Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Clinics
Outreach Across Populations: 2013 National Needs Assessment of Health Outreach Programs
Provides national data concentrated on farmworker communities served by health outreach programs at community health centers with migrant health funding.
Date: 01/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Outreach Partners
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Provides national data concentrated on farmworker communities served by health outreach programs at community health centers with migrant health funding.
Date: 01/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Outreach Partners
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Implementation Manual for a Telemental Health Outreach Clinic
Presents a guide to implementing a telemental health outreach clinic on a college campus. Provides guidance on selecting a college, a space on campus, and contracting with a local pharmacy, among other factors.
Author(s): Carolyn Turvey, Linda Blake, L. Richards
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
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Presents a guide to implementing a telemental health outreach clinic on a college campus. Provides guidance on selecting a college, a space on campus, and contracting with a local pharmacy, among other factors.
Author(s): Carolyn Turvey, Linda Blake, L. Richards
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
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Electronic Health Information Exchange in Underserved Settings: Examining Initiatives in Small Physician Practices and Community Health Centers
Discusses a study evaluating electronic data exchange projects. Identifies the barriers and benefits of participating in health information exchange (HIE) activities in underserved settings.
Author(s): J. Mac McCullough, Frederick J. Zimmerman, Douglas S. Bell, Hector P. Rodriguez
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 14, 415
Date: 2014
Type: Document
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Discusses a study evaluating electronic data exchange projects. Identifies the barriers and benefits of participating in health information exchange (HIE) activities in underserved settings.
Author(s): J. Mac McCullough, Frederick J. Zimmerman, Douglas S. Bell, Hector P. Rodriguez
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 14, 415
Date: 2014
Type: Document
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The Role of Community Health Centers in Assessing the Social Determinants of Health for Planning and Policy: The Example of Frontier New Mexico
Discusses the use of the Tool for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE) by a frontier-based community health center in New Mexico for evaluating and addressing social determinants of health.
Author(s): Sean Bruna, Lisa Cacari Stone, Susan Wilger, Jeremy Cantor, Carolina Guzman
Citation: Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 37(3), 258-268
Date: 2014
Type: Document
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Discusses the use of the Tool for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE) by a frontier-based community health center in New Mexico for evaluating and addressing social determinants of health.
Author(s): Sean Bruna, Lisa Cacari Stone, Susan Wilger, Jeremy Cantor, Carolina Guzman
Citation: Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 37(3), 258-268
Date: 2014
Type: Document
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Evaluation of the Medicare Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Demonstration: Report to Congress
Reports on the results of a Medicare Frontier Extended Stay Clinic (FESC) demonstration project that used an enhanced clinic model in frontier areas to address the needs of seriously ill or injured patients who could not be transferred to a hospital or needed monitoring and observation for a limited period of time. Includes an overview of the demonstration and key findings from the project.
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Reports on the results of a Medicare Frontier Extended Stay Clinic (FESC) demonstration project that used an enhanced clinic model in frontier areas to address the needs of seriously ill or injured patients who could not be transferred to a hospital or needed monitoring and observation for a limited period of time. Includes an overview of the demonstration and key findings from the project.
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Migrant Health Newsline: Commemorative Issue
Final and commemorative issue examining the migrant health movement in the U.S. Includes reprints of past articles about the history of migrant health, the creation of the Migrant Health Program, the Migrant Health Act, and other legislation increasing access to healthcare for migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
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Final and commemorative issue examining the migrant health movement in the U.S. Includes reprints of past articles about the history of migrant health, the creation of the Migrant Health Program, the Migrant Health Act, and other legislation increasing access to healthcare for migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
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A Profile of Migrant Health: An Analysis of the Uniform Data System, 2010
Analyzes the demographic, socioeconomic, and health characteristics of patients from 142 community and migrant health centers that receive funding through the U.S. Public Health Service Act, Section 330.
Author(s): Bethany C. Boggess, Hilda Ochoa Bogue
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
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Analyzes the demographic, socioeconomic, and health characteristics of patients from 142 community and migrant health centers that receive funding through the U.S. Public Health Service Act, Section 330.
Author(s): Bethany C. Boggess, Hilda Ochoa Bogue
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
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Rural Primary Care Physician Workforce Expansion: An Opportunity for Bipartisan Legislation
Recommends expansion of graduate medical education (GME) support in teaching health centers (THCs) as a way to address the shortage of rural primary care physicians. Proposes an expanded version of the community health center and academic medicine partnerships (CHAMP) model that would help in the development of rural THCs.
Author(s): Richard E. Rieselbach, Robert L. Phillips, Thomas J. Nasca, Byron J. Crouse
Citation: Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 5(4), 556-559
Date: 12/2013
Type: Document
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Recommends expansion of graduate medical education (GME) support in teaching health centers (THCs) as a way to address the shortage of rural primary care physicians. Proposes an expanded version of the community health center and academic medicine partnerships (CHAMP) model that would help in the development of rural THCs.
Author(s): Richard E. Rieselbach, Robert L. Phillips, Thomas J. Nasca, Byron J. Crouse
Citation: Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 5(4), 556-559
Date: 12/2013
Type: Document
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Description of Healthcare Needs at an Episodic Clinic in Rural Southwest Virginia
Describes the population served at an episodic clinic in Southwest Virginia to better understand patient needs at a yearly episodic Remote Area Medical (RAM) clinic providing free healthcare services. Includes demographic information collected from RAM patient records, including age, sex, primary care physician access, tobacco use, and more.
Author(s): Audrey Snyder, Gwyneth Milbrath
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 13(4), 2557
Date: 12/2013
Type: Document
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Describes the population served at an episodic clinic in Southwest Virginia to better understand patient needs at a yearly episodic Remote Area Medical (RAM) clinic providing free healthcare services. Includes demographic information collected from RAM patient records, including age, sex, primary care physician access, tobacco use, and more.
Author(s): Audrey Snyder, Gwyneth Milbrath
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 13(4), 2557
Date: 12/2013
Type: Document
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Effects of Patient-Centered Medical Home Attributes on Patients' Perceptions of Quality in Federally Supported Health Centers
Analyzes patient survey results that rated the quality of care and the patient-centered medical home attributes provided at federally supported health centers in rural and urban locations.
Author(s): Lydie A. Lebrun-Harris, Leiyu Shi, Jinsheng Zhu, et al.
Citation: Annals of Family Medicine, 11(6), 508-516
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
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Analyzes patient survey results that rated the quality of care and the patient-centered medical home attributes provided at federally supported health centers in rural and urban locations.
Author(s): Lydie A. Lebrun-Harris, Leiyu Shi, Jinsheng Zhu, et al.
Citation: Annals of Family Medicine, 11(6), 508-516
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
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