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61. Legal Considerations for Emergency Preparedness and Response - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Nov 14, 2022

Learn about legal and ethical issues to consider related to emergency preparedness and response in rural areas.

...guidelines for handling controlled substances and medical countermeasures, including registration with the U.S. Drug Enforcement...

62. The Role of Comorbidities, Medications, and Social Determinants of Health in Understanding Urban-Rural Outcome Differences among Patients with Heart Failure - Resources
Date: 2024

Analyzes health outcomes for patients with heart failure and mitigating factors such as comorbidities, guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT), and social determinants of health (SDOH) in rural versus urban areas. Utilizes data from Medicare beneficiaries who had a heart failure hospitalization between 2008 to 2017 to observe mortality rates within 30 days or 1 year, hospital readmission rates, and emergency room (ER) admissions. Discusses health outcome disparities that correlate to patient location.

...guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT), and social determinants of health (SDOH) in rural versus urban...

63. Do SNAP Eligibility and Benefit Determinations Sufficiently Reflect Expenses of Older Households? - Resources
Date: Oct 2023

Report investigating Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility guidelines to determine whether they are in line with the spending patterns of low-income households with adults over 50. Offers policy recommendations based on findings. Table 1 of the appendix compares the rural and urban share of total expenditures for these households.

...guidelines to determine whether they are in line with the spending patterns of low-income...

64. Comparison of Discharge Disposition and AHA Prehospital Stroke Compliance among Urban, Suburban, and Rural EMS Agencies - Resources
Date: Sep 2025

Compares patient outcomes and compliance with quality of care guidelines among rural, suburban, and urban EMS agencies. Utilizes prehospital encounter data from 31 Colorado and Wyoming hospitals from 2020 to 2022.

...guidelines among rural, suburban, and urban EMS agencies. Utilizes prehospital encounter data from 31 Colorado...

65. Access to Maternal Healthcare - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: May 17, 2021

Information on access to maternal healthcare services in rural areas.

...guidelines set forth by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Academy...

66. Hospital Accreditation Status and Treatment Differences among Black Patients with Colon Cancer - Resources
Date: Aug 2024

Examines likelihood of receiving guideline-concordant care and risk of mortality for Black patients with colon cancer at Commission on Cancer (CoC) accredited hospitals relative to non-CoC accredited hospitals. Utilizes 2019-2020 United States Cancer Statistics database data. Includes data on the association between patient characteristics, including rurality, and attendance at accredited versus nonaccredited hospitals.

...guideline-concordant care and risk of mortality for Black patients with colon cancer at Commission...

67. Nutrition Assistance Programs: Agencies Could Do More to Help Address the Nutritional Needs of Older Adults - Resources
Date: Nov 2019

Report focuses on the shortcomings of the federal nutrition guidelines in meeting the nutritional needs of older adults. Bases recommendations on interviews with older adults in both rural and urban areas.

...guidelines in meeting the nutritional needs of older adults. Bases recommendations on interviews with older...

68. Rural Emergency Hospital Requirements: CMS Emergency Preparedness Final Rule - Resources
Date: Mar 2023

Provides a reference source for Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) requirements related to the final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), "Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare and Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers." Includes excerpts from the REH Conditions of Participation regarding emergency preparedness, as well as CMS interpretive guidelines for 17 other provider types. Covers the development of an emergency plan, related policies and procedures, communications, training, and more.

...guidelines for 17 other provider types. Covers the development of an emergency plan, related policies...

69. How Actual Practice of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Aligns with the Recommended National Scope of Practice in Rural Versus Urban Areas of the U.S. - Resources
Date: Feb 2022

Results of a study examining the extent to which EMS professionals perform skills that correspond to their credential levels, and determining whether there are variations in adherence to guidelines between agencies serving rural or urban populations and agencies with unpaid versus paid staffing models. Examines credentials for emergency medical responders, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs, and paramedics, and uses data from EMS encounters in 2018 from 1,056 EMS agencies nationally. Features statistics on various procedures and predictors of performing a procedure within the scope of practice model, with breakdowns by 4 levels of population density.

...guidelines between agencies serving rural or urban populations and agencies with unpaid versus paid staffing...

70. Crisis Services: Meeting Needs, Saving Lives - Resources
Date: Aug 2020

Presents the National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care Best Practices Toolkit and a number of companion papers on crisis care. Toolkit highlights best practices for crisis care and the papers discuss a number of related topics, including homelessness, substance use, opioid-related deaths, and rural and frontier areas, among other issues.

...Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care Best Practices Toolkit and a number of companion papers...