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Date: Dec 2015
Research brief on the benefits of telestroke centers in rural and remote areas of South Carolina to improve outcomes. Includes a discussion of the impact of limited primary stroke center access and suggestions for policymakers.
...Khosrow Heidari Preventing Chronic Disease, 12 12/2015 Access · Cardiovascular disease · Health disparities · Telehealth · South Carolina...
Date: Jun 2011
Update to the 2009 Rural Broadband Report describing broadband deployment and adoption in rural areas. Discusses telecommunications needs of rural healthcare providers.
...areas. Discusses telecommunications needs of rural healthcare providers. 06/2011 Federal Communications Commission Broadband · Policy · Telehealth...
Date: Dec 2022
Provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ReConnect program, which provides loans, grants, and loan/grant combinations to build and enhance broadband infrastructure in eligible rural service areas. Summarizes program details, funding allocations, the three rounds of awards, and funding awards by state. Compares the ReConnect program with other USDA broadband programs. Identifies issues that may impact the program's effectiveness, related legislation introduced in the 117th Congress, and potential policy options.
...Congress, and potential policy options. 12/2022 Congressional Research Service Access · Broadband · Funding · Infrastructure · Policy · Telehealth...
Date: May 2009
Describes a comprehensive rural broadband strategy proposed to Congress and recommendations for improving inter-agency coordination of broadband policies. Covers initiatives for assessing broadband needs in rural areas and for specific federal agency programs and resources to overcome the obstacles that currently impede rural broadband deployment.
...currently impede rural broadband deployment. Michael J. Copps 05/2009 Federal Communications Commission Broadband · Policy · Telehealth...
Date: 2025
Provides an overview of barriers to oral health in rural areas, and discusses strategies to increase access to oral health care 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...
Date: Jan 2024
Examines telemental health delivery at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) across the U.S. Analyzes 1,270 FQHCs and their telemental appointments in 2021 and provides statistics according to mental health staffing, rurality of FQHC, state, and patient population descriptors, including age, race/ethnicity, and insurance status.
...Health Centers · Mental health · State-by-state data · Statistics and data · Telehealth · State-by-state...
Date: Dec 2018
Describes changes to the Controlled Substance Act (CSA) authorizing special registration for telemedicine to increase access to healthcare providers that can prescribe controlled substances using telemedicine, with the goal of helping address the opioid crisis and shortage of mental health providers. Outlines the seven categories for the practice of telemedicine under the authority of the CSA. The Drug Enforcement Administration plans to publish the related proposed rule to finalize the registration process and procedures.
...Policy · Prescription drug misuse · Substance use and misuse · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Apr 2021
Discusses efforts to build broadband infrastructure in Grayson County, Virginia, in rural Appalachia. Describes the planning process, health implications of broadband access in the county, and advice for communities seeking broadband.
...seeking broadband. AARP Livable Communities 04/2021 AARP Access · Appalachia · Broadband · Elderly population · Infrastructure · Telehealth · Virginia...
Date: Feb 10, 2026
The Teledermatology Serving Georgia program offers primary care providers hands-on training in dermatology procedures. The project will lead to timely interventions and improved patient outcomes, especially for those living in rural and medically underserved areas. Source: Jagwire.
...areas. Access · Cancer · Interprofessional training of the health workforce · Primary care · Specialty care · Telehealth · Georgia...
Date: May 2016
Demonstrates the trends in the use of telemedicine utilization by rural Medicare beneficiaries between 2004 and 2013. Data is derived from Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes or telemedicine-specific codes, using Medicare's definition for rural. Includes a table comparing patient characteristics for Medicare beneficiaries with and without a telemedicine visit in 2013.
...Journal of the American Medical Association, 315(18), 2015–2016 05/2016 Medicare · Statistics and data · Telehealth...