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Date: Dec 2019
Explores impacts of telehealth on behavioral health patients in rural emergency departments (EDs) at 4 Midwestern Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Compares wait time and length of stay (LOS) for 153 patients from 2005-2013 before telehealth implementation and 287 patents from 2015-2017 after telehealth implementation. Provides data on patient demographics, wait time, LOS, behavioral health diagnosis, and total costs of ED visit.
...telehealth implementation and 287 patents from 2015-2017 after telehealth implementation. Provides data on patient...
Date: Jul 2019
Policy brief focused on telehealth in the rural U.S. Addresses state and national policies related to insurance coverage of telehealth, infrastructure challenges such as broadband access, licensure issues, reimbursement, and other barriers to telehealth access.
...Telehealth in Rural America --- Policy brief focused on telehealth in the rural U.S. Addresses state...
Date: May 2022
Offers a summary of presentations and panels delivered at the May 2022 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and telehealth.hhs.gov National Telehealth Conference. Includes key takeaway points related to telehealth changes during the COVID-19 pandemic, improving access to broadband, resources available through the Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs), and more. Appendices include conference materials and resources.
...Telehealth Conference. Includes key takeaway points related to telehealth changes during the COVID-19 pandemic...
Date: Nov 2020
Reviews the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) report, Reducing Barriers to Furnishing Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Services Using Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring for Pediatric Populations Under Medicaid: Final Report. Covers the role of telehealth in mitigating the shortage of behavioral health providers and expanding behavioral health services to children covered by Medicaid. Discusses the need for additional research on telehealth in Medicaid, information sharing between states, and addressing barriers to technology.
...Telehealth for Pediatric SUD --- Reviews the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) report...
Date: May 2019
Position statement to educate members of the Infectious Diseases Society of America on telehealth and to promote use of this technology in clinical care, research, and education. Explores the potential to increase access to subspecialist care in rural areas, and describes reimbursement policies of private insurers, Medicare, and Medicaid, for telehealth services provided to patients in rural areas. Also describes HIPAA requirements for telehealth interactions and protected health information.
...telehealth services provided to patients in rural areas. Also describes HIPAA requirements for telehealth interactions...
Date: Nov 2019
Policy brief examining the scope and evolving nature of telehealth statutes and regulations in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Explores the extent to which state laws regulate primary care delivery through use of telehealth. Features U.S. maps showing changes from 2008 to 2015 in terms of various types of telehealth-related laws, including those governing insurance coverage, and statistics with breakdowns by the top 25 and bottom 25 rural states.
...Telehealth Laws in the U.S. from 2008 to 2015: A Legal Landscape --- Policy brief examining...
Date: Dec 2022
Explores how rural chief financial officers (CFOs) and hospital administrators perceive the financial impacts of telehealth in their facilities. Analyzes 30 interview responses from CFOs and administrators between October 2021 and January 2022 about the perceived benefits and challenges of telehealth programs. Discusses opportunities to improve telehealth infrastructure to make the modality more cost effective for hospitals.
...telehealth programs. Discusses opportunities to improve telehealth infrastructure to make the modality more cost effective...
Date: Jul 2017
Discusses the extent to which telehealth is used by Medicare and Medicaid, the factors affecting the use of telehealth in Medicare, and how emerging payment and delivery models could affect future telehealth use. Includes rural-specific information throughout with particular attention paid to the role of rural healthcare facilities as originating sites.
...Telehealth: Use in Medicare and Medicaid --- Discusses the extent to which telehealth is used by Medicare...
Date: May 2018
Describes consumer perspectives and policy concerns with telehealth. Includes examples of home telehealth strategies, potential benefits and challenges, and discussion of home telehealth coverage in federal and state programs, including the Veterans Health Administration, Medicaid, and Medicare.
...telehealth. Includes examples of home telehealth strategies, potential benefits and challenges, and discussion of home...
Date: Feb 2021
Describes trends in telehealth visits at Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)–funded health centers over a 20-week period during the COVID-19 pandemic. Includes data on telehealth visits and COVID-19 case levels for urban compared to rural health centers. Discusses barriers to telehealth in rural areas.
...telehealth in rural areas. --- View more Trends in Use of Telehealth Among Health Centers During...