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621. Identifying and Treating Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska -- The Hearing Norton Sound Study - Resources
Date: 2021

Evaluates the impact of standard and telehealth referrals for childhood hearing loss on diagnosis speed, hearing-related quality of life, and school performance among 790 students in rural and tribal Alaska communities.

...telehealth referrals for childhood hearing loss on diagnosis speed, hearing-related quality of life, and school...

622. Provider-to-Provider Telemedicine for Sepsis Is Used Less Frequently in Communities with High Social Vulnerability - Resources
Date: 2025

Examines the relationship between provider-to-provider emergency department-based telehealth consultation (tele-ED) and the prevalence of sepsis in counties with elevated social vulnerability index (SVI) scores. Analyzes 2016-2019 data from 1191 patients treated in rural, Midwestern EDs, with breakdowns according to patient, provider, hospital, and county characteristics. Discusses the relationship between SVI scores and tele-ED use.

...telehealth consultation (tele-ED) and the prevalence of sepsis in counties with elevated social vulnerability...

623. Enhancing Access to Nephrology Care: Telenephrology Dashboard Optimization via Human-Centered Design - Resources
Date: Mar 2025

Examines how the development of the Telenephrology Dashboard for veterans served by the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System (ICVAHCS) provides improved access to nephrology care and kidney specialists. Describes the methodology used to create and evaluate the dashboard as well as how telehealth tools can serve veterans in predominately rural areas.

...telehealth tools can serve veterans in predominately rural areas. --- Enhancing Access to Nephrology Care: Telenephrology...

624. Diabetic Retinopathy in Rural Communities: A Review of Barriers to Access of Care and Potential Solutions - Resources
Date: Jul 2025

Narrative review examining diabetic retinopathy (DR) prevalence and barriers to care in rural communities. Identifies factors contributing to poor access to care and suggests potential solutions, covering topics including telehealth use, workforce supply and distribution, healthcare policy, and more.

...telehealth use, workforce supply and distribution, healthcare policy, and more. --- Diabetic Retinopathy in Rural Communities...

625. Beyond Connectivity: The Role of Broadband in Rural Economic Growth and Resilience - Resources
Date: Sep 2024

Reports on the economic value of broadband infrastructure for rural areas. Provides a variety of data on broadband and economic growth in rural communities and compares rural and urban gaps in broadband access. Features a broadband development case study for Beltrami County, Minnesota, which includes discussion of broadband's value for telehealth and other aspects of healthcare delivery and availability.

...telehealth and other aspects of healthcare delivery and availability. --- Beyond Connectivity: The Role of Broadband...

626. Mobility & Aging in Rural America: The Role for Innovation: An Introduction for Funders - Resources
Date: May 2018

Outlines challenges facing older people, people with disabilities, and people in areas with few mobility options. Includes a section on funding strategies for rural transit. Describes successful programs, defines mobility as a social determinant of health, and explores approaches for improvement, including new partnerships with healthcare providers and telehealth.

...telehealth. --- Mobility & Aging in Rural America: The Role for Innovation: An Introduction for Funders Outlines...

627. Examining Opportunities for Growth and Investment in Rural America - Resources
Date: Jun 2021

Video recording of testimony from rural healthcare and economic organization leadership to the U.S. House Agriculture Committee. Discusses broadband and telehealth, COVID-19 impacts on rural healthcare and economics, education, infrastructure, aging, and agriculture business issues. Transcript available in the video description.

...telehealth, COVID-19 impacts on rural healthcare and economics, education, infrastructure, aging, and agriculture business...

628. Fortifying Community Health Centers: Fostering Community Resilience, Equitable Response, and Disaster Preparedness - Resources
Date: Jan 2024

Discusses the impact of community health centers, with a focus on the diverse patients they serve, the low-cost/high-quality healthcare, and the ability to serve patients with complex needs. Includes discussion on disaster response, care coordination, and policies, such as those related to telehealth, that affect community health center work.

...telehealth, that affect community health center work. --- Fortifying Community Health Centers: Fostering Community Resilience, Equitable...

629. Transforming Health Care from the Ground Up - Resources
Date: 2018

Describes two examples of innovation driven by doctors, nurses, administrators, entrepreneurs, and patients involving a major transformation of healthcare delivery. One example was an initiative developed through the University of Mississippi Medical Center where a telehealth network was created to increase patient access to care in rural areas with a focus on Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs).

...telehealth network was created to increase patient access to care in rural areas with a focus...

630. An Observational Study of Telemental Care Delivery and the Context for Involuntary Commitment for Mental Health Patients in a Group of Rural Emergency Departments - Resources
Date: Nov 2020

Examines telemental healthcare delivery in Critical Access Hospital (CAH) emergency departments (ED) in 4 Indiana counties, with a focus on the context surrounding subsequent psychiatric involuntary commitment (IC) or noninvoluntary commitment (non-IC) of mental health patients who presented to the participating EDs. Provides information on patient demographics, ED wait time and length of stay, ED costs and reimbursement, and telehealth parity laws.

...telehealth parity laws. --- An Observational Study of Telemental Care Delivery and the Context for Involuntary...