This website is being reviewed for updates. Some information is offline. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Skip to main content
Rural Health Information Hub

Website Search Results for: telehealth

1542 webpages matched your search. Here are matches 621 - 630:

621. Telemedicine Services During COVID‐19: Considerations for Medically Underserved Populations - Resources
Date: Jan 2021

Discusses the use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and details some of the barriers to its use in underserved areas. Highlights the lack of broadband internet in rural areas and on tribal lands, as well the lack of technological capability among older people.

...telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and details some of the barriers to its use in underserved...

622. COVID-19 Exposes Threat to America's Broken Rural Health Care System - Resources
Date: Apr 2020

Recording of an April 21, 2020, webinar featuring members of the Bipartisan Policy Center's Rural Health Task Force. Discusses the Task Force's policy recommendations to stabilize the rural healthcare infrastructure and ensure local access to care as outlined in the report Confronting Rural America's Health Care Crisis. Describes how these recommendations will address the closures of obstetrics units, promote value-based care, provide incentives for clinicians to stay in rural areas, and remove barriers to telehealth. Transcript available in the video description.

...telehealth. Transcript available in the video description. --- COVID-19 Exposes Threat to America's Broken...

623. Capital Funding for Rural Healthcare Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Sep 13, 2023

Information, sources, and frequently asked questions for capital funding in rural communities. Identifies major federal loan and grant programs for capital projects, as well as other potential sources of support.

...telehealth systems , which can add significant hardware, software, implementation, and data compilation costs. Successfully funding...

624. Patient Perspectives on Cancer Care during COVID-19: A Qualitative Study - Resources
Date: Jul 2024

Analyzes the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on cancer patients' care experiences and mental health. Utilizes interview data from 15 rural Maryland patients who received a cancer diagnosis or treatment between January 2020 and October 2022. Discusses access to care, consistency of care, telehealth use, social isolation, patient advocacy, COVID-19 precautions, and more.

...telehealth use, social isolation, patient advocacy, COVID-19 precautions, and more. --- Patient Perspectives on Cancer...

625. Wireline Competition Bureau Evaluation of Rural Health Care Pilot Program: Staff Report - Resources
Date: Aug 2012

Discusses the Rural Health Care Pilot Program which has helped healthcare providers obtain broadband capability to implement telemedicine and telehealth applications.

...capability to implement telemedicine and telehealth applications. 08/2012 Federal Communications Commission Broadband · Funding · Healthcare networks · Telehealth...

626. Intergovernmental Advisory Committee to the Federal Communications Commission Advisory Recommendation No: 2019-2 in the Matter of State, Local Tribal, and Territorial Regulatory and Other Barriers and Incentives to Telemedicine - Resources
Date: Nov 2019

Examines the technical infrastructure necessary for effective telemedicine delivery in state, territorial, tribal, and local (rural and urban) areas. Discusses the regulatory barriers including legislation, licensing, reimbursement, malpractice insurance, and privacy that obstruct its development and utilization, and offers recommendations addressing these barriers. Appendix A presents case studies of broadband and telehealth development in several states and territories.

...telehealth development in several states and territories. --- Intergovernmental Advisory Committee to the Federal Communications Commission...

627. Report on Promoting Broadband Internet Access Service for Veterans Pursuant to the Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users of Modern Services Act of 2018 - Resources
Date: May 2019

Provides an overview of broadband access and broadband adoption for low-income and rural veteran households. Details barriers for veterans accessing broadband and efforts to increase access, such as the Universal Service Fund and Rural Health Care programs. Discusses the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) special focus on providing healthcare services for veterans in rural and remote locations via telehealth. Offers recommendations for Congress regarding broadband access for low-income and rural veterans.

...telehealth. Offers recommendations for Congress regarding broadband access for low-income and rural veterans. --- Report...

628. Experiences of Community Health Centers in Expanding Telemedicine - Resources
Date: Jul 2020

Presents an overview of the experiences of nine health centers in California that received funding to increase their telemedicine services. Describes barriers to implementing and sustaining expanded services, including reimbursement policies and other regulatory restrictions. Includes recommendations for health centers and policymakers to promote the use of telehealth services.

...telehealth services. --- Experiences of Community Health Centers in Expanding Telemedicine Presents an overview of the experiences...

629. Expanded Report to Congress: Non-Emergency Medical Transportation in Medicaid, 2018–2021 - Resources
Date: Jun 2023

Examines the Medicaid analysis of non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) using Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) data from 2018-2021. Explores the number and percentage of Medicaid beneficiaries using NEMT, the average number of NEMT "ride days" per NEMT user per month enrolled in Medicaid, the types of medical services accessed when using NEMT, monthly trends in the use of NEMT versus telehealth services before and during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), and the volume of NEMT services used by type of NEMT delivery model. Offers recommendations for states and local stakeholders regarding Medicaid coverage of NEMT. Presents data by state and by beneficiary characteristics, including Medicaid eligibility category, health conditions, and urban-rural location.

...telehealth services before and during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), and the volume...

630. Bridging a Care Gap: Policy Opportunities for Improving Access to Home-Based Primary Care - Resources
Date: Dec 2023

Recording of a panel discussion on home-based primary care for rural older adults and policies that could address challenges with offering and accessing home-based primary care. Discusses telehealth, broadband, community infrastructure, service models, community health workers, and more. Transcript available in the video description.

...telehealth, broadband, community infrastructure, service models, community health workers, and more. Transcript available in the video...