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Date: Apr 8, 2024
Describes the impact of a new federal grant on telehealth access in rural Alabama. Notes that substance use disorder and mental health disorder healthcare in particular is expected to increase. Source: Alabama Daily News.
...Telehealth Access to Additional 37,000 Alabamians --- Describes the impact of a new federal grant...
Date: Mar 14, 2024
Offers highlights from a recent Committee on Ways and Means hearing discussing the benefits of receiving healthcare at home. Notes issues such as quality of life, social networks, rural access to care, technology and telehealth, decreasing emergency room visits, and Medicare barriers to care. Source: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means.
...telehealth, decreasing emergency room visits, and Medicare barriers to care. Source: U.S. House of Representatives...
Date: Mar 5, 2024
Highlights projected impacts to rural health following the end of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). Discusses concerns about equity for patients using telehealth, particularly for rural residents and people with disabilities. Source: Mother Jones.
...telehealth, particularly for rural residents and people with disabilities. Source: Mother Jones. --- View more Millions...
Date: Apr 19, 2024
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is allowing an additional 30 days for comments on proposed updates to the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) – Household and Medical Provider Components (MEPS-HC). Proposed changes include wording changes that will help identify telehealth utilization and access, as well as maintain consistency between Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems 5.1 and MEPS-HC questionnaire items. Comments are due by June 18, 2024. Source: Federal Register.
...telehealth utilization and access, as well as maintain consistency between Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers...
Date: Apr 3, 2024
Announces proposed bipartisan legislation, the Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to increase preparedness for rural hospitals and doctors in emergency obstetric care. The legislation would create training programs, offer grants, and develop pilot telehealth services. Also describes other healthcare related legislation. Source: Office of Senator Katie Britt.
...telehealth services. Also describes other healthcare related legislation. Source: Office of Senator Katie Britt. --- View...
Date: Apr 11, 2024
A new initiative in Kansas for farmers and rural residents will address healthcare challenges including local access, caregiver support, telehealth, behavioral health, maternal healthcare worker shortages, and grant writing support. Source: Brownfield Ag News.
...telehealth, behavioral health, maternal healthcare worker shortages, and grant writing support. Source: Brownfield Ag News...
Date: Apr 18, 2024
Highlights outreach efforts by the Phoenix, Arizona VA to rural communities. The program offered enrollment, telehealth information, health screenings, and more for rural and tribal veterans. Source: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
...telehealth information, health screenings, and more for rural and tribal veterans. Source: U.S. Department of Veterans...
Date: Apr 17, 2024
Summarizes recent research finding that telepharmacy increased access to pharmacy services following the pandemic. Telepharmacy records in a Midwest health system show that use of the service increased significantly between 2019 and 2022, attributed to COVID-19 impacts. Discusses the impact on rural residents. Source: Specialty Pharmacy Continuum.
...rural residents. Tagged as Access · COVID-19 · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Statistics and data · Telehealth...
Date: Mar 6, 2024
Discusses the shortage of rural surgeons, noting challenges in building the rural surgeon workforce. Discusses rural training tracks, homegrown workforce, funding needs, and telemedicine as possible solutions for building the workforce. Source: ACS Bulletin.
...Tagged as Funding · Graduate medical education · Health workforce pipeline · Health workforce supply and demand · Physicians · Telehealth...
Date: Apr 30, 2024
Notice from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seeking comments on proposed revisions to forms related to the Universal Service Fund's Rural Health Care Program. Proposed revisions will extend some of the existing information collection requirements for the Healthcare Connect Fund and Telecom Programs, revise some of the information collection requirements for the Healthcare Connect Fund and Telecom Programs as a result of the 2023 Third Report and Order, and add a new information collection requirement for the Healthcare Connect Fund and Telecom Programs as a result of the 2023 Third Report and Order. Comments are due by July 1, 2024. Source: Federal Register.
...Comments are due by July 1, 2024. Tagged as Broadband · Funding · Healthcare facilities · Policy · Telehealth...