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1351. Financing Project ECHO: Options for State Medicaid Programs - Resources
Date: Sep 2017

Outlines how 4 states are using Medicaid funds to support Project ECHO and enhance services in California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oregon. Shares design considerations for specific delivery system environments and ways to ensure long-term program sustainability. Project ECHO seeks to expand access to specialty healthcare services in rural and underserved areas.

...business and finance · Medicaid · Service delivery models · Sustainability of programs · Telehealth · California · Colorado · New Mexico · Oregon...

1352. Weight Loss Success of Participants Residing in Rural and Urban Areas - Resources
Date: Sep 2018

Compares the weight loss outcomes of residents in rural and urban areas of Arkansas and Vermont participating in an on-line behavioral weight loss intervention, and assesses any rural and urban differences in adherence to treatment goals.

...Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Arkansas · Vermont...

1353. Remote Eye Care Screening for Rural Veterans with Technology-Based Eye Care Services: A Quality Improvement Project - Resources
Date: Jan 2017

Highlights the improvement in access to eye care and screening services for veterans as a result of the Technology-based Eye Care Services (TECS), a quality improvement project developed by the Atlanta Veterans Affairs (VA). Provides data on patient demographics, eye care service, and diagnoses broken down by Rural-Urban Commuting Area.

...Health, 17(1), 4045 01/2017 Access · Health screening · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Veterans...

1354. Tackling the Maternal and Infant Health Crisis: A Governor's Playbook - Resources
Date: Jul 2023

Provides an overview of maternal morbidity and mortality trends, including racial and geographic disparities, as well as the underlying causes of poor maternal health in the United States. Outlines 32 recommendations across five priority areas that can be implemented in coordination with critical stakeholders, such as industry and community leaders, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, and people with lived experience. Priority 3 covers recommendations related to disparities affecting Black and American Indian/Alaska Native individuals. Includes rural references throughout.

...determinants of health · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

1355. 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...

1356. Continuing Education, Professional Development, and Lifelong Learning for the 21st Century Health Care Workforce - Resources
Date: 2011

11th Annual Report to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Congress of the United States. Focuses on continuing education for health professionals. Discusses video or web conferencing for providing continuing education to rural providers.

...Community-Based Linkages Health workforce education and training · Technology for health and human services · Telehealth...

1357. Indian Health Service: Relief Funding and Agency Response to COVID-19 Pandemic - Resources
Date: Mar 2022

Describes the COVID-19 relief funding for Indian Health Service (IHS), tribal, and urban Indian organization health facilities and how the funds were used to meet immediate and longstanding system needs. Discusses the initial IHS response to the pandemic and steps IHS took to address challenges that its hospitals faced responding to the pandemic.

...preparedness and response · Funding · Hospitals · Infectious diseases · Technology for health and human services · Telehealth · Tribal communities...

1358. Association of a Remotely Offered Infectious Diseases eConsult Service with Improved Clinical Outcomes - Resources
Date: Jan 2020

Discusses an asynchronous infectious disease eConsultation program for hospitalized patients, and examines the program's effect on mortality, readmission, and hospital transfer at two rural Minnesota hospitals. Compares the implementation of this service with other telemedicine programs. Describes referring provider and infection disease specialists' satisfaction with the eConsultation service.

...Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 7(1) 01/2020 Access · Infectious diseases · Inpatient care · Mortality · Telehealth · Minnesota...

1359. Demand for Broadband in Rural Areas: Implications for Universal Access - Resources
Date: Dec 2019

Reports on the characteristics of demand for fixed broadband among households and small businesses in rural areas and how they affect private sector infrastructure investments. Discusses the role of schools and libraries as providers of broadband service and training to rural residents, and how broadband enabled services, such as telemedicine, may encourage rural households and small businesses to adopt the technology. Highlights federal programs and policies that may increase or impede broadband demand, and offers options for the U.S. Congress to consider as it addresses rural broadband demand.

...Congressional Research Service Broadband · Legislation and regulations · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

1360. Rural Caregivers: Identification of Informational Needs Through Telemedicine Questions - Resources
Date: Apr 2020

Explores the scope of dementia-related knowledge among attendees of a caregiving telemedicine program in rural Kentucky. Discusses the educational needs of participants regarding dementia as well as implications for the program and further research for similar programs.

...Journal of Rural Health, 1-6 04/2020 Aging and aging-related services · Informal caregivers · Telehealth...