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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...
Date: May 2015
Testimony presented at a May 7, 2015 Labor-HHS Subcommittee hearing on rural health. Provides an overview of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) activities to improve access to services for rural Medicare beneficiaries. Discusses telehealth, Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, and rural projects being tested through the Health Care Innovation Awards.
...telehealth, Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, and rural projects being tested through the Health...
Date: Apr 2024
Explores whether a guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is initiated and titrated through telehealth improves GDMT use among patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in Navajo Nation. Summarizes results of a stepped-wedge, pragmatic comparative effectiveness trial conducted from February to August 2023 at two Indian Health Service facilities in rural Navajo Nation. Discusses the importance of community-designed and locally-tailored strategies to improve GDMT rates.
...telehealth improves GDMT use among patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in Navajo...
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...
Date: Feb 2018
Identifies 9 primary strategies used by hospitals to increase access to healthcare services in rural and urban areas and offers examples of each. Covers virtual care options such as telehealth, emergency and urgent care models such as freestanding emergency departments (EDs), rural hospital networks, partnerships with Indian Health Service providers, and strategies to address social determinants of health.
...telehealth, emergency and urgent care models such as freestanding emergency departments (EDs), rural hospital networks...
Date: Jan 2021
Examines Evidence-Based Tele-Emergency Network Grant Program (EB TNGP) grantees' provision of telehealth services in rural emergency departments (teleED) in 11 states. Features data and statistics on teleED processes and patients' characteristics, chief complaints, severity of illness, and discharge status.
...telehealth services in rural emergency departments (teleED) in 11 states. Features data and statistics on teleED...
Date: Sep 2018
Recognizes the barriers to treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) by identifying patient and HCV clinic characteristics associated with the achievement of sustained virologic response (SVR) in a large medical center serving a rural population. Characteristics documented included proximity to the health center, household income and assets, availability of private insurance, medical comorbidities, and patients with recorded substance misuse. Suggests models for expanding access to treatment in rural areas through increased prescribing by primary care providers and through telehealth.
...telehealth. --- Hepatitis C Within a Single Health System: Progression Along the Cascade to Cure Is Higher...
Date: Jul 2017
Examines telemedicine retinal screening for diabetic retinopathy (DR) among type 1 or type 2 diabetics in rural and underserved communities in North Carolina. Discusses geographic and socioeconomic challenges that lead to disparities in screening and treatment for DR, exploring telehealth's potential to expand access. Analyzes data on patient characteristics, diagnoses, and referrals.
...telehealth's potential to expand access. Analyzes data on patient characteristics, diagnoses, and referrals. --- Evaluation...
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...
Date: Apr 2018
Discusses the development, impact, lessons learned, and future goals of a telehealth home health and hospice monitoring program for a healthcare system in rural Maine.
...telehealth home health and hospice monitoring program for a healthcare system in rural Maine. --- Telehomecare...