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1411 webpages matched your search. Here are matches 1181 - 1190:

1181. Telemedicine Versus In-Person Primary Care: Impact on Visit Completion Rate in a Rural Appalachian Population - Resources
Date: May 2022

Explores telemedicine use in a primary care clinic in rural West Virginia and its impact on patient access and visit completion rates. Examines visit completion rates of 110,999 patients from January 2019 to November 2020, with patient data broken down by sex, age, marital status, and distance in miles from facility.

...Medicine, 35(3), 475-484 Date 05/2022 Tagged as Access · Appalachia · Primary care · Statistics and data · Telehealth · West Virginia...

1182. Recovering from a Cybersecurity Attack and Protecting the Future in Small, Rural Health Organizations - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Oct 4, 2023

Rural hospitals are becoming increasingly vulnerable to attempts to penetrate information systems to create havoc, steal data, or hold information "hostage" for a monetary ransom. Two Critical Access Hospital leaders discuss attacks at their organizations and how they are working to prevent future attacks. An information technology compliance expert also highlights actions organizations can take to better protect themselves from cyber-attacks. - The Rural Monitor

...telehealth equipment, as well as high-tech radiology like CT and MRI machines, allow rural...

1183. Advancing Health Equity and Access Using Telemedicine: A Geospatial Assessment - Resources
Date: Aug 2019

Highlights a study on the effectiveness of a virtual urgent care (VUC) program in expanding healthcare access and addressing health equity in rural populations in North Carolina. Compares rural versus urban areas and breaks down data by rates of poverty, Medicare and Medicaid enrollment, and broadband access, among other measures.

...Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Telehealth · North Carolina...

1184. Health Information Technology: HHS is Taking Steps to Develop a National Strategy - Resources
Date: May 2005

Overview of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services efforts to develop a national health information technology (IT) strategy. Includes some information on rural health IT activities.

...health IT activities. Date 05/2005 Organization Government Accountability Office Tagged as Health information technology · Policy · Telehealth...

1185. Maternal Health: Availability of Hospital-Based Obstetric Care in Rural Areas - Resources
Date: Oct 2022

Explores the availability of hospital-based obstetric services in rural areas. Summarizes stakeholder perspectives on the factors affecting the availability of these services and on the efforts federal agencies, states, and others could take to increase the access to obstetric care. Highlights six programs identified by researchers and provider associations as effective at increasing obstetric care in rural areas.

...retention of health professionals · Reimbursement and payment models · Service delivery models · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Women...

1186. Understanding the Impact of Health IT in Underserved Communities and those with Health Disparities - Resources
Date: Oct 2010

Focuses on how the integration of different types of information technology into healthcare delivery may influence processes and outcomes related to the overall health of residents in underserved and rural communities.

...Organization NORC at the University of Chicago Tagged as Health disparities · Health information technology · Telehealth...

1187. Indian Health Service: Relief Funding and Agency Response to COVID-19 Pandemic - Resources
Date: Mar 2022

Describes the COVID-19 relief funding for Indian Health Service (IHS), tribal, and urban Indian organization health facilities and how the funds were used to meet immediate and longstanding system needs. Discusses the initial IHS response to the pandemic and steps IHS took to address challenges that its hospitals faced responding to the pandemic.

...preparedness and response · Funding · Hospitals · Infectious diseases · Technology for health and human services · Telehealth · Tribal communities...

1188. Mobile Telemedicine for Buprenorphine Treatment in Rural Populations With Opioid Use Disorder - Resources
Date: Aug 2021

Results of a study conducted from June-October 2020 in Caroline County, Maryland, to evaluate the implementation of an initiative to extend access to telemedicine (TM) medications for opioid use disorder to rural communities, by bringing care via a TM mobile treatment unit (TM-MTU). Features demographics and statistics on opioid use during TM-MTU treatment.

...drug use · Mobile and episodic healthcare delivery · Prescription drug misuse · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Maryland...

1189. Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Study of an Online Weight Loss Program in Rural, Underserved Communities - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Examines the feasibility and impact of implementing an online weight loss program in rural, underserved communities. Follows results of the 1-year intervention, analyzing 16 recruited individuals and their ability to attend nutrition and lifestyle education sessions, complete diet and weight monitoring, and achieve weight loss.

...Tagged as Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

1190. Effect of a Telephone-Based Lifestyle Intervention on Weight, Body Composition, and Metabolic Biomarkers in Rural Ohio: Results from a Randomized Pilot Study - Resources
Date: Sep 2023

Examines the effectiveness of a 15-week telephone counseling intervention encouraging healthy eating and physical activity among 27 rural Ohio adults with overweight or obesity. Provides data on participants' weight, body composition, fasting blood lipids, and inflammatory biomarkers after 15 weeks of intervention. Highlights findings related to weight and cholesterol management, and discusses rural health disparities and access barriers.

...weight control · Physical activity · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Ohio...