Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Technology for health and human services
Evaluation of the Health Care Innovation Awards: Community Resource Planning, Prevention, and Monitoring: Annual Report
Evaluations of 24 Health Care Innovation Awards Round One projects focused on enhancing care coordination and healthcare access through the use of health information technology, care coordination/patient navigation, and health promotion and prevention services. Includes information on 5 rural-focused projects, as well as projects that serve both rural and urban areas.
Author(s): RTI International
Date: 10/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Evaluations of 24 Health Care Innovation Awards Round One projects focused on enhancing care coordination and healthcare access through the use of health information technology, care coordination/patient navigation, and health promotion and prevention services. Includes information on 5 rural-focused projects, as well as projects that serve both rural and urban areas.
Author(s): RTI International
Date: 10/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Differences in Media Access and Use Between Rural Native American and White Children
Compares media access between Native American children and White children from rural areas in Michigan to determine the most effective way of disseminating public health initiatives to reach Native children and reduce health disparities.
Author(s): Yulin Hswen, John A Naslund, David S Bickham
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 14(3), 2922
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
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Compares media access between Native American children and White children from rural areas in Michigan to determine the most effective way of disseminating public health initiatives to reach Native children and reduce health disparities.
Author(s): Yulin Hswen, John A Naslund, David S Bickham
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 14(3), 2922
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
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Care Coordination Comparative Matrix
Identifies rural health networks that are developing or implementing value-based models and recaps brief interviews with the network leaders that are implementing or developing care coordination initiatives. The matrix allows rural health networks to share features and lessons learned through the process of implementing the care coordination programs with one another.
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Identifies rural health networks that are developing or implementing value-based models and recaps brief interviews with the network leaders that are implementing or developing care coordination initiatives. The matrix allows rural health networks to share features and lessons learned through the process of implementing the care coordination programs with one another.
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Rural Patient Centered Medical Homes Achieve New Standards
Features Crete Area Medical Center Physicians' Clinic and Ammonoosuc Community Health Services, which are among the very few rural safety net providers that have achieved Level 3 patient centered medical home (PCMH) recognition.
Author(s): Candi Helseth
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Features Crete Area Medical Center Physicians' Clinic and Ammonoosuc Community Health Services, which are among the very few rural safety net providers that have achieved Level 3 patient centered medical home (PCMH) recognition.
Author(s): Candi Helseth
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Health Information Technology in the United States: Progress and Challenges Ahead, 2014
Discusses the progress of hospitals and physicians on the adoption of electronic health records (EHR), improving patient education and quality, and challenges ahead. Provides data specific to Medicare Disproportionate-Share Hospitals' and Critical Access Hospitals' (CAHs) adoption rates. Exhibit 19 demonstrates stages of EHR adoption by hospital characteristics, including for urban and rural areas.
Author(s): Catherine M. DesRoches, Michael W. Painter, Ashish K. Jha
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Harvard School of Public Health, Mathematica Policy Research, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, University of Michigan, School of Information
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Discusses the progress of hospitals and physicians on the adoption of electronic health records (EHR), improving patient education and quality, and challenges ahead. Provides data specific to Medicare Disproportionate-Share Hospitals' and Critical Access Hospitals' (CAHs) adoption rates. Exhibit 19 demonstrates stages of EHR adoption by hospital characteristics, including for urban and rural areas.
Author(s): Catherine M. DesRoches, Michael W. Painter, Ashish K. Jha
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Harvard School of Public Health, Mathematica Policy Research, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, University of Michigan, School of Information
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State Innovation Models (SIM) Initiative Evaluation: Model Design and Model Pre-Test Evaluation Report
Reports on the experiences of 19 states that received federal support to work on state health care innovation plans focused on developing innovative healthcare delivery and payment models. Discusses rural concerns in these states, as well as strategies to address rural healthcare needs. Some topics addressed include patient-centered medical homes, accountable care organizations, workforce, broadband access, electronic health record adoption, and telehealth.
Date: 07/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, RTI International
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Reports on the experiences of 19 states that received federal support to work on state health care innovation plans focused on developing innovative healthcare delivery and payment models. Discusses rural concerns in these states, as well as strategies to address rural healthcare needs. Some topics addressed include patient-centered medical homes, accountable care organizations, workforce, broadband access, electronic health record adoption, and telehealth.
Date: 07/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, RTI International
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Sourcebook: Technical Assistance of the Rural Health Information Technology Network Development (RHITND) Grantees
Provides information and resources on the demonstration projects from the Rural Health Information Technology Network Development (RHITND) Program funded during federal fiscal years 2011-2013.
Date: 07/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Provides information and resources on the demonstration projects from the Rural Health Information Technology Network Development (RHITND) Program funded during federal fiscal years 2011-2013.
Date: 07/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Behavioral Health Data Exchange Consortium: ONC State Health Policy Consortium Project
Discusses pilot programs for behavioral health data exchanges between states. Addresses challenges for sharing behavioral health information electronically due to privacy protection laws at the state level. Reports on an intrastate pilot test in New Mexico on the transfer of information between two clinics (one behavioral health and the other primary care) in a rural setting.
Date: 06/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
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Discusses pilot programs for behavioral health data exchanges between states. Addresses challenges for sharing behavioral health information electronically due to privacy protection laws at the state level. Reports on an intrastate pilot test in New Mexico on the transfer of information between two clinics (one behavioral health and the other primary care) in a rural setting.
Date: 06/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
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Trends in Electronic Health Record System Use among Office-Based Physicians: United States, 2007–2012
Reports trends in the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) by office-based physicians. Covers use of both basic and fully functional EHR systems. Includes data for metro and non-metro areas and data by practice size comparing primary care physicians to other specialties.
Author(s): Chun-Ju Hsiao, Esther Hing, Jill Ashman
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Reports trends in the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) by office-based physicians. Covers use of both basic and fully functional EHR systems. Includes data for metro and non-metro areas and data by practice size comparing primary care physicians to other specialties.
Author(s): Chun-Ju Hsiao, Esther Hing, Jill Ashman
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Telecommunications: Projects and Policies Related to Deploying Broadband in Unserved and Underserved Areas
Shares options for broadband deployment in unserved and underserved areas. Identifies alternative approaches to expanding rural broadband and factors to consider when planning a broadband project. Identifies economic, legal, and policy issues. Describes FCC efforts to foster broadband deployment in unserved areas. Appendix includes brief case studies.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 04/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Shares options for broadband deployment in unserved and underserved areas. Identifies alternative approaches to expanding rural broadband and factors to consider when planning a broadband project. Identifies economic, legal, and policy issues. Describes FCC efforts to foster broadband deployment in unserved areas. Appendix includes brief case studies.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 04/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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