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Date: Sep 2025
Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) September 2024 meeting. Covers Medicare payment operations and improving payment accuracy, a discussion with the Comptroller General of the United States regarding the Government Accountability Office's work related to improper payments in the Medicare program and opportunities to improve program sustainability, Medicare's overall financial situation, access to hospice and services under the Medicare hospice benefit for beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease or cancer, and the relationship between changes in Medicare Advantage enrollment and hospital finances.
...cancer, and the relationship between changes in Medicare Advantage enrollment and hospital finances. --- September 2025 MedPAC...
Date: Jan 2017
Examines health outcomes and behaviors by sexual orientation for adults in New Mexico. Covers demographics, access to healthcare, chronic health conditions, behavioral risk factors including binge drinking and smoking, protective factors such as HIV and cervical cancer screening, and quality of life differences such as mental health. Includes rural/urban breakdowns for demographics and addresses disparities by race/ethnicity, including American Indian/Alaska Native lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults.
...cancer screening, and quality of life differences such as mental health. Includes rural/urban breakdowns for demographics...
Date: Aug 6, 2024
The August 2024 episode of RHIhub's podcast features an interview with Jordan Berg, Principal Investigator for the National Telehealth Technology Assessment Resource Center. Focuses on applications of AI in healthcare, what AI is and isn't good at, and how patient information in an AI system is safeguarded.
...cancer cell, and it would be able to see that cancer cell and give you a probability...
Reviewed: Oct 2025
Provides interactive maps, charts and graphs on a wide range of data by county for Washington State. Includes content on health and climate, community and population characteristics, transportation, the environment, and exposure to toxic substances. Covers several health topics including access to care, hospitalizations, incidence of cancer, infectious diseases, maternal and child health, and opioid use, misuse, and related deaths. The Information by Location tool allows users to see rankings for health disparities, and social and economic determinants of health by county.
...cancer, infectious diseases, maternal and child health, and opioid use, misuse, and related deaths. The Information...
Date: Oct 2020
Describes a pilot study examining research feasibility, methods, and processes for administering acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) as a treatment for chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) and a possible alternative to prescribed opioids. The research team included four Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) hubs that administered the study in rural areas of New Mexico, North Carolina, Kansas, and Kentucky. Discusses survey data and lessons learned from the pilot study, including unexpected barriers to participation.
...cancer pain (CNCP) and a possible alternative to prescribed opioids. The research team included four...
Date: 2020
Summary of presentations and discussions held April 11, 2019 in Washington, D.C. by the Roundtable on Health Literacy of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Topics include challenges for diverse populations' participation in clinical trials, best practices, and health literacy strategies for effective communication with participants. Chapter 4 includes a description of clinical trials during which researchers conducted health literacy interventions in cancer screenings in mainly rural areas.
...cancer screenings in mainly rural areas. --- Health Literacy in Clinical Research: Practice and Impact: Proceedings...
Date: Sep 2023
Chart depicting mortality rates in Oklahoma for adults between 25 and 64. Compares rates between metropolitan and non-metropolitan tiers, all of Oklahoma, and the national rate for all causes of mortality, multiple chronic illnesses, cancer, stroke, suicide, opioids, and accidents. Click the full screen icon in the chart viewer to see the entire chart.
...cancer, stroke, suicide, opioids, and accidents. Click the full screen icon in the chart viewer...
Date: Feb 2018
Statement given at the February 2018 National Rural Health Association (NRHA) Policy Institute. Discusses the goals of the Connect2Health Task Force: to understand the future interplay of broadband, technology, and health policy and to ensure the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) stays ahead of the innovation curve. Highlights the FCC's focus of broadband deployment to provide a foundation for health and describes a broadband-enabled project in Appalachian Kentucky created to provide healthcare services to cancer patients.
...cancer patients. --- Remarks of Commissioner Mignon Clyburn (as prepared): National Rural Health Association Statement given...
Date: Oct 31, 2018
The benefits of palliative care are described as "the heart of healthcare." Experts and advocates share the importance of scaling this care to rural outpatients with serious illness and chronic medical conditions. - The Rural Monitor
...cancer patients. But now experts said other research has studied palliative care delivered to patients...
Date: Sep 19, 2018
Electronic health records are central to rural healthcare providers' and organizations' transition to value-based care. Several rural organizations are using their EHR data to make changes for the patient populations they serve. - The Rural Monitor
...cancer screening rates increased by 40% and colorectal cancer screening rates increased by 46%. These...