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1401. Community Paramedicine Models for Improving Access to Primary Care - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Jul 16, 2020

Information on community paramedicine programs that focus on improving access to primary care services that help monitor the patient's health.

...telehealth to examine the wound for concerning changes that indicate an infection and clean and dress...

1402. Working Across Contexts: Critical Events in Rural Teletherapy in Alaska - Resources
Date: Dec 2025

Explores the challenges of providing teletherapy to rural and remote communities in Alaska. Discusses the "critical events" that have shaped clinicians approaches to providing teletherapy to rural and remote patients.

...Frontier and remote areas · Health disparities · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Telehealth · Tribal communities · Alaska...

1403. Common Problems, Common Solutions: Looking Across Sectors at Strategies for Supporting Rural Youth and Families Tool-Kit - Resources
Date: 2023

Provides an overview of barriers faced by rural communities in supporting youth and families, and innovative strategies to improve outcomes for youth, families, and communities. Informed by interviews and listening sessions with practitioners and leaders working in rural areas across the United States.

...system · Families · Health disparities · Medicaid · Mental health · Mobile and episodic healthcare delivery · Schools · Telehealth · Transportation...

1404. The Association of Broadband Internet Access and Telemedicine Utilization in Rural Western Tennessee: An Observational Study - Resources
Date: Aug 2021

Results of a study to determine whether broadband internet availability was associated with telemedicine adoption among a rural patient population in western Tennessee. Features statistics including race, sex, insurance type, broadband access, and location with breakdowns by nonrural, partially rural, or rural areas.

...Services Research, 21, 765 08/2021 Access · Broadband · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Tennessee...

1405. Rural Veteran Access to Healthcare Services: Investigating the Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Overcoming Spatial Barriers - Resources
Date: Apr 2010

Features a study on the use of technology in providing rural veterans' access to healthcare. Focuses on patient demographics, travel distance, and comfort with computer use, among others.

...Priscilla A West Perspectives in Health Information Management, 7(Spring), 1f 04/2010 Access · Telehealth · Veterans...

1406. Telemedicine and Primary Care Obesity Management in Rural Areas – Innovative Approach for Older Adults? - Resources
Date: Jan 2017

Explores telemedicine as a potential delivery tool for the Medicare Obesity Benefit in primary care settings. Describes challenges in implementing the benefit in rural areas, including increasing older adult populations, shortages in primary care and specialized healthcare providers, reimbursement issues, and transportation barriers. Presents the potential utility of telemedicine in rural obesity care and non-physician staff delivery options, which require regulatory changes.

...Geriatrics, 17, 6 01/2017 Access · Elderly population · Medicare · Obesity and weight control · Reimbursement and payment models · Telehealth...

1407. Rural Perspectives on Digital Health in Cardiovascular Care: Qualitative Study of Interviews With Rural and Rural-Serving Primary Care Providers and Cardiologists - Resources
Date: Nov 2025

Explores the perspectives of 17 rural and rural-serving healthcare providers in Alaska, Idaho, and Washington, on the use of digital health to deliver rural cardiovascular care. Discusses five factors that influence adoption outlined by the Diffusion of Innovations (DOI) theory: relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability. Identifies themes that emerged from semi-structured interviews with these providers, including advantages and disadvantages of using digital health in their practice.

...business and finance · Service delivery models · Specialty care · Technology for health and human services · Telehealth...

1408. Understanding the Impact of Health IT in Underserved Communities and those with Health Disparities - Resources
Date: May 2013

Reports on uses of health information technology in communities with health disparities. Includes findings from a literature review and expert panel, as well as summaries of nine case studies of community-based programs using health IT. Includes discussion of rural concerns throughout.

...concerns throughout. 05/2013 NORC at the University of Chicago Health disparities · Health information technology · Telehealth...

1409. Mental Health Care: Access Challenges for Covered Consumers and Relevant Federal Efforts - Resources
Date: Mar 2022

Explores the experiences of consumers with health insurance coverage in accessing timely and appropriate mental healthcare. Describes challenges accessing mental health services, including workforce shortages and broadband availability in rural areas. Identifies ongoing and planned federal efforts to address these challenges.

...Access · Behavioral health workforce · Health workforce supply and demand · Healthcare facilities · Mental health · Policy · Telehealth...

1410. Defense Health Care: Plans Needed to Ensure Implementation of Required Elements for TRICARE's Managed Care Support Contracts - Resources
Date: Feb 2020

Report highlights the Government Accountability Office recommendations for the implementation of changes to the Department of Defense's TRICARE managed support contracts that were required by Congress. Evaluates the specific improvements relating to healthcare delivery and touches on their importance in rural areas.

...importance in rural areas. 02/2020 Government Accountability Office Access · Healthcare networks · Healthcare quality · Policy · Telehealth · Veterans...