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1231. 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...

1232. Rural Michigan Farmers' Health Concerns and Experiences: A Focus Group Study - Resources
Date: 2021

Interviewed 14 members of the Michigan Farm Bureau in 2019 to explore their healthcare system experiences. Overall themes discussed include formal healthcare, well-being and health supports, health insurance, and virtual healthcare. Data show basic demographics of participants in addition to their access to Internet, cell phones, and virtual healthcare.

...Farmers and farmworkers · Health insurance · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Michigan...

1233. 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...

1234. Maine Rural Health Field Guide - Resources
Added: Jun 2026

Collection of resources intended to connect healthcare professionals, communities, and organizations with proven examples that support rural health. Features links to organizations involved with rural health, funding opportunities, and valuable tools and articles.

...Rural Health and Primary Care Community and faith-based initiatives · Funding · Oral health · Telehealth · Maine...

1235. A Primary Care Response to COVID‐19 for Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder - Resources
Date: Jan 2021

Discusses the challenges of treating patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Highlights decisions made by primary care physicians regarding harm reduction related to COVID-19 that may have detrimental effects for OUD patient.

...Opioids · Prescription drug misuse · Primary care · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · North Carolina...

1236. Comparing Three Ways to Offer a Weight Management Program to Patients Living in Rural Areas: The RE-POWER Study - Resources
Date: 2021

Presents the results of a study in 36 rural primary care practices, including Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Clinics, comparing Medicare Fee for Service behavioral therapy for obesity delivered to individual clients in clinics with an in-clinic group visit delivered by clinical providers; and phone-based group visits delivered by a centralized provider. Participants included 1,407 adults from rural areas over a 24 month period with the goal to identify the most effective therapy for rural settings.

...Research Institute Federally Qualified Health Centers · Medicare · Obesity and weight control · Rural Health Clinics · Telehealth...

1237. Lessons Learned: Pediatric Tele-Mental Health in a Rural Medical Center in the Age of SARS-CoV-2 - Resources
Date: Jan 2021

Explores a study on the use of telemedicine to expand mental healthcare access to rural children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discusses implementation concerns such as a need to protect patient privacy and expand Internet-based infrastructure.

...Health, 37(1), 260-262 01/2021 Access · Broadband · Children and youth · Health disparities · Mental health · Telehealth...

1238. Northern Light Health Accountable Care Organization - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Apr 26, 2024

Cares for roughly 125,000 Maine residents, most of whom reside in rural areas. Focuses on patient-centered care to improve overall wellness and reduce healthcare costs.

...telehealth for at-risk populations. Community health workers also complete social determinants of health intervention...

1239. An Innovative Approach to Care: Integrating Mental Health Services Through Telemedicine in Rural School-Based Health Centers - Resources
Date: Dec 2019

Presents a study on the use of telemedicine to provide behavioral healthcare to rural children and adolescents through school-based health centers. Discusses the West Virginia Children's Access Network (WVCAN) and evaluates the successes and shortcomings of both the school-based health center model and telemedicine at providing behavioral healthcare to rural children.

...Children and youth · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Health disparities · Statistics and data · Telehealth · West Virginia...

1240. METelemedicine: A Pilot Study With Rural Alcohol Users on Community Supervision - Resources
Date: Oct 2014

Describes a study of 127 alcohol users from 4 rural counties in Appalachian Kentucky who underwent several intervention sessions using motivational enhancement therapy via telemedicine (METelemedicine). Discusses the use of METelemedicine as a means of increasing access to treatment for rural alcohol users. Analyzes results at the 3 month follow-up from initial screening.

...Rural Health, 30(4), 422-432 10/2014 Access · Alcohol use · Appalachia · Behavioral health · Telehealth · Kentucky...