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Date: Jan 2019
Discusses a telepharmacy service in Iowa that works to provide rural residents at risk for HIV infection with the daily preventive medication, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Covers barriers overcome by the program and next steps to address ongoing challenges program participants face.
...Pharmacists HIV and AIDS · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Iowa...
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...
Date: Feb 2021
Highlights the position of the Society of Behavioral Medicine on rural health disparities as they relate to the COVID-19 pandemic. Addresses shortages in rural health research, healthcare infrastructure, and other systemic disparities. Makes both short- and long-term recommendations to policymakers.
...02/2021 Access · Broadband · COVID-19 · Health disparities · Occupational health and safety · Policy · Public health · Telehealth...
Date: Jun 2018
Features a study on the Veterans Health Administration's efforts to improve access to acute stroke services for rural veteran populations. Discusses the National TeleStroke Program (NTSP) and it's impact on rural veterans.
...Office of Research & Development Access · Emergency department and urgent care services · Population health · Telehealth · Veterans...
Date: Jan 2021
Presents a study on the well-being and healthcare needs of socially isolated adults 75 years and older during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural West Virginia. Bases conclusions on telephone interviews with seniors from April 1-22, 2020. Breaks down data by demographic characteristics, mental and physical health conditions, and comfort with different forms of communication technology, among other factors.
...health conditions · Older adults · Public health · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · West Virginia...
Date: Jan 2021
Highlights the importance of video-to-home telemedicine (VTH) for maintaining mental healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discusses the usefulness of VTH in expanding access to mental healthcare broadly, as well as some of the infrastructure-based limitations that currently exist.
...Health, 37(1), 242-245 01/2021 Access · COVID-19 · Infrastructure · Mental health · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: 2021
Interviewed 14 members of the Michigan Farm Bureau in 2019 to explore their healthcare system experiences. Overall themes discussed include formal healthcare, well-being and health supports, health insurance, and virtual healthcare. Data show basic demographics of participants in addition to their access to Internet, cell phones, and virtual healthcare.
...Farmers and farmworkers · Health insurance · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Michigan...
Date: Jan 2021
Discusses the challenges of treating patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Highlights decisions made by primary care physicians regarding harm reduction related to COVID-19 that may have detrimental effects for OUD patient.
...Opioids · Prescription drug misuse · Primary care · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · North Carolina...
Date: Nov 2020
Describes the key challenges rural primary care and behavioral health providers have faced in delivering care since COVID-19, in addition to the policy changes implemented in response to those challenges. Offers state-level policy recommendations for improving rural primary care and behavioral health services.
...Safety Net Behavioral health · Policy · Primary care · Reimbursement and payment models · Service delivery models · Telehealth...
Date: Dec 2004
FCC report identifying the expansion of funding for rural telemedicine services to improve the effectiveness of the rural healthcare universal service support mechanism. The mechanism provides discounts to rural healthcare providers to access modern telecommunications for medical and health maintenance purposes. Defines "Rural Area."
...telecommunications for medical and health maintenance purposes. Defines "Rural Area." 12/2004 Federal Communications Commission Policy · Telehealth...