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131. Realizing the Promise of Telehealth: Understanding the Legal and Regulatory Challenges
Date: May 2015

Describes federal and state compliance issues and regulatory challenges specific to the implementation of telehealth technologies in hospitals, healthcare systems, and with providers, and how they will affect telehealth services, particularly in rural healthcare facilities. Includes discussion on coverage and payment including Medicare and Medicaid, health professional licensure and credentialing, online prescribing, patient privacy, fraud, and medical malpractice and professional liability insurance.

...telehealth technologies in hospitals, healthcare systems, and with providers, and how they will affect telehealth...

132. Health Subcommittee Hearing: "Legislative Proposals to Support Patient Access to Telehealth Services"
Date: Apr 2024

Recording of an April 10, 2024, House Energy & Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health, hearing on legislative proposals that would support patients' access to telehealth services. Discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic-era regulatory flexibilities on telehealth use and access to care.

...telehealth services. Discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic-era regulatory flexibilities on telehealth...

133. 15 Million Kids in Health Care Deserts: Can Telehealth Make a Difference?
Date: Apr 2016

Highlights healthcare access problems for children of vulnerable populations living in rural and poverty stricken areas. Discusses how telehealth can be implemented to overcome these barriers. Describes several case studies focused on improving access to healthcare services for children, including a rural school-based telehealth program.

...telehealth program. --- View more 15 Million Kids in Health Care Deserts: Can Telehealth Make a Difference...

134. Telehealth in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Rural Health Disparities
Date: Nov 2020

Investigates the potential effects of telehealth implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic on rural health disparities. Includes discussion on telehealth initiatives and barriers to accessing broadband, and provides recommendations for researchers and policymakers.

...telehealth implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic on rural health disparities. Includes discussion on telehealth...

135. Telehealth Use and Access to Neurology Outpatient Clinical Services for Children: An Observational Cohort Study
Date: Sep 2023

Analyzes pediatric neurology appointment completion, cancellation, and no-show rates among telehealth users and telehealth non-users at a tertiary care children's hospital in North Carolina. Compares appointment outcomes before and during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, including rural versus urban demographic and outcome data.

...telehealth users and telehealth non-users at a tertiary care children's hospital in North...

136. The Implementation of the Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth Center: A Program Evaluation
Date: Jul 2021

Study that evaluates the implementation of the Pennsylvania-based Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center in 3 rural hospitals, based on surveys of staff and patients. Discusses results related to nurse confidence scores, perspectives of telehealth in relation to examinations, quality care, and patient outcomes.

...Telehealth Center: A Program Evaluation --- Study that evaluates the implementation of the Pennsylvania-based Sexual...

137. Fact Sheet: Telehealth
Date: Feb 2019

Discusses the growth of telehealth use in hospitals from 2010 through 2017, and ongoing challenges to expanding and providing telehealth services. Covers rural considerations throughout the document.

...Telehealth --- Discusses the growth of telehealth use in hospitals from 2010 through 2017, and ongoing...

138. Telehealth After COVID-19: Clarifying Policy Goals for a Way Forward
Date: Jan 2021

Examines how telehealth may be used to improve healthcare quality, reduce costs, improve access to care, and meet other policy objections. Presents recommendations for telehealth policy after the COVID-19 pandemic.

...Telehealth After COVID-19: Clarifying Policy Goals for a Way Forward --- Examines how telehealth may be used...

139. Telemedicine Utilization Report: Telehealth and Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Date: Dec 2020

Examines the use of telemedicine to deliver Medicaid-covered services in the state of Minnesota. Describes state and federal telehealth policy waivers and modifications that were temporarily implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Discusses telehealth use by and special considerations for rural populations.

...telehealth use by and special considerations for rural populations. --- View more Telemedicine Utilization Report: Telehealth...

140. Improving Access - NAM Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic Telehealth and Virtual Care Meeting Series
Date: Mar 2023

Highlights the proceedings of a meeting discussing the use of telehealth and virtual care to treat substance use disorder (SUD). Explores the effect the COVID-19 pandemic on telehealth regulation and reimbursement. Features considerations for rural communities.

...Telehealth and Virtual Care Meeting Series --- Highlights the proceedings of a meeting discussing the use of telehealth...