Website Search Results for: telehealth
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Date: May 2017
Details guidelines for telestroke services to assist providers with the assessment, diagnosis, management, and/or remote consultative support for patients showing signs and symptoms of a stroke using real time videoconferencing technology.
...Chong, et al. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 23(5), 376-389 05/2017 Cardiovascular disease · Telehealth...
Date: Apr 2017
Examines the factors in rural Central Appalachia that influence substance misuse and the treatments, strategies, and interventions to curb drug misuse and improve treatment outcomes. Discusses how the combination of poverty, work-related distress, lack of healthcare coverage, and the shortage of qualified providers of substance use treatments affect the need for a multifaceted policy approach in the region.
...Statistics and data · Substance use and misuse · Telehealth · North Carolina · Ohio · Tennessee · Virginia · West Virginia...
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 · Medicare · Obesity and weight control · Older adults · Reimbursement and payment models · Telehealth...
Date: Jan 2017
Highlights the improvement in access to eye care and screening services for veterans as a result of the Technology-based Eye Care Services (TECS), a quality improvement project developed by the Atlanta Veterans Affairs (VA). Provides data on patient demographics, eye care service, and diagnoses broken down by Rural-Urban Commuting Area.
...Health, 17(1), 4045 01/2017 Access · Health screening · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Veterans...
Date: 2017
Details a study on the role of privately funded programs filling in the gaps between the Military Health System (MHS), the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), and civilian healthcare providers in providing mental healthcare to veterans returning from deployment.
...from deployment. 2017 RAND Corporation Access · Healthcare quality · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Telehealth · Veterans...
Date: Sep 2016
Determines the effectiveness of Abstinence Reinforcement Therapy (ART), a smoking cessation intervention, among rural veterans. ART combines evidenced-based cognitive-behavioral telephone counseling (TC), a telemedicine clinic for access to nicotine replacement (NRT), and mobile contingency management (mCM) compared to TC and NRT alone.
...Technology for health and human services · Telehealth · Tobacco use · Veterans · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: May 2016
Demonstrates the trends in the use of telemedicine utilization by rural Medicare beneficiaries between 2004 and 2013. Data is derived from Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes or telemedicine-specific codes, using Medicare's definition for rural. Includes a table comparing patient characteristics for Medicare beneficiaries with and without a telemedicine visit in 2013.
...Journal of the American Medical Association, 315(18), 2015–2016 05/2016 Medicare · Statistics and data · Telehealth...
Date: Jan 2016
Examines the costs of providing genetic counseling in person to providing it via telephone for primarily rural areas in Utah. Focuses on women with genetic mutations related to a high risk of breast or ovarian cancer as part of the clinical trial, Bridging Geographic Barriers: Remote Cancer Genetic Counseling for Rural Women.
...Practice, 12(1), 59 01/2016 Access · Cancer · Health screening · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Women · Utah...
Date: Jan 2016
Examines a e-consult program that is used in various Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers to provide osteoporotic treatment to older men with fractures. Focuses on geographic distribution, accessibility to rural patients, and the impact and evaluation of treatment.
...Rural and Remote Health, 16(1), 3440 01/2016 Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Veterans...
Date: Dec 2015
Research brief on the benefits of telestroke centers in rural and remote areas of South Carolina to improve outcomes. Includes a discussion of the impact of limited primary stroke center access and suggestions for policymakers.
...Khosrow Heidari Preventing Chronic Disease, 12 12/2015 Access · Cardiovascular disease · Health disparities · Telehealth · South Carolina...