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1381. Clinical Risk and Outpatient Therapy Utilization for COVID-19 in the Medicare Population - Resources
Date: Jan 2024

Evaluates COVID-19 treatment disparities among Medicare beneficiaries, with comparisons by age, race and ethnicity, Medicaid eligibility, nursing home use, telemedicine use, rural/urban status, and more. Utilizes Medicare Master Beneficiary Summary and Standard Analytic Claim files for the year 2022. Provides data on rates of COVID-19 therapy use, including medication, hospitalization, and outpatient treatment. Highlights undertreatment experienced by populations with high risk of severe infection.

...01/2024 Access · COVID-19 · Health disparities · Older adults · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

1382. Comparing Three Ways to Offer a Weight Management Program to Patients Living in Rural Areas: The RE-POWER Study - Resources
Date: 2021

Presents the results of a study in 36 rural primary care practices, including Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Clinics, comparing Medicare Fee for Service behavioral therapy for obesity delivered to individual clients in clinics with an in-clinic group visit delivered by clinical providers; and phone-based group visits delivered by a centralized provider. Participants included 1,407 adults from rural areas over a 24 month period with the goal to identify the most effective therapy for rural settings.

...Research Institute Federally Qualified Health Centers · Medicare · Obesity and weight control · Rural Health Clinics · Telehealth...

1383. Results of an Asthma Education Program Delivered via Telemedicine in Rural Schools - Resources
Date: Apr 2018

Examines the impact of a school telemedicine intervention intended to reduce asthma burden among children in the Arkansas Delta region. Summarizes the intervention, participant demographics, asthma-related characteristics, and intervention outcomes.

...Immunology, 120(4), 401-408 04/2018 Children and youth · Chronic respiratory conditions · Delta Region · Schools · Telehealth · Arkansas...

1384. Challenges and Strategies to Improve Access to Oral Health Care in Rural America - Resources
Date: 2025

Provides an overview of barriers to oral health in rural areas, and discusses strategies to increase access to oral healthcare and improve rural public health outcomes. Covers topics including dental insurance, service delivery models, oral health workforce, the role of oral health professionals in addressing opioid and tobacco use, and water fluoridation.

...service delivery · Mobile and episodic healthcare delivery · Oral health · Public health · Service delivery models · Telehealth...

1385. 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.

...08/2011 Economics and the economy · Healthcare business and finance · Hospitals · Telehealth · Arkansas · Kansas · Oklahoma · Texas...

1386. Impact of Telemental Health on Suicide Prevention Care in U.S. Emergency Departments - Resources
Date: May 2025

Describes results of a survey of 977 hospital emergency departments regarding the use of telemental healthcare, and presents data by hospital characteristics, including rural location and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) status. Explores whether access to telemental healthcare affects use of six recommended suicide prevention practices. Compares the use of suicide prevention practices among patients with identified suicide risk by telemental healthcare status and CAH designation.

...services · Hospitals · Mental health · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Suicide and suicide prevention · Telehealth...

1387. States' Actions to Expand Telemedicine Access During COVID-19 and Future Policy Considerations - Resources
Date: Jun 2021

Provides an overview of state laws and policies related to state-regulated insurance coverage of telemedicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discusses future policy considerations for state policymakers regarding coverage of telemedicine services after pandemic-related changes expire.

...Christina L. Goe 06/2021 Commonwealth Fund Emergency preparedness and response · Legislation and regulations · Policy · Telehealth...

1388. Telemedicine: What Should the Post-Pandemic Regulatory and Payment Landscape Look Like? - Resources
Date: Aug 2020

Discusses changes to telemedicine regulation and payment policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, examining the effects of these temporary changes in relation to the broader issues that telemedicine policy addresses. Explores possible long-term options for insurers and regulators and offers policy recommendations.

...Wang, Gregory Snyder 08/2020 Commonwealth Fund Access · Healthcare business and finance · Infectious diseases · Policy · Telehealth...

1389. How States Can Expand Health Care Access in Rural Communities - Resources
Date: Feb 2022

Discusses policy options states could use to increase access to care and the supply of healthcare providers in rural areas. Covers financial assistance programs for medical and dental education; malpractice reform; scope of practice changes for advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and dental health aide therapists; telemedicine parity; and mobile clinics.

...Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses · Physician assistants · Policy · Scope of practice · Telehealth...

1390. Exploring Telemental Health Practice Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic - Resources
Date: Jan 2024

Presents a study on the use of telemedicine by mental health providers since the COVID-19 pandemic. Highlights the expansion of telemental health during the pandemic and how that expansion has continued in the aftermath. Breaks down data by patient and provider characteristics, as well as the rurality of providers and of the area served.

...01/2024 Access · COVID-19 · Mental health · Population health · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...