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1271. Looking Back But Leaning Forward: New Opportunities and Challenges for North Carolina's Rural Communities - Resources
Date: Nov 2018

Issue brief describing efforts among local and state leaders to promote community engagement in rural North Carolina and to address shortages of physicians and advanced practitioners. Also examines challenges faced by rural North Carolina hospitals, uses of telemedicine, plans to promote quality care for children and families, and recommendations for the future.

...youth · Community engagement and volunteerism · Families · Health workforce supply and demand · Hospitals · Telehealth · North Carolina...

1272. Leveraging Technology to Promote Smoking Cessation in Urban and Rural Primary Care Medical Offices - Resources
Date: Sep 2018

Study examining use of telemedicine to promote smoking cessation in 8 New York counties, comparing the effectiveness of automated voice recognition (AVR) messages directed to residents of underserved areas. Analyzes data from 5812 participants based on sociodemographic characteristics, including residence in rural versus urban areas.

...differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Tobacco use · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · New York...

1273. Bridging the Gap: Health Challenges and Solutions in Rural Illinois - Resources
Date: Nov 2024

A podcast episode of a conversation between Kristen Nolen, Section Chief for the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Center for Rural Health, and Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association. Discusses healthcare deserts, telemedicine, medical infrastructure, and facility shortages in rural areas. Transcript available below description.

...Public Health Closures of healthcare facilities and services · Health workforce supply and demand · Telehealth · Illinois...

1274. Mental Health Visits via Telecommunications for Rural Health Clinics & Federally Qualified Health Centers - Resources
Date: May 2023

Details regulatory changes for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) regarding mental health visits provided through real-time audio-video and audio-only technologies. Includes information on coding for RHC and FQHC claims, in-person mental health visit requirements, and exceptions to the in-person requirement.

...Health Centers · Healthcare business and finance · Legislation and regulations · Mental health · Rural Health Clinics · Telehealth...

1275. Rural Health Quality: How CMS Initiatives Improve How We Measure and Address Gaps in Care - Resources
Date: Apr 2022

Recording of an April 2022 webinar regarding healthcare quality measurement in rural areas. Discusses measurement challenges in rural areas and how CMS is working to mitigate these issues. Presents resources and programs for rural providers to improve healthcare quality. Transcript is available in the video description.

...Medicare & Medicaid Services Access · Healthcare quality · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural Emergency Hospitals · Telehealth...

1276. A Rural Community Readiness Assessment of Prehospital Telestroke Services in the Ambulance - Resources
Date: Sep 2024

Assesses community perspectives on the acceptability of ambulance-based prehospital stroke telemedicine services in rural and urban communities in O'ahu, Hawai'i. Utilizes questionnaire results of 263 adults recruited from community events, with additional data from 29 follow-up interviews. Compares rural and urban attitudes toward ambulance telestroke services, local hospitals, and Hawai'i's healthcare system, and identifies positive and negative themes affecting acceptability.

...09/2024 Access · Cardiovascular disease · Emergency medical services · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Hawaii...

1277. Advancing Health Care in Rural, Tribal, and Geographically Isolated Communities: FY2024 Year in Review - Resources
Date: Nov 2024

Summarizes Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) activities in fiscal year 2024 to advance health and ensure affordable healthcare for people living in rural, tribal, and geographically isolated communities. Covers 6 priority focus areas: applying a community-informed geographic lens; increasing the collection and use of standardized data; strengthening and supporting healthcare professionals; optimizing medical and communication technology; expanding access to comprehensive healthcare coverage, benefits, and services and supports; and driving innovation and value-based care.

...Reimbursement and payment models · Service delivery models · Technology for health and human services · Telehealth · Tribal communities...

1278. Evaluation of Hospital-Setting HCIA Awards: First Annual Report, Final - Resources
Date: Mar 2015

Evaluations of 10 Health Care Innovation Awards Round One projects undertaken in a hospital inpatient or emergency department. Covers projects that involved Critical Access Hospitals and other rural hospitals. Includes projects focused on improved care for sepsis and projects using remote electronic intensive care unit (eICU) services.

...department and urgent care services · Health reform · Hospitals · Inpatient care · Medicare · Service delivery models · Telehealth...

1279. Utilizing Patient Geographic Information System Data to Plan Telemedicine Service Locations - Resources
Date: Sep 2017

Describes a model for determining optimal locations for telemedicine service providers by using electronic health record (EHR) data in a geographic information system (GIS). Demonstrates the method for extracting GIS patient data from EHRs using an EHR sample of 4,027 visits to a neurodevelopmental pediatric service provider in 2011-2012. Discusses potential and limitations for using EHR data and GIS mapping to plan for specific telemedicine interventions.

...Informatics Association, 24(5), 891-896 09/2017 Access · Health information technology · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

1280. Disparities in Spatial Accessibility of Primary Care in Louisiana: From Physical to Virtual Accessibility - Resources
Date: 2023

Evaluates both physical and virtual accessibility to primary care physicians (PCPs) across Louisiana. Analyzes disparities in access between rural and urban areas, the Black population and the general population, and for Area Deprivation Index (ADI) areas.

...Physicians · Primary care · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Louisiana...