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Date: Feb 2015
Policy paper addresses comprehensive quality improvement for rural healthcare by incorporating and tailoring strategies from the National Quality Strategy (NQS) aims of better care, healthy people/communities, and affordable care to better suit rural healthcare. Includes four broad steps to help guide rural facilities through the quality improvement process.
...Gretchen Holmes, Mary Smith 02/2015 National Rural Health Association Health workforce · Healthcare quality · Policy · Telehealth...
Date: May 2018
Policy position brief showing how telemedicine can help safety net providers care for people who live and work in rural and underserved areas. Lists types of programs, explores reimbursement issues, gives examples of innovative programs with telemedicine components, and offers recommendations for increasing access and improving outcomes.
...Greg Maurer 05/2018 National Rural Health Association Access · Health reform · Reimbursement and payment models · Telehealth...
Date: Feb 2015
Policy paper discussing the unique challenges of providing behavioral healthcare services in rural areas. Includes policy recommendations and interventions related to workforce development, reimbursement and financing, integration of care, and the use of technology in delivering behavioral healthcare.
...health workforce · Health workforce shortage designations · Integrated service delivery · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Telehealth...
Date: Feb 2013
Provides information and statistics to support advocacy for and efforts to implement telemedicine cross-state licensure to improve healthcare access in rural America. Includes policy recommendations.
...National Rural Health Association Health disparities · Legislation and regulations · Oral health · Policy · Primary care · Telehealth...
Date: May 2024
Analyzes the 2018 Farm Bill by comparing House and Senate versions of the bill and the previous 2014 bill. Includes important rural provisions addressing substance abuse treatment, telemedicine funding, broadband access, and rural hospital loans.
...05/2024 Congressional Research Service Broadband · Funding · Hospitals · Legislation and regulations · Substance use and misuse · Telehealth...
Date: Jan 2021
Discusses the challenges of diagnosing and treating pediatric mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in rural areas. Covers recommendations and rules for computerized tomography (CT) scans and symptom assessment, recovery and support for patients, educational resources for patients and families, and telemedicine as an option that increases access to follow-up care for mTBI.
...Health Association Access · Children and youth · Emergency medical services · Health screening · Injuries · Primary care · Telehealth...
Date: Dec 2018
Describes changes to the Controlled Substance Act (CSA) authorizing special registration for telemedicine to increase access to healthcare providers that can prescribe controlled substances using telemedicine, with the goal of helping address the opioid crisis and shortage of mental health providers. Outlines the seven categories for the practice of telemedicine under the authority of the CSA. The Drug Enforcement Administration plans to publish the related proposed rule to finalize the registration process and procedures.
...Policy · Prescription drug misuse · Substance use and misuse · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Aug 2018
Detailed descriptions of 54 Rural Health Network Development grant projects funded during the 2014-2017 period. Includes an overview of the networks and their impact, a list of grantees by state and focus area, and grantee profiles providing contact information and in-depth project descriptions.
...workforce · Healthcare networks · Healthcare quality · Integrated service delivery · Oral health · Schools · Service delivery models · Telehealth...
A list of current Rural Health Information Hub topic guides grouped by theme.
...Telehealth and Health Information Technology Current & Critical Issues Cybersecurity for Rural Healthcare Facilities Rural Response...
Date: Jul 2021
Detailed descriptions of 20 Rural Health Network Development Planning Program grant projects funded in fiscal year 2020. Reports on each grantee's network infrastructure development, plans for sustaining the network after the grant, and program activities addressing topics such as integrated service delivery, creating efficiencies, integrating health services, chronic disease management, and care coordination. Grantee profiles identify the geographic areas served, network partners, and primary contact person.
...Healthcare networks · Integrated service delivery · Planning and strategy methods and resources · Sustainability of programs · Telehealth...