Rural Health
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Telehealth Use among Rural Individuals with Disabilities
Presents a review of literature on telehealth use by people with disabilities in rural areas, covering research published in the period 2000-2019. Identifies benefits, limitations, and challenges, including barriers associated with regulation and funding, and identifies areas for further study.
Author(s): Keith M Christensen, Jill Bezyak
Date: 01/2020
Sponsoring organization: Rocky Mountain ADA Center (RMADAC)
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Presents a review of literature on telehealth use by people with disabilities in rural areas, covering research published in the period 2000-2019. Identifies benefits, limitations, and challenges, including barriers associated with regulation and funding, and identifies areas for further study.
Author(s): Keith M Christensen, Jill Bezyak
Date: 01/2020
Sponsoring organization: Rocky Mountain ADA Center (RMADAC)
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Healthy North Carolina 2030: A Path Toward Health
Discusses population health in North Carolina, identifying disparities in health outcomes and social determinants of health and highlighting strategies for improvement. Provides data for selected indicators, including unemployment, access to healthy food, and primary care workforce availability, among others. Mentions people in rural areas throughout.
Date: 01/2020
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Institute of Medicine
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Discusses population health in North Carolina, identifying disparities in health outcomes and social determinants of health and highlighting strategies for improvement. Provides data for selected indicators, including unemployment, access to healthy food, and primary care workforce availability, among others. Mentions people in rural areas throughout.
Date: 01/2020
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Institute of Medicine
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Understanding and Addressing the Drivers of Infant Mortality in Maine
Overview of infant mortality data for Maine between 2000 and 2017. Includes county-level data as well as rural and urban comparisons. Discusses causes of mortality, risk factors, challenges for rural residents in the Maine healthcare system, social determinants of health, and more. Makes recommendations for decreasing infant mortality with specific recommendations for rural.
Author(s): Katherine Flaherty
Date: 01/2020
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Overview of infant mortality data for Maine between 2000 and 2017. Includes county-level data as well as rural and urban comparisons. Discusses causes of mortality, risk factors, challenges for rural residents in the Maine healthcare system, social determinants of health, and more. Makes recommendations for decreasing infant mortality with specific recommendations for rural.
Author(s): Katherine Flaherty
Date: 01/2020
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Seeds of Native Health Final Report: 2020
Provides an overview of Seeds of Native Health activities, such as policy efforts, grant-making projects, grassroots organizations, investments, research, and more.
Date: 01/2020
Sponsoring organization: Seeds of Native Health
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Provides an overview of Seeds of Native Health activities, such as policy efforts, grant-making projects, grassroots organizations, investments, research, and more.
Date: 01/2020
Sponsoring organization: Seeds of Native Health
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State of Maine Broadband Action Plan
Plan for establishing universal high-speed broadband access throughout Maine, to improve delivery and reduce costs of services including healthcare and education. Mentions rural throughout.
Date: 01/2020
Sponsoring organization: ConnectMaine Authority
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Plan for establishing universal high-speed broadband access throughout Maine, to improve delivery and reduce costs of services including healthcare and education. Mentions rural throughout.
Date: 01/2020
Sponsoring organization: ConnectMaine Authority
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Barriers to Palliative and Hospice Care Utilization in Older Adults with Cancer: A Systematic Review
Shares the results of a literature review analyzing various sociodemographic variables, including rural residence, to describe challenges older adults with cancer experience when accessing hospice and palliative care services.
Author(s): Jyotsana Parajuli, Aluem Tark, Ying-Ling Jao, Judith Hupcey
Citation: Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 11(1), 8-16
Date: 01/2020
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Shares the results of a literature review analyzing various sociodemographic variables, including rural residence, to describe challenges older adults with cancer experience when accessing hospice and palliative care services.
Author(s): Jyotsana Parajuli, Aluem Tark, Ying-Ling Jao, Judith Hupcey
Citation: Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 11(1), 8-16
Date: 01/2020
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Trends in the Size and Distribution of the South Carolina Physician Workforce: 2009-2017
Fact sheet describing trends in the supply and distribution of the physician workforce in South Carolina, using information provided by physicians during their biennial license renewal process. Features statistics with breakdowns by metropolitan, micropolitan, and nonmetropolitan locations.
Date: 01/2020
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium
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Fact sheet describing trends in the supply and distribution of the physician workforce in South Carolina, using information provided by physicians during their biennial license renewal process. Features statistics with breakdowns by metropolitan, micropolitan, and nonmetropolitan locations.
Date: 01/2020
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium
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Trends in Mortality for Medicare Beneficiaries Treated in the Emergency Department From 2009 to 2016
Examines mortality rates during and after emergency department (ED) visits among Medicare beneficiaries between 2009-2016. Explores mortality trends by differences in disposition from the ED, the severity of ED visit, and hospital characteristics. Includes a discussion of ED outcomes in rural settings.
Author(s): Laura G. Burke, Stephen K. Epstein, Ryan C. Burke, E. John Orav, Ashish K. Jha
Citation: JAMA Internal Medicine, 180(1), 80-88
Date: 01/2020
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Examines mortality rates during and after emergency department (ED) visits among Medicare beneficiaries between 2009-2016. Explores mortality trends by differences in disposition from the ED, the severity of ED visit, and hospital characteristics. Includes a discussion of ED outcomes in rural settings.
Author(s): Laura G. Burke, Stephen K. Epstein, Ryan C. Burke, E. John Orav, Ashish K. Jha
Citation: JAMA Internal Medicine, 180(1), 80-88
Date: 01/2020
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Syringe Service Program Use Among People Who Inject Drugs in Appalachian Kentucky
Explores implementation of a harm reduction program for people who inject drugs (PWIDs) in rural Kentucky. Evaluates the efficacy of a syringe service program at reducing the transmission rates of HIV and HCV among PWIDs in Appalachian Kentucky.
Author(s): Hilary L. Surratt, Amy M. Cowley, Jennifer Gulley, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 110(1), 34-36
Date: 01/2020
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Explores implementation of a harm reduction program for people who inject drugs (PWIDs) in rural Kentucky. Evaluates the efficacy of a syringe service program at reducing the transmission rates of HIV and HCV among PWIDs in Appalachian Kentucky.
Author(s): Hilary L. Surratt, Amy M. Cowley, Jennifer Gulley, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 110(1), 34-36
Date: 01/2020
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Kentucky's Primary Care Workforce: Current Status and Output of New Trainees, January 2020 Update
Presents data and information about the primary care workforce in Kentucky and trainee pipelines supplying new primary care physicians to Kentucky. Features statistics on expected shortfalls among Kentucky primary care physicians, numbers of primary care Advanced Practice Registered Nurses with breakdowns by practice locations in underserved and rural areas, and ratio of primary care physicians to Kentucky population by county and Health Professional Shortage Areas designation, as of 2018.
Author(s): Kevin A. Pearce, Sydney Thompson, Fran Feltner, R. Brent Wright, Joe E. Kingery
Date: 01/2020
Sponsoring organization: University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health
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Presents data and information about the primary care workforce in Kentucky and trainee pipelines supplying new primary care physicians to Kentucky. Features statistics on expected shortfalls among Kentucky primary care physicians, numbers of primary care Advanced Practice Registered Nurses with breakdowns by practice locations in underserved and rural areas, and ratio of primary care physicians to Kentucky population by county and Health Professional Shortage Areas designation, as of 2018.
Author(s): Kevin A. Pearce, Sydney Thompson, Fran Feltner, R. Brent Wright, Joe E. Kingery
Date: 01/2020
Sponsoring organization: University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health
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