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1271. Access Granted: Rural Broadband Options, Obstacles, and Solutions - Resources
Date: Jan 2022

Report describing the importance of broadband access for rural education, healthcare, economic development, equality, and climate impact. Discusses connectivity options and barriers to expanding broadband infrastructure, and examines consumer, community, and policy actions to reduce barriers and expand access.

...barriers and expand access. Molly Malone 01/2022 Center for Rural Affairs Access · Broadband · Infrastructure · Policy · Telehealth...

1272. The Future of Rural Behavioral Health - Resources
Date: Feb 2015

Policy paper discussing the unique challenges of providing behavioral healthcare services in rural areas. Includes policy recommendations and interventions related to workforce development, reimbursement and financing, integration of care, and the use of technology in delivering behavioral healthcare.

...health workforce · Health workforce shortage designations · Integrated service delivery · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Telehealth...

1273. "You Can't Do Anything by Yourself": Recruiting and Retaining Mental Health Professionals in Rural America - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Sep 17, 2025

A national recruitment organization, state behavioral health organizations in Nebraska and South Carolina, and a mental health center CEO in Michigan discuss the challenges in recruiting and retaining mental health professionals in rural areas and share solutions. - The Rural Monitor

...telehealth options. In addition, hiring facilities should tell job candidates about professional development opportunities such...

1274. Comprehensive Quality Improvement in Rural Health Care - Resources
Date: Feb 2015

Policy paper addresses comprehensive quality improvement for rural healthcare by incorporating and tailoring strategies from the National Quality Strategy (NQS) aims of better care, healthy people/communities, and affordable care to better suit rural healthcare. Includes four broad steps to help guide rural facilities through the quality improvement process.

...Gretchen Holmes, Mary Smith 02/2015 National Rural Health Association Health workforce · Healthcare quality · Policy · Telehealth...

1275. Alcohol Use Disorder: Addressing Stigma and Treatment Access in Rural America - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
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...

1276. Strategies for Superbugs: Antibiotic Stewardship for Rural Hospitals - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Mar 22, 2017

Resistant bacteria, or "superbugs," are a cause of major medical illness and death. Government and accreditation agencies, as well as infectious disease experts, believe hospital antibiotic stewardship programs are the answer to blunting the impact and development of these germs. Despite limited resources, rural and Critical Access Hospitals are activating their stewardship programs. - The Rural Monitor

...Telehealth program. "We're working with each hospital to set up individual stewardship programs that...

1277. Recovering from a Cybersecurity Attack and Protecting the Future in Small, Rural Health Organizations - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Oct 4, 2023

Rural hospitals are becoming increasingly vulnerable to attempts to penetrate information systems to create havoc, steal data, or hold information "hostage" for a monetary ransom. Two Critical Access Hospital leaders discuss attacks at their organizations and how they are working to prevent future attacks. An information technology compliance expert also highlights actions organizations can take to better protect themselves from cyber-attacks. - The Rural Monitor

...telehealth equipment, as well as high-tech radiology like CT and MRI machines, allow rural...

1278. Telemental Health in Today's Rural Health System - Resources
Date: Dec 2013

Describes the organizational setting, services provided, and staff used in rural telemental health programs based on a study of 53 telemental health providers. Outlines the opportunities and challenges for telemental health in the rural health system.

...Hansen, Zach T. Croll, David Hartley 12/2013 Maine Rural Health Research Center Mental health · Telehealth...

1279. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Acute Stroke Capabilities in California: Association with Rurality and Telestroke Access - Resources
Date: Apr 2026

Examines disparities in presentation to emergency departments (EDs) with or without acute stroke capability among patients with acute stroke by race and ethnicity, and variations in these associations by patient rurality and ED telestroke status, using 2021 NEDI-California and NEDI-USA survey data.

...disease · Emergency department and urgent care services · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · California...

1280. A Qualitative Study of Rural Primary Care Clinician Views on Remote Monitoring Technologies - Resources
Date: Jan 2014

Examines conclusions of a cross-sectional qualitative study based on interviews with primary care clinicians belonging to the Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network (ORPRN) about the challenges of implementing remote monitoring technologies (RMT) as a means of increasing access and providing a more comprehensive level of care for older and/or less mobile patients in rural areas. Also discusses clinicians ability to use RMTs in coordination with the electronic health record (EHR) system.

...Journal of Rural Health, 30(1), 69-78 01/2014 Health information technology · Primary care · Telehealth · Oregon...