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1571. A Rural Hospital Guide to Improving Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Resources
Date: Aug 2019

A guide for rural hospital leaders, Rural Health Clinics, and their partners to help them understand rural chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) services and adopt best practices for COPD diagnosis, treatment, and long-term care. Addresses rural COPD prevalence and services, clinical diagnosis and treatment, service models, care management, technologies, and community support services. Includes considerations for implementing a pulmonary rehab program, roles and staffing needed, and basic billing and coding.

...Hospitals · Healthcare business and finance · Rural Health Clinics · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

1572. Telemedicine Reimbursement - Resources
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.

...Organization National Rural Health Association Tagged as Access · Health reform · Reimbursement and payment models · Telehealth...

1573. Telestroke Centers as an Option for Addressing Geographical Disparities in Access to Stroke Care in South Carolina, 2013 - Resources
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.

...Disease, 12 Date 12/2015 Type Document Tagged as Access · Cardiovascular disease · Health disparities · Telehealth · South Carolina...

1574. The Future of Rural Behavioral Health - Resources
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...

1575. METelemedicine: A Pilot Study With Rural Alcohol Users on Community Supervision - Resources
Date: Oct 2014

Describes a study of 127 alcohol users from 4 rural counties in Appalachian Kentucky who underwent several intervention sessions using motivational enhancement therapy via telemedicine (METelemedicine). Discusses the use of METelemedicine as a means of increasing access to treatment for rural alcohol users. Analyzes results at the 3 month follow-up from initial screening.

...Health, 30(4), 422-432 Date 10/2014 Type Document Tagged as Access · Alcohol use · Appalachia · Behavioral health · Telehealth · Kentucky...

1576. A Mixed Methods Descriptive Investigation of Readiness to Change in Rural Hospitals Participating in a Tele-Critical Care Intervention - Resources
Date: 2013

Examines organizational readiness for community-academic partnerships to utilize telemedicine outreach and clinician education based on 4 rural hospitals in South Carolina. Discusses factors that help and hinder telemedicine readiness.

...Health Services Research, 13, 33 Date 2013 Type Document Tagged as Hospitals · Telehealth · South Carolina...

1577. Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring with Remote Hypertension Management in a Rural and Low-Income Population - Resources
Date: Dec 2021

Explores the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of home-based blood pressure telemonitoring with remote hypertension management among a predominately rural and low-income population in Mississippi. Summarizes results of a study on 120 individuals conducted from September 4, 2018, through June 15, 2020.

...Date 12/2021 Type Document Tagged as Cardiovascular disease · Healthcare quality · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Mississippi...

1578. Association of Hospital Telestroke Adoption With Changes in Initial Hospital Presentation and Transfers Among Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attacks - Resources
Date: Sep 2021

Results of a study to assess whether implementation of telestroke services is associated with changes in where and how patients present with stroke symptoms, their decision to be transferred to another hospital, and to which hospitals they are transferred. Uses data from 593 hospitals that adopted telestroke from 2009-2016. Features statistics on hospital characteristics by telestroke status, with breakdowns by urban or rural location.

...Type Document Tagged as Access · Cardiovascular disease · Hospitals · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

1579. Updates on rural news by topic via RSS feeds - Other

Updates on rural news by topic via the Rural Health Information Hub's RSS feeds.

...Telehealth https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/rss/news/topics/telehealth.xml The South https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/rss/news/topics/the-south.xml Transportation https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/rss/news/topics/transportation.xml Uninsured and underinsured...

1580. Indian Health Service: Relief Funding and Agency Response to COVID-19 Pandemic - Resources
Date: Mar 2022

Describes the COVID-19 relief funding for Indian Health Service (IHS), tribal, and urban Indian organization health facilities and how the funds were used to meet immediate and longstanding system needs. Discusses the initial IHS response to the pandemic and steps IHS took to address challenges that its hospitals faced responding to the pandemic.

...Emergency preparedness and response · Funding · Hospitals · Infectious diseases · Technology for health and human services · Telehealth...