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161. Implementation Considerations for Telehealth Programs Serving People Who Are Incarcerated - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Jun 8, 2023

Learn more about implementation considerations for rural telehealth programs that serve people who are incarcerated.

...telehealth programs that serve people who are incarcerated. --- Implementation Considerations for Telehealth Programs Serving People...

162. Using Telehealth to Identify and Manage Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Conditions in Rural Areas - Resources
Date: Sep 2017

Reports on an environmental scan, discussions with providers and stakeholders, and site visits regarding how telehealth supports behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment. Addresses how telehealth is used, implementation, services offered, financing and sustainability. Focuses on the implications for treating opioid use disorders in rural areas, in particular, using medication-assisted treatment (MAT) with support from telehealth. Appendix B includes site briefs from the 9 states included in the study.

...telehealth supports behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment. Addresses how telehealth is used, implementation...

163. A Toolkit for Building and Growing a Sustainable Telehealth Program in Your Practice - Resources
Date: Sep 2020

Offers information for family practices to develop and implement telehealth strategies in light of the COVID-19 pandemic's impacts on regulatory and reimbursement policies. Topics include telehealth services, payment considerations, program sustainability, licensing and technology requirements, and workflow. Includes 10 telehealth scenarios with breakdowns of payer, technology, staff, coding, and other special considerations.

...Telehealth Program in Your Practice --- Offers information for family practices to develop and implement telehealth...

164. Telehealth Decreases Rural Emergency Department Wait Times for Behavioral Health Patients in a Group of Critical Access Hospitals - Resources
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...

165. Telehealth for the Study of Palliative Care Communication: Opportunities, Methodological Challenges, and Recommendations - Resources
Date: Mar 2025

Examines telehealth in connection to palliative care communication. Utilizes 3 ongoing studies involving patients with serious illnesses who have received palliative care through telehealth to reflect on opportunities and challenges in utilizing telehealth for palliative care. Provides examples from rural Vermont.

...Telehealth for the Study of Palliative Care Communication: Opportunities, Methodological Challenges, and Recommendations --- Examines telehealth...

166. Using Population-Based Outcome Measures to Assess the Impact of Telehealth Expansion on Medicare Beneficiaries' Access to Care and Quality of Care - Resources
Date: Jun 2023

Explores the feasibility of using population-based measures to estimate the association between telehealth use, quality of care, and access to care when both telehealth and in-person visits are available to fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare beneficiaries. Compares data from the second half of 2019 to the second half of 2021 by the level of telehealth utilization in Hospital Service Areas (HSAs). Includes rural references throughout.

...telehealth use, quality of care, and access to care when both telehealth and in-person...

167. The Evolving Landscape of National Telehealth Policies During a Public Health Emergency: Responsiveness to Rural Needs - Resources
Date: Oct 2020

Provides an overview of the telehealth policy landscape and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on telehealth utilization. Compares policy recommendations from the Bipartisan Policy Center's Rural Health Task Force to COVID-19-related policy changes. Includes considerations for additional telehealth policy changes.

...Telehealth Policies During a Public Health Emergency: Responsiveness to Rural Needs --- Provides an overview of the telehealth...

168. Implementation Considerations for Tribal Telehealth Programs - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Jun 8, 2023

Learn more about implementation considerations for rural telehealth programs that serve tribes.

...telehealth programs that serve tribes. --- Implementation Considerations for Tribal Telehealth Programs Many telehealth programs have...

169. A Scoping Review of Applications of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to Telehealth Service Implementation Initiatives - Resources
Date: Nov 2022

A scoping review of the literature examining the application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) relating to telehealth implementation initiatives. Searches 5 academic databases from 2010 to 2021 to review 64 peer-reviewed articles discussing CFIR and telehealth implementation initiatives. Includes articles that discuss telehealth implementation in rural and tribal areas.

...telehealth implementation initiatives. Includes articles that discuss telehealth implementation in rural and tribal areas. --- A Scoping...

170. Infectious Diseases Society of America Position Statement on Telehealth and Telemedicine as Applied to the Practice of Infectious Diseases - Resources
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...