural disparities around access to disease-stabilizing treatment and to renal replacement therapies. - The Rural Monitor

...telehealth program for their patients in Orofino and Cottonwood . He shared patient perceptions around the themes...

1236. Improving Rural Maternal Health Care through Network Models: Summary of the RMOMS Program 2021 Cohort - Resources
Date: Sep 2022

Describes the Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (RMOMS) program supporting increased access to maternal healthcare in rural communities and improvement in maternal and neonatal outcomes. Summarizes three RMOMS programs from the 2021 Cohort - Families First: Rural Maternity Health Collaborative (Minnesota), RMOM-Southeast Missouri Partnership, and West Virginia RMOMS Collaborative. Identifies their maternal health service area, network partners, and goals and strategies for improving healthcare access and outcomes.

...health and prenatal care · Specialty care · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Women · Minnesota · Missouri · West Virginia...

1237. First Year of Life – RHIhub Rural Early Childhood Health Promotion Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Feb 18, 2021

The first year of a child's life sets the foundation for healthy behaviors and outcomes. Breastfeeding is an important consideration for new families.

...Telehealth has been successful in treating children, including addressing childhood obesity, though it should not replace...

1238. Palliative Video Consultation and Symptom Distress Among Rural Inpatients: A Randomized Clinical Trial - Resources
Date: Jul 2025

Results of a study to assess whether culturally-based palliative care video consultation improves symptom distress compared with usual inpatient care without palliative care. Uses data collected from July 2020 to December 2023 from 3 rural hospitals in Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina.

...Chronic disease management · Culture · Hospice and palliative care · Inpatient care · Telehealth · Alabama · Mississippi · South Carolina...

1239. 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...

1240. Social Determinants of Health in Rural Communities Toolkit - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: May 11, 2026

A step-by-step guide for developing programs to address the social determinants of health in rural communities. Includes evidence-based and promising approaches that can be adapted to fit your program and community needs.

...Telehealth Toolkit Rural Transportation Toolkit For more information about rural community health programs, including how to develop...