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1381. Rural Health Policy Landscape: Implications for Addressing Behavioral Health - Resources
Date: Jul 2023

Presentation slides from a July 22, 2023, presentation at the 48th Annual Rural Social Work Conference. Provides an overview of the federal, state, and commercial insurance policy landscapes regarding healthcare value and payment. Offers policy recommendations related to rural behavioral health.

...Closures of healthcare facilities and services · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Service delivery models · Telehealth...

1382. Advancing Health Equity and Access Using Telemedicine: A Geospatial Assessment - Resources
Date: Aug 2019

Highlights a study on the effectiveness of a virtual urgent care (VUC) program in expanding healthcare access and addressing health equity in rural populations in North Carolina. Compares rural versus urban areas and breaks down data by rates of poverty, Medicare and Medicaid enrollment, and broadband access, among other measures.

...Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Telehealth · North Carolina...

1383. An Examination of Geographic Access to Outpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Services in Tennessee, a Stroke Belt State - Resources
Date: Nov 2023

Presents data on travel time and distance to Tennessee stroke rehabilitation facilities, with comparisons of rural and urban counties as well as counties with low, medium, or high stroke prevalence. Describes care access challenges faced by rural stroke patients, including barriers related to transportation and telerehabilitation.

...Tagged as Access · Healthcare facilities · Outpatient care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Transportation · Tennessee...

1384. Use of Telemedicine and Quality of Care Among Medicare Enrollees With Serious Mental Illness - Resources
Date: Oct 2023

Examines telemedicine use during the COVID-19 pandemic among Medicare beneficiaries with mental illness. Analyzes levels of telemental use by mental health practices who saw patients with schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder the year before the COVID-19 pandemic and during the first pandemic year. Discusses patient outcomes and quality of care as correlated with telemental use, with data broken down according to practice characteristics and patient demographics, including rurality.

...quality · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Rural-urban differences · Specialty care · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

1385. FCC Rural Health Care Support Mechanism: Second Report and Order, Order on Reconsiderations, & Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Resources
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."

...maintenance purposes. Defines "Rural Area." Date 12/2004 Organization Federal Communications Commission Tagged as Policy · Telehealth...

1386. Case Study: Partnership Enables Hospital to Provide Local Access to 24-Hour Health Care Through Telemedicine - Resources
Reviewed: Mar 2025

Shares the approach of Seward, Nebraska-based Memorial Health Care Systems' "convenience campaign," which focuses on using technology to meet the needs of a younger-than-average patient base. Discusses building partnerships and utilizing new technologies to improve healthcare accessibility through same-day clinics, online communications, and 24/7 virtual care.

...Tagged as Access · Hospitals · Networking and collaboration · Technology for health and human services · Telehealth · Nebraska...

1387. Telemedicine Reimbursement - Resources
Date: May 2018

Policy position brief showing how telemedicine can help safety net providers care for people who live and work in rural and underserved areas. Lists types of programs, explores reimbursement issues, gives examples of innovative programs with telemedicine components, and offers recommendations for increasing access and improving outcomes.

...Organization National Rural Health Association Tagged as Access · Health reform · Reimbursement and payment models · Telehealth...

1388. Estimating the Economic Impact of Telemedicine in a Rural Community - Resources
Date: Aug 2011

Reports on site visits to 24 rural hospitals in the Midwest to develop a methodology for estimating the economic impact of telemedicine on a rural community.

...Tagged as Economics and the economy · Healthcare business and finance · Hospitals · Telehealth · Arkansas · Kansas · Oklahoma · Texas...

1389. A Mixed Methods Descriptive Investigation of Readiness to Change in Rural Hospitals Participating in a Tele-Critical Care Intervention - Resources
Date: 2013

Examines organizational readiness for community-academic partnerships to utilize telemedicine outreach and clinician education based on 4 rural hospitals in South Carolina. Discusses factors that help and hinder telemedicine readiness.

...Citation BMC Health Services Research, 13, 33 Date 2013 Tagged as Hospitals · Telehealth · South Carolina...

1390. Mental Health Service Use, Suicide Behavior, and Emergency Department Visits Among Rural US Veterans Who Received Video-Enabled Tablets During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Resources
Date: Apr 2022

Results of a study to examine whether a United States Veterans Affairs initiative to distribute video-enabled tablets during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with mental healthcare access, suicide behavior, or emergency department (ED) visits among rural veterans. Features demographics and statistics on mental health services use and ED visits, with breakdowns by tablet recipients and nonrecipients.

...Emergency department and urgent care services · Statistics and data · Suicide and suicide prevention · Telehealth · Veterans...