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161. The Opioid Epidemic in Rural Communities: Can Telehealth Increase Access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder and Offset Barriers to Care? - Resources
Date: Jun 2025

Examines the impact of telehealth on access to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and substance use disorder (SUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment. Utilizes data from the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program's (RCORP) consortia, the National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), and the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) to analyze access to MOUD and rates of telehealth use for rural consortia. Discusses potential barriers and factors impacting telehealth implementation for SUD and OUD care.

...telehealth use for rural consortia. Discusses potential barriers and factors impacting telehealth implementation for SUD and OUD care...

162. Substance Use and Misuse in Rural Areas Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Oct 19, 2026

Provides information, resources, and answers to frequently asked questions about substance use and misuse in rural areas. Defines substance use, substance misuse, and substance use disorders (SUDs). Covers stigma reduction strategies; prevention, treatment, and recovery resources on four commonly misused substances; programs that support youth and discourage substance use initiation; and more.

...Telehealth Toolkit provides examples of telehealth treatment programs as well as information on best practices...

163. From Expansion to Expiration: Federal Policy Waivers and Telehealth Utilization in US Primary Care (2016–2024) - Resources
Date: Feb 2026

Examines the impact of COVID-19 federal policy waivers on the long-term sustainability of telehealth access. Provides a scoping review of 2016-2024 articles focused on telehealth utilization for primary care, the removal of geographic restrictions in telehealth policy, and the subsequent impact on healthcare access for rural areas.

...telehealth access. Provides a scoping review of 2016-2024 articles focused on telehealth utilization for primary...

164. Video and Telephone Telehealth Use and Web-Based Patient Portal Activation Among Rural-Dwelling Patients: Retrospective Medical Record Review and Policy Implications - Resources
Date: Aug 2025

Analyzes patient characteristics associated with telehealth use among rural California adults, utilizing electronic health record data of 9,359 patients dwelling in rural California ZIP codes. Provides data on patients' telehealth modality, provider type, portal activation, level of rurality, age, primary language, and other clinical and demographic characteristics. Discusses policy approaches to improving telehealth access in rural areas.

...telehealth access in rural areas. --- Video and Telephone Telehealth Use and Web-Based Patient Portal...

165. What Telehealth Gets Right and What's Missing: A National Multistakeholder Study of Access and Sustainability - Resources
Date: Sep 2026

Explores the perspectives of telehealth patients and providers, as well as policymakers and administrators, regarding the impacts of telehealth on increasing healthcare access. Summarizes three sets of themes that emerged from semistructured interviews of 62 participants. Offers recommendations for improving the accessibility and sustainability of telehealth across each theme.

...telehealth patients and providers, as well as policymakers and administrators, regarding the impacts of telehealth...

166. Certified Professional by the American Heart Association - Telehealth (CPAHA) Program - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

A certification program for healthcare professionals interested in demonstrating a commitment to telehealth.

...Telehealth (CPAHA) Program --- A certification program for healthcare professionals interested in demonstrating a commitment to telehealth...

167. Telehealth Nutrition Services Network Grant Program - Funding
Deadline: Jul 8, 2026

Funding to use telehealth networks to expand access to nutrition care in rural and medically underserved areas.

...Telehealth Nutrition Services Network Grant Program --- Funding to use telehealth networks to expand access to nutrition...

168. National Telehealth Resource Center Program - Funding
Deadline: Apr 14, 2025

Supports the establishment and development of two national Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs) that provide technical assistance to 12 regional TRCs with a focus on telehealth policy and technology.

...Telehealth Resource Center Program --- Supports the establishment and development of two national Telehealth Resource Centers...

169. Connection for a Cure: How Broadband Access Supports Telehealth Use - Resources
Date: Jun 2026

Describes broadband access, the impact it has on telehealth utilization, and the impact of telehealth on health outcomes. Highlights various state and federal policy measures addressing broadband and telehealth access, the Rural Health Transformation Program, reimbursement, cross-state licensure flexibility, teleprescribing, and emergency medical services.

...Telehealth Use --- Describes broadband access, the impact it has on telehealth utilization, and the impact...

170. 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...