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Resources by Topic: Telehealth

Provider Bridge
Connects healthcare professionals with state agencies and healthcare entities to increase access to care for patients in rural and underserved communities, and assists in mobilizing volunteer healthcare professionals during public health emergencies.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Federation of State Medical Boards
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The Virtual Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH): A Model for Idaho's Rural and Underserved Communities
Describes the virtual Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), including benefits such as reduced cost of care and increased access to and quality of care. Discusses how telehealth and community health emergency medical services (CHEMS) will be used in the PCMH model. Includes contact information for Public Health District Small Rural Hospital Improvement (SHIP) Grant Project Managers.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
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Telemedicine for Health Equity Toolkit
Toolkit providing information and guidance for safety-net healthcare systems on telemedicine program development and implementation. Includes sections with information for leadership, providers and teams, and considerations for reaching rural and underserved populations to address health disparities. Toolkit will be regularly updated to reflect regulatory changes and insights from healthcare administrators.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organizations: Center for Care Innovations, Commonwealth Fund, UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations
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Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3) Model
Provides information on a CMS model that permitted ambulance care teams to use alternate models of emergency healthcare, such as telehealth treatment and transport to alternative destinations, to improve quality and lower costs of care. Rural Medicare-enrolled suppliers or hospital-based ambulance providers without current medical dispatch and/or telehealth were eligible to participate. Concluded December 31, 2023.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Telehealth and Palliative Care
Offers resources on delivering palliative care through telehealth services. Covers how to select the technology platform, prepare patients and families, conduct a telehealth visit, and document and bill for services. Includes a Telehealth Start-Up Guide that outlines key components of telehealth service delivery in a home-based palliative care program
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Center to Advance Palliative Care
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Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker
Summarizes telehealth utilization changes nationally and across four U.S. census regions on a monthly and yearly basis. Provides an overview of the top five telehealth diagnostic categories, mental health telehealth diagnoses, and telehealth specialties; age distribution; and telehealth's percentage of medical claim lines. Updated monthly.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: FAIR Health
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Telehealth.HHS.gov
Features information about U.S. government efforts to support and promote telehealth services, including information on how to start a telehealth program, billing and reimbursement, and policy. Includes links to toolkits and resources on behavioral health, maternal health, training and workforce development, and more.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Rural Health in America: How Shifting Populations Leave People Behind
Infographic focused on rural demographics and population trends, health workforce challenges, and initiatives that seek to improve healthcare access in rural communities.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation
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Critical Access Hospital Telehealth Services in Oregon
Mapping system highlights Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) telehealth services in the state of Oregon. Details both the facilities and the area of service.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Office of Rural Health
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Rural Telehealth Toolkit
Resources and best practices to help rural communities develop telehealth programs to improve healthcare access. Identifies program models and examples, and discusses implementation, evaluation, sustainability, and dissemination of program results.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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