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651. COVID-19 and the Rural Health Workforce: Recommendations to Improve Health in Illinois - Resources
Date: Oct 2021

Provides an overview of the healthcare workforce in rural Illinois and describes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Offers policy recommendations to strengthen the rural health workforce in the state, improve service delivery, and enhance access to specialty care via telehealth services.

...telehealth services. --- View more COVID-19 and the Rural Health Workforce: Recommendations to Improve Health...

652. Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Patient-Centered, Nonphysician Led Self-Monitoring Blood Pressure Program in a Rural Federally Qualified Health Center - Resources
Date: Sep 2024

Evaluated the effectiveness of a self-monitoring blood pressure program (SMBP) involving a nonphysician team for 205 patients with recent hypertension diagnoses in a rural Washington Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Discusses facilitators and barriers to implementation including COVID-19, telehealth, community health workers, working with limited English proficiency populations, reimbursement, and collaborations.

...telehealth, community health workers, working with limited English proficiency populations, reimbursement, and collaborations. --- View more...

653. Disrupting Disparities in Pennsylvania: Retooling for Geographic, Racial and Ethnic Growth - Resources
Date: 2021

White paper examining geographic and racial/ethnic disparities in Pennsylvania along key health indicators, based on interviews with key stakeholders, a literature review, and analyses of databases on the health of Pennsylvanians. Includes sections on telehealth, broadband access as a social determinant of health, and challenges of aging in rural areas. Features demographics and statistics on prevalence of chronic diseases and maps showing Pennsylvania rural counties and Health Professional Shortage Areas and Medically Underserved Areas.

...telehealth, broadband access as a social determinant of health, and challenges of aging in rural...

654. HHS and HRSA Rural Summit - Resources
Date: Jan 2019

Summary of a January 28, 2019, discussion among rural healthcare stakeholders concerning challenges rural communities face in providing and accessing healthcare. Also explores opportunities for the Department of Health and Human Services Administration and the Health Resources and Services Administration to address these issues through program and policy development. Topics include access to care, workforce challenges, rural health system transformation, telehealth, and response to the opioid crisis.

...telehealth, and response to the opioid crisis. --- View more HHS and HRSA Rural Summit Link...

655. Rural Maternal Health Series: Obstetric Readiness in Rural Facilities Without Birth Units - RHIhub Webinar - Webinars
Date: Apr 23, 2024

Rural Maternal Health Series: Obstetric Readiness in Rural Facilities Without Birth Units. A webinar from the Rural Health Information Hub.

...telehealth prenatal care, vaccine education, and multidisciplinary simulation training for obstetrics readiness in emergency departments...

656. Evaluating the HCIA - Behavioral Health/Substance Abuse Awards: Third Annual Report - Resources
Date: Jan 2017

Third annual evaluations of 10 Health Care Innovation Awards Round One projects focused on mental health and substance abuse services. Awardee-specific chapters focus on program objectives, implementation experiences, and participant outcomes. Programs include HealthLinkNow, which uses telehealth to provide behavioral care services in rural areas, and the Prevention and Recovery in Early Psychosis Program, which was expanded to serve to rural counties in California.

...telehealth to provide behavioral care services in rural areas, and the Prevention and Recovery in Early...

657. 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...

658. What Happens When COVID-19 Emergency Declarations End? Implications for Coverage, Costs, and Access - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Identifies federal health-related COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declarations, the flexibilities each provides, and implications for ending them. Topics covered include COVID-19 testing, treatment, and vaccination; telehealth; Medicaid coverage and federal match rates; Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance flexibilities; and more.

...telehealth; Medicaid coverage and federal match rates; Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance flexibilities; and more...

659. 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...

660. Rural and Urban/Suburban Families' Use of a Web-Based Mental Health Intervention - Resources
Date: May 2017

Analyzes data from a web-based mental health intervention program serving adolescents and caregivers in disaster-affected areas of Missouri and Alabama, comparing rural and urban/suburban rates of accessing and completing web-based mental healthcare modules. Describes historic disparities in mental healthcare among rural communities, noting changes to access and engagement due to increased internet technology use among rural youth and adults. Discusses the potential of web-based healthcare interventions, including telehealth, to expand mental health services in rural areas.

...telehealth, to expand mental health services in rural areas. --- View more Rural and Urban/Suburban Families...