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Date: Jan 2021
Explores one provider's observations on the utility of telemedicine in a variety of settings over time in light of COVID-19. Discusses efforts to increase the mobile nature of telehealth services for both the provider and patient. Encourages rural and small town healthcare providers to log all telemedicine encounters.
...telehealth services for both the provider and patient. Encourages rural and small town healthcare providers...
Date: Jan 2021
Discusses the use of telehealth to initiate tobacco cessation programs in rural areas as a means of limiting comorbidity and mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Highlights the rates of tobacco use in rural areas by type and compares rates to urban areas. Explores several examples of programs using telemedicine to implement successful models of tobacco cessation treatment in the U.S.
...telehealth to initiate tobacco cessation programs in rural areas as a means of limiting comorbidity...
Date: Sep 2022
Explores the effect of the DEA's temporary permission for providers to prescribe opioids via telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kentucky. Discusses the effect this permission had on rural areas and in counties with low and high rates of broadband access.
...telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kentucky. Discusses the effect this permission had on rural...
Date: Nov 2021
Explores the effect of changes to methadone treatment protocols for opioid use disorder in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on access to treatment in rural areas. Discusses telehealth, dispensing schedules, and distribution models before and during the pandemic.
...telehealth, dispensing schedules, and distribution models before and during the pandemic. --- Improving Methadone Access for Rural...
Date: Nov 2021
Examines state-level policy data from government and nonprofit agencies related to treatment access and treatment retention for patients with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Describes policy changes affecting telehealth coverage, delivery, and payment; issues of licensing and security; and the initiation and dispensing of treatment medications.
...telehealth coverage, delivery, and payment; issues of licensing and security; and the initiation and dispensing...
Date: May 2023
Results of a study using data from interviews with 20 healthcare providers in rural areas of western Pennsylvania. Explores barriers to care, including cost and insurance, geographic dispersion, and provider shortage and burnout. Offers strategies for improvement, including use of telehealth, mobile clinics, and increased use of advanced practice providers.
...telehealth, mobile clinics, and increased use of advanced practice providers. --- Barriers to Rural Health Care...
Date: Sep 2022
Reviews recent literature and publicly available data to explore important issues at the nexus of healthcare and local economic vibrancy, and explores the economic implications associated with COVID-19. Includes sections on rural hospitals, the rural healthcare workforce, emergency medical services, insurance, and telehealth. Features statistics with breakdowns by 6 levels of population density and county-level maps showing Health Professional Shortage Areas and rural counties without obstetrical services.
...telehealth. Features statistics with breakdowns by 6 levels of population density and county-level maps...
Date: Mar 2023
Recording of a March 29, 2023, House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies regarding challenges rural communities face. Discussions include access to healthcare; rural workforce development, including the healthcare workforce; telehealth; and more.
...telehealth; and more. --- Oversight Hearing – Addressing the Challenges of Rural America Carrie Cochran-McClain, National...
Date: Dec 2022
Examines the efficacy of 2 federal behavioral health grant programs in reducing depression and anxiety in patients, comparing telehealth and in-person modalities in rural areas. Analyzes data from 1,514 patients participating in grant programs between 2017 and 2021 and their associated behavioral health modality. Includes demographic breakdowns by age, sex, and insurance status, among other measures.
...telehealth and in-person modalities in rural areas. Analyzes data from 1,514 patients participating...
Date: Dec 2022
Text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-328). Section 4113 extends certain COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities, including the ability of Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers to serve as distant site providers, through December 31, 2024. Section 4137 authorizes the extension of a 1% add-on payment for home health services provided in high-utilization rural counties through 2023.
...telehealth flexibilities, including the ability of Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers to serve...