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1. Telehealth and Health Information Technology in Rural Healthcare Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Apr 12, 2024

Provides resources and answers frequently asked questions related to telehealth and health information technology (HIT) in a rural setting. Discusses opportunities for these technologies to improve healthcare delivery, staffing, privacy, cybersecurity, broadband access, and other related topics.

...Digital Divides Persist Between Rural, Urban and Suburban America shows that rural residents continued to have...

2. CommHIT Shoots for the Moon - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Feb 21, 2024

CommHIT, a nonprofit based at the Kennedy Space Center, has worked at the intersection of rural health and technology for over a decade. Now, as an awardee of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network (RPHWTN) grant program, the organization is assisting Florida partners with workforce development initiatives and technology-related training programs. - The Rural Monitor

...digital literacy and security by focusing on the development of health technology, community paramedicine, and community health workers.” The program encompasses numerous initiatives, broadly divided...

3. Digital Health Interventions for All? Examining Inclusivity Across All Stages of the Digital Health Intervention Research Process - Resources
Date: Jan 2024

Discusses the benefits of digital health interventions as well as the digital health divide that creates barriers to inclusive research processes. Highlights study design interventions during the recruitment, enrollment, engagement, efficacy/effectiveness, and retention stages that can contribute to inclusivity for underserved populations, including rural.

...Digital Health Interventions for All? Examining Inclusivity Across All Stages of the Digital Health Intervention Research Process --- Discusses the benefits of digital health interventions as well as the digital health divide...

4. Housing Shortages Are Making Recruitment and Retention Even More Challenging for Some Rural Healthcare Providers - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Dec 13, 2023

As the pandemic receded, many rural healthcare providers began to feel the acute effects of another crisis impacting communities across the country: a severe local housing shortage. In response, some organizations are forming unique partnerships and implementing creative solutions. - The Rural Monitor

...Housing Shortages Are Making Recruitment and Retention Even More Challenging for Some Rural Healthcare Providers...

5. Closing the Broadband Infrastructure Gap: State Grant Funds and the Digital Divide - Resources
Added: Dec 2023

Analyzes Pew Trusts data on awarded broadband grants in 17 states between 2014 and 2020 to determine common characteristics of funded projects, criteria for allocation, and communities reached. Includes discussion of implications for Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funds and the impact on existing disparities. Offers rural and urban comparisons.

...Digital Divide --- Analyzes Pew Trusts data on awarded broadband grants in 17 states between 2014 and 2020 to determine...

6. Geographic Variations in Driving Time to U.S. Mental Health Care, Digital Access to Technology, & Household Crowdedness - Resources
Date: Dec 2023

Evaluated distance to mental health services, household crowdedness, and access to technology and broadband alongside rurality to determine barriers to mental healthcare for both rural and urban residents in 31,924 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs). Discusses implications for telehealth and policy measures addressing the digital divide.

...digital divide. --- View more Geographic Variations in Driving Time to U.S. Mental Health Care, Digital...

7. Why Do Older, White, Rural Residents Have Slower Broadband Speeds? - Resources
Date: Nov 2023

Evaluates the role of age and rurality in slower broadband speeds for older, white, rural residents. Discusses the concept of a reverse digital divide.

...digital divide. --- View more Why Do Older, White, Rural Residents Have Slower Broadband Speeds? Link...

8. Leveraging Connected Care Strategies to Expand Rural Access to Healthcare - Resources
Date: Oct 2023

Recorded video that features a conversation focused on connected healthcare, healthcare access, and the digital divide in rural areas. Discusses the future of virtual care to improve access for rural communities and strategies to alleviate barriers to connected healthcare.

...digital divide in rural areas. Discusses the future of virtual care to improve access for rural...

9. Assessing Access to Digital Services in Health Care–Underserved Communities in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Study - Resources
Date: Sep 2023

Grouped 3108 counties in the contiguous U.S. based on their access to broadband, access to healthcare, and social vulnerability. Discusses trends in rural counties and regions of the country within these groups and makes recommendations to decrease the digital divide.

...digital divide. --- View more Assessing Access to Digital Services in Health Care–Underserved Communities in the United...

10. Living Language Grant Program (LLGP) - Funding
Deadline: Jun 30, 2023

Grants to provide native language instruction and immersion programs for Native students not enrolled at Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools, including those tribes and organizations in states without Bureau funded schools. The program uses an "all community" model that addresses agriculture, economic development, and healthcare, among others.

...digital divides Food scarcity Employment COVID-19 impacts Eligibility Eligible applicants are federally recognized tribal...