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8951. Improving Access to High Quality Sepsis Care in a South Dakota Emergency Telemedicine Network - Resources
Date: Aug 2017

Research and policy brief exploring whether emergency department-based telemedicine networks using real-time access to sepsis experts can improve outcomes and decrease variation in care. Discusses a pilot program for Critical Access Hospitals in South Dakota-based Avera Health's 140-hospital network in 12 states. Includes statistics for patients with positive sepsis screens from September 2016 to March 2017.

...Health's 140-hospital network in 12 states. Includes statistics for patients with positive sepsis...

8952. Oregon J-1 Visa Waiver Program - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an approved area of Oregon, allowing them to remain in the United States.

...health · Behavioral health workforce · J-1 Visa Waiver · Maternal health workforce · Physicians · Primary care · Specialty...

8953. California's Midwives: How Scope of Practice Laws Impact Care - Resources
Date: Oct 2019

Compares the scope of practice, professional licensures, regulatory systems, and educational requirements for licensed midwives (LMs) and nurse-midwives (NMs) in California. Appendix provides per capita distribution data for midwives by county within the state.

...Health workforce supply and demand · Licensure and certification of health professionals · Maternal health and prenatal...

8954. Rural-Urban Differences in Financial Burden among Cancer Survivors: An Analysis of a Nationally Representative Survey - Resources
Date: Dec 2019

Analyzes 2012, 2014, and 2017 data from the National Cancer Institute's Health Information and National Trends Survey to determine differences in reported financial problems due to cancer in rural and urban populations. Table 1 provides a rural and urban comparison on several demographic and cancer characteristics, including sex, age, marital status, race and ethnicity, income, insurance status, and several factors related to cancer treatment.

...Health Information and National Trends Survey to determine differences in reported financial problems due to cancer...

8955. Aging in Rural Communities: Older Persons' Narratives of Relocating in Place to Maintain Rural Identity - Resources
Date: 2017

Uses data from 16 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with older adults living in a rural area to examine their assessment of their current living situation. Seeks to understand the perspective of older persons who move from a rural area to a more populous, but still rural community. Also discusses the influence of overall health status and access to healthcare services when making relocation decisions.

...health status and access to healthcare services when making relocation decisions. --- Aging in Rural Communities...

8956. UW Medicine Connect with a Provider - Resources
Reviewed: May 2025

Offers consultation and medical education to healthcare professionals and specialized clinical care to patients through telehealth. Includes a section on telehealth provider education services listing several Project ECHO videoconferencing sessions covering a variety of health topics. Also, a physician liaison program serves as a resource for referring physicians and other healthcare professionals to address questions and concerns. Programs focus on supporting all communities in the WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho).

...health topics. Also, a physician liaison program serves as a resource for referring physicians and other...

8957. The Workforce Trends of Physician Assistants in Iowa (1995-2015) - Resources
Date: Oct 2018

Examines the growth trends and attrition of the physician assistance (PA) workforce in Iowa with a focus on primary or specialty care practice settings, rural or urban locations, and Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).

...Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs). --- The Workforce Trends of Physician Assistants in Iowa (1995-2015) Examines...

8958. New York Project ECHO - Resources
Reviewed: Nov 2025

Provides community-based clinicians with skills and knowledge to treat complex patients in their local practices to improve health outcomes and reduce geographic barriers and cost of care through a multidisciplinary team-based approach. Offers continuing education credits (CME) for ECHO participation.

...health outcomes and reduce geographic barriers and cost of care through a multidisciplinary team-based...

8959. Alternative Payment Models in the Quality Payment Program as of December 2023 - Resources
Date: Dec 2023

A set of three tables that list brief information about Alternative Payment Models (APMs) that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) operates or has announced, as of December 2023. Identifies Advanced APMs, Merit Based Incentive Program (MIPs) APMs, and Other Payer Advanced APMs, which include Medicaid Other Payer Advanced APMs, Medicare Health Plan Payment Arrangements, and commercial payment arrangements.

...Health Plan Payment Arrangements, and commercial payment arrangements. --- Alternative Payment Models in the Quality Payment...

8960. Use of Prenatal Telehealth in the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic - Resources
Date: Oct 2023

Examines the use of telehealth for prenatal appointments during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizes Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) data to analyze 12,073 respondents who gave birth between June and December 2020, with data broken down according to insurance type, race/ethnicity, marital status, age, health conditions, and rurality.

...health conditions, and rurality. --- Use of Prenatal Telehealth in the First Year of the COVID...