Website Search Results for: telehealth
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Date: Aug 2021
Viewpoint article discussing the positive financial impacts of telemedicine in emergency departments (EDs) and barriers to using telemedicine in small rural hospitals related to patient volume, high upfront costs, and reimbursement issues. Outlines policy interventions to support rural telemedicine.
...08/2021 Access · Emergency department and urgent care services · Hospitals · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Telehealth...
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...
Date: Aug 26, 2020
From decreasing stigma to increasing treatment access and the impact of COVID-19, experts and rural healthcare organizations speak out on alcohol use and misuse in rural America. - The Rural Monitor
...telehealth changes are also emerging as a positive influence on the future of AUD treatment...
Date: Nov 9, 2016
Happy 25th anniversary to the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy's State Office of Rural Health (SORH) Program! Although each SORH has its own story, this article highlights the history of the program and the good work of three state offices that are meeting rural health needs in unique ways. - The Rural Monitor
...telehealth, and electronic medical records (EMRs). So far, SCORH has facilitated more than $130 million...
Date: Jan 2017
Explores telemedicine as a potential delivery tool for the Medicare Obesity Benefit in primary care settings. Describes challenges in implementing the benefit in rural areas, including increasing older adult populations, shortages in primary care and specialized healthcare providers, reimbursement issues, and transportation barriers. Presents the potential utility of telemedicine in rural obesity care and non-physician staff delivery options, which require regulatory changes.
...Geriatrics, 17, 6 01/2017 Access · Medicare · Obesity and weight control · Older adults · Reimbursement and payment models · Telehealth...
Date: Jul 2020
Reviews research on the trust populations in rural and underserved areas have in hospitals. Highlights dimensions of patient trust identified by researchers. Profiles a study by the Colorado Hospital Association examining the relationship between patient and family engagement activities and patient trust in rural hospitals. Includes a discussion on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals.
...Austin Cluxton 07/2020 AcademyHealth Healthcare quality · Hospitals · Infectious diseases · Reimbursement and payment models · Telehealth · Colorado...
Reviewed: Oct 2025
Infographic focused on rural demographics and population trends, health workforce challenges, and initiatives that seek to improve healthcare access in rural communities.
...Management Foundation Access · Health workforce supply and demand · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...
Date: Mar 2023
Shares the results of a study examining changes over time in rural-urban differences in telemedicine use for primary care and mental health integration services among Veterans Affairs (VA) beneficiaries. Uses data from 138 VA healthcare systems from March 2019 to December 2021. Features demographics and statistics with breakdowns by visit type and rural or urban area.
...Integrated service delivery · Mental health · Primary care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Veterans...
Date: Jan 2024
Presents a study on the use of telemedicine by mental health providers since the COVID-19 pandemic. Highlights the expansion of telemental health during the pandemic and how that expansion has continued in the aftermath. Breaks down data by patient and provider characteristics, as well as the rurality of providers and of the area served.
...01/2024 Access · COVID-19 · Mental health · Population health · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...
Date: Mar 2021
Study comparing rates of cardiovascular disease in rural and urban areas at the county level. Analyzes CDC WONDER data on heart failure deaths related to cardiovascular disease between 2011 and 2018, comparing population demographics, socioeconomic characteristics, risk factor prevalence, and physician density. Discusses issues of access to care in rural areas with high rates of heart failure.
...PLoS One, 16(3), e0246813 03/2021 Access · Cardiovascular disease · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...