Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Telehealth
Second Annual Report: HCIA Disease-Specific Evaluation
Second annual evaluations of 18 Health Care Innovation Awards Round One projects targeting patient populations with specific diseases. Discusses experiences common across grantees and profiles each project. Includes projects that serve a variety of rural areas and address conditions such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic pain. Approaches discussed include care coordination, education, and telehealth.
Date: 03/2016
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, NORC at the University of Chicago
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Second annual evaluations of 18 Health Care Innovation Awards Round One projects targeting patient populations with specific diseases. Discusses experiences common across grantees and profiles each project. Includes projects that serve a variety of rural areas and address conditions such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic pain. Approaches discussed include care coordination, education, and telehealth.
Date: 03/2016
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, NORC at the University of Chicago
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HCIA Complex/High-Risk Patient Targeting: Second Annual Report
Second annual evaluations of 23 Health Care Innovation Awards Round One projects focused on patients with medically complex conditions at high risk for hospitalization, re-hospitalization, emergency department visits, or nursing home stays. Several projects serve rural areas, offering caregiver education and support, telehealth services, and various care coordination approaches. Discusses common experiences of grantees serving rural areas, as well as profiles of each project.
Date: 03/2016
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, NORC at the University of Chicago
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Second annual evaluations of 23 Health Care Innovation Awards Round One projects focused on patients with medically complex conditions at high risk for hospitalization, re-hospitalization, emergency department visits, or nursing home stays. Several projects serve rural areas, offering caregiver education and support, telehealth services, and various care coordination approaches. Discusses common experiences of grantees serving rural areas, as well as profiles of each project.
Date: 03/2016
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, NORC at the University of Chicago
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Evaluating the HCIA - Behavioral Health/Substance Abuse Awards: Second Annual Report
Second annual evaluations of 10 Health Care Innovation Awards Round One projects focused on mental health and substance abuse services. Offers overviews of all projects, including HealthLinkNow, which uses telehealth to provide behavioral care services in rural areas, and the Prevention and Recovery in Early Psychosis Program, which was expanded to serve to rural counties in California.
Date: 03/2016
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Mathematica Policy Research
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Second annual evaluations of 10 Health Care Innovation Awards Round One projects focused on mental health and substance abuse services. Offers overviews of all projects, including HealthLinkNow, which uses telehealth to provide behavioral care services in rural areas, and the Prevention and Recovery in Early Psychosis Program, which was expanded to serve to rural counties in California.
Date: 03/2016
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Mathematica Policy Research
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Independence, Technology, and Connection in Older Age
Explores a wide range of technologies that promote continued independence and productivity for older Americans, including telehealth services for people in rural and underserved areas. Addresses lack of access to broadband or Internet connection in many rural areas.
Date: 03/2016
Sponsoring organization: President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
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Explores a wide range of technologies that promote continued independence and productivity for older Americans, including telehealth services for people in rural and underserved areas. Addresses lack of access to broadband or Internet connection in many rural areas.
Date: 03/2016
Sponsoring organization: President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
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Economic Evaluation Alongside a Clinical Trial of Telephone Versus In-Person Genetic Counseling for BRCA1/2 Mutations in Geographically Underserved Areas
Examines the costs of providing genetic counseling in person to providing it via telephone for primarily rural areas in Utah. Focuses on women with genetic mutations related to a high risk of breast or ovarian cancer as part of the clinical trial, Bridging Geographic Barriers: Remote Cancer Genetic Counseling for Rural Women.
Author(s): Yaojen Chang, Aimee M. Near, Karin M. Butler, et al.
Citation: Journal of Oncology Practice, 12(1), 59
Date: 01/2016
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Examines the costs of providing genetic counseling in person to providing it via telephone for primarily rural areas in Utah. Focuses on women with genetic mutations related to a high risk of breast or ovarian cancer as part of the clinical trial, Bridging Geographic Barriers: Remote Cancer Genetic Counseling for Rural Women.
Author(s): Yaojen Chang, Aimee M. Near, Karin M. Butler, et al.
