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1381. Ensuring Contact: Calling Rural Appalachian Older Adults During the COVID-19 Epidemic - Resources
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...

1382. Tele‐ICUs for COVID‐19: A Look at National Prevalence and Characteristics of Hospitals Providing Teleintensive Care - Resources
Date: Jan 2021

Discusses a study on the prevalence of intensive care unit telemedicine (tele-ICUs) in hospitals across the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically in rural and Critical Access Hospitals. Compares hospitals by region, ICU beds, and emergency visits, among other measures.

...COVID-19 · Emergency department and urgent care services · Hospitals · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

1383. Lessons Learned: Pediatric Tele-Mental Health in a Rural Medical Center in the Age of SARS-CoV-2 - Resources
Date: Jan 2021

Explores a study on the use of telemedicine to expand mental healthcare access to rural children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discusses implementation concerns such as a need to protect patient privacy and expand Internet-based infrastructure.

...Health, 37(1), 260-262 01/2021 Access · Broadband · Children and youth · Health disparities · Mental health · Telehealth...

1384. Rural Michigan Farmers' Health Concerns and Experiences: A Focus Group Study - Resources
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...

1385. A Primary Care Response to COVID‐19 for Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder - Resources
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...

1386. Benefits and Barriers to Pediatric Tele-Urology During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Resources
Date: Dec 2020

Study of remote video visits by a pediatric urology provider serving rural Virginia that examines the rapid integration of video visits into a practice that previously treated patients exclusively in-person. Discusses patient demographics, diagnosis and clinical outcomes, and success rates of video visits for 116 patients.

...P840.E1-840.E6 12/2020 Access · COVID-19 · Children and youth · Specialty care · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Virginia...

1387. The Complex Geographies of Telelactation and Access to Community Breastfeeding Support in the State of Ohio - Resources
Date: Nov 2020

Study examining face-to-face and virtual breastfeeding support options in Ohio, comparing access in urban and rural areas. Explores potential for telelactation services to increase access for rural mothers, noting the barrier of broadband service access. Offers maps that represent spatial data on breastfeeding support access and that identify locations where breastfeeding support interventions would have the most impact.

...Broadband · Maternal health and prenatal care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Women · Ohio...

1388. Telepsychiatric Consultation as a Training and Workforce Development Strategy for Rural Primary Care - Resources
Date: Sep 2020

Study examining the impacts of telepsychiatric consultations on the capacity for clinical and non-clinical staff to recognize and treat psychiatric disorders. Draws from interviews with 17 staff members at 3 rural primary care facilities in Washington. Discusses implications of telepsychiatric consultation for primary care and behavioral health integration models.

...Care coordination · Integrated service delivery · Mental health conditions · Primary care · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Washington...

1389. Bringing Broadband to Rural America: Report on a Rural Broadband Strategy - Resources
Date: May 2009

Describes a comprehensive rural broadband strategy proposed to Congress and recommendations for improving inter-agency coordination of broadband policies. Covers initiatives for assessing broadband needs in rural areas and for specific federal agency programs and resources to overcome the obstacles that currently impede rural broadband deployment.

...currently impede rural broadband deployment. Michael J. Copps 05/2009 Federal Communications Commission Broadband · Policy · Telehealth...

1390. 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."

...telecommunications for medical and health maintenance purposes. Defines "Rural Area." 12/2004 Federal Communications Commission Policy · Telehealth...