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1271. A Rural Hospital Guide to Improving Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Resources
Date: Aug 2019

A guide for rural hospital leaders, Rural Health Clinics, and their partners to help them understand rural chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) services and adopt best practices for COPD diagnosis, treatment, and long-term care. Addresses rural COPD prevalence and services, clinical diagnosis and treatment, service models, care management, technologies, and community support services. Includes considerations for implementing a pulmonary rehab program, roles and staffing needed, and basic billing and coding.

...Hospitals · Healthcare business and finance · Rural Health Clinics · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

1272. Track: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Digital Health Obesity Treatment Intervention for Medically Vulnerable Primary Care Patients - Resources
Date: May 2017

Examines the effectiveness of Track, a digital health intervention, to provide obesity treatment to low-income, racial/ethnic minority adults with obesity and related comorbidities in rural North Carolina. Includes baseline characteristic data, such as gender, race/ethnicity, education, smoking status, and diagnosis.

...Obesity and weight control · Primary care · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · North Carolina...

1273. Critical Access Hospitals: Views on How Medicare Payment and Other Factors Affect Behavioral Health Services - Resources
Date: Jun 2023

Provides an overview of Medicare payment policies for care provided by Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Explores how CAHs provide behavioral health services in their communities. Summarizes findings from interviews with officials from 10 CAHs, stakeholder organizations, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) regarding how Medicare payment policies and other factors affect CAHs' ability to provide behavioral health services.

...Access Hospitals · Legislation and regulations · Medicare · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural Health Clinics · Telehealth...

1274. Telephone-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Telephone-Delivered Nondirective Supportive Therapy for Rural Older Adults With Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial - Resources
Date: Aug 2015

Analyzes therapy provided over the phone and its impact on symptoms of anxiety and depression among aging populations in rural areas that lack mental health services.

...Psychiatry, 72(10), 1012-1020 08/2015 Access · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Older adults · Telehealth...

1275. Maternal Health: Availability of Hospital-Based Obstetric Care in Rural Areas - Resources
Date: Oct 2022

Explores the availability of hospital-based obstetric services in rural areas. Summarizes stakeholder perspectives on the factors affecting the availability of these services and on the efforts federal agencies, states, and others could take to increase the access to obstetric care. Highlights six programs identified by researchers and provider associations as effective at increasing obstetric care in rural areas.

...retention of health professionals · Reimbursement and payment models · Service delivery models · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Women...

1276. Building on the History of the State Offices of Rural Health: Celebrating 25 Years of Service - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
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...

1277. Mental Health Care: Access Challenges for Covered Consumers and Relevant Federal Efforts - Resources
Date: Mar 2022

Explores the experiences of consumers with health insurance coverage in accessing timely and appropriate mental healthcare. Describes challenges accessing mental health services, including workforce shortages and broadband availability in rural areas. Identifies ongoing and planned federal efforts to address these challenges.

...Access · Behavioral health workforce · Health workforce supply and demand · Healthcare facilities · Mental health · Policy · Telehealth...

1278. VA Health Care: Efforts to Prioritize and Translate Research into Clinical Practice - Resources
Date: Jan 2020

Examines how the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) sets priorities for funding research, VA efforts to facilitate translation of research into clinical practice, and coordination between VA's research program and other parts of the VA. Briefly highlights a research study on the use of telemedicine outreach for rural veterans with PTSD.

...PTSD. 01/2020 Government Accountability Office Mental health conditions · Policy · Research methods and resources · Telehealth · Veterans...

1279. Telephone Veteran Peer Coaching for Mental Health Treatment Engagement among Rural Veterans: The Importance of Secondary Outcomes and Qualitative Data in a Randomized Controlled Trial - Resources
Date: Sep 2021

Presents a study of telephone motivational coaching for veterans receiving primary care in rural VA clinics in Northern California and Louisiana. Compares 272 veterans who screened positive for mental health problems, examining impacts of veteran peer motivational coaching on depression, quality of life, posttraumatic stress disorder, and self-care. Discusses barriers to mental healthcare for rural veterans.

...Access · Health screening · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Veterans · California · Louisiana...

1280. Defense Health Care: Plans Needed to Ensure Implementation of Required Elements for TRICARE's Managed Care Support Contracts - Resources
Date: Feb 2020

Report highlights the Government Accountability Office recommendations for the implementation of changes to the Department of Defense's TRICARE managed support contracts that were required by Congress. Evaluates the specific improvements relating to healthcare delivery and touches on their importance in rural areas.

...importance in rural areas. 02/2020 Government Accountability Office Access · Healthcare networks · Healthcare quality · Policy · Telehealth · Veterans...