Citation: Journal of Oncology Practice, 12(1), 59
Date: 01/2016
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Geographic Scope and Accessibility of a Centralized, Electronic Consult Program for Patients with Recent Fracture
Examines a e-consult program that is used in various Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers to provide osteoporotic treatment to older men with fractures. Focuses on geographic distribution, accessibility to rural patients, and the impact and evaluation of treatment.
Author(s): Richard Lee, Megan Pearson, Kenneth W. Lyles, Patricia W. Jenkins, Cathleen Colon-Emeric
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 16(1), 3440
Date: 01/2016
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Examines a e-consult program that is used in various Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers to provide osteoporotic treatment to older men with fractures. Focuses on geographic distribution, accessibility to rural patients, and the impact and evaluation of treatment.
Author(s): Richard Lee, Megan Pearson, Kenneth W. Lyles, Patricia W. Jenkins, Cathleen Colon-Emeric
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 16(1), 3440
Date: 01/2016
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Lessons Learned from the MAVEN Project Pilot: Using Physician Volunteers to Increase Access to Care via Telehealth
Describes the evaluation of pilot program of the Medical Alumni Volunteer Expert Network (MAVEN) Project, which used experienced volunteer physicians to provide consults via telehealth to rural and inner-city providers. Pilot program offered telehealth visits at 3 community health centers in Massachusetts and California.
Author(s): Lori Uscher-Pines, Robert S. Rudin
Date: 2016
Sponsoring organization: RAND Corporation
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Describes the evaluation of pilot program of the Medical Alumni Volunteer Expert Network (MAVEN) Project, which used experienced volunteer physicians to provide consults via telehealth to rural and inner-city providers. Pilot program offered telehealth visits at 3 community health centers in Massachusetts and California.
Author(s): Lori Uscher-Pines, Robert S. Rudin
Date: 2016
Sponsoring organization: RAND Corporation
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Rural Behavioral Health: Telehealth Challenges and Opportunities
Reviews the barriers to mental and substance use disorder treatment and services in rural communities. Presents ways telehealth can address these barriers and discusses the challenges in implementing telehealth services in rural areas. Addresses differences in state policies for telemedicine coverage through private insurance.
Citation: SAMHSA In Brief, 9(2)
Date: 2016
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Reviews the barriers to mental and substance use disorder treatment and services in rural communities. Presents ways telehealth can address these barriers and discusses the challenges in implementing telehealth services in rural areas. Addresses differences in state policies for telemedicine coverage through private insurance.
Citation: SAMHSA In Brief, 9(2)
Date: 2016
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Telestroke Centers as an Option for Addressing Geographical Disparities in Access to Stroke Care in South Carolina, 2013
Research brief on the benefits of telestroke centers in rural and remote areas of South Carolina to improve outcomes. Includes a discussion of the impact of limited primary stroke center access and suggestions for policymakers.
Author(s): Marsha Samson, Tushar Trivedi, Khosrow Heidari
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 12
Date: 12/2015
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Research brief on the benefits of telestroke centers in rural and remote areas of South Carolina to improve outcomes. Includes a discussion of the impact of limited primary stroke center access and suggestions for policymakers.
Author(s): Marsha Samson, Tushar Trivedi, Khosrow Heidari
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 12
Date: 12/2015
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The Feasibility and Acceptability of Administering a Telemedicine Objective Structured Clinical Exam as a Solution for Providing Equivalent Education to Remote and Rural Learners
Describes implementation of a pilot program to effectively and efficiently assess distance medical students' clinical skills in rural areas.
Author(s): Ryan T. Palmer, Frances E. Biagioli, Jasminka Mujcic, et al.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 15(4), 3399
Date: 12/2015
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Describes implementation of a pilot program to effectively and efficiently assess distance medical students' clinical skills in rural areas.
Author(s): Ryan T. Palmer, Frances E. Biagioli, Jasminka Mujcic, et al.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 15(4), 3399
Date: 12/2015
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