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21. Technology and Broadband Access for Health Literacy Programs - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Sep 14, 2022

Learn more about implementation considerations for using technology and digital tools to improve health literacy in rural communities.

...digital health components and health information technology. These divides in technology and internet access also...

22. Bridging the Digital Divide: Advancing Telehealth Equity - Resources
Date: Nov 2022

Describes the rise in telehealth use in Massachusetts since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and disparities in use across populations. Summarizes the access, quality, and experience factors associated with telehealth from the perspective of patients, providers, and community leaders. Identifies barriers and factors that promoted telehealth use. Offers recommendations for health plans to advance telehealth equity by addressing the root causes of the digital divide, promoting digital inclusion, removing structural and financial barriers to telehealth access, and supporting higher quality and more inclusive care delivery.

...digital divide, promoting digital inclusion, removing structural and financial barriers to telehealth access, and supporting...

23. Mass Casualty Incident Occurs when Duck Boat Sinks in Rural Missouri — Local Fire Protection Districts Lead Response and Recovery — RHIhub Emergency Preparedness Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Nov 14, 2022

Shares how the Southern Stone County Fire Protection District responded to a mass casualty incident after a storm on Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri in July of 2018.

...Mass Casualty Incident Occurs when Duck Boat Sinks in Rural Missouri — Local Fire Protection Districts...

24. Wildfire Forces Evacuation of Critical Access Hospital in Estes Park, Colorado – RHIhub Emergency Preparedness Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Nov 14, 2022

Describes how a Critical Access Hospital in Estes Park, Colorado responded to and evacuated from a wildfire in October of 2020.

...Wildfire Forces Evacuation of Critical Access Hospital in Estes Park, Colorado – RHIhub Emergency Preparedness Toolkit...

25. Disparities in Virtual Cardiology Visits Among Veterans Health Administration Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Resources
Date: Dec 2022

Presents the results of a study to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic, during the first year, influenced the digital divide for patients using virtual and video-based care in Veterans Health Administration (VA) cardiology clinics across the U.S. Study examined sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, drive time to care, geographic location – rural and urban – and encounter type to determine changes in access to care by video, phone, and face-to-face.

...digital divide for patients using virtual and video-based care in Veterans Health Administration (VA) cardiology...

26. Digital Access: A Super Determinant of Health - Resources
Date: Mar 2023

Discusses how the digital divide intersects with health equity and behavioral health and how telehealth can bridge health disparities. Describes local, state, and federal examples of efforts to reduce the digital divide. Includes a list of funding opportunities and resources promoting broadband access.

...Digital Access: A Super Determinant of Health --- Discusses how the digital divide intersects with health...

27. Broadband in Kansas: The Challenges of Digital Access and Affordability - Resources
Date: Mar 2023

Provides an overview of broadband access in Kansas, including adequacy, affordability, digital literacy, and satisfaction. Provides county-level maps depicting data related to broadband access and discusses the rural-urban digital divide.

...digital literacy, and satisfaction. Provides county-level maps depicting data related to broadband access and discusses the rural-urban digital divide...

28. Health Information Outreach Award: Region 6 - Funding
Deadline: Apr 1, 2023

Funding for projects in Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 6 that improve health literacy and increase health equity through engagement and training for health information.

...digital divide, or recognizing environmental determinants of health Eligibility Applicants must be a NLM Region...

29. Maximizing New Federal Investments in Broadband for Rural America - Resources
Date: May 2023

Policy brief covering the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program with recommendations for stakeholders on how to close the digital divide for rural America. Discusses transparency and accountability, capacity building and community engagement, and implementation.

...digital divide for rural America. Discusses transparency and accountability, capacity building and community engagement, and implementation...

30. NNLM Region 6 State Advisory Group (SAG) Illinois Outreach Award - Funding
Deadline: May 15, 2023

Funding to improve health literacy and increase health equity through engagement and training for health information. The program focus is to address issues of mental health and/or social or environmental health in health disparity populations in Illinois.

...digital divide, or recognizing and social or environmental determinants of health Communities determined to be experiencing...