News Search Results for: telehealth
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Date: Mar 7, 2024
Highlights the use of telemedicine in ambulances in an effort to improve health outcomes for patients being transported long distances to receive emergency care. Discusses loss of ambulance and hospital services in addition to limited specialty care in rural communities. Describes implementation in South Dakota and Minnesota. Source: MPR News.
...Closures of healthcare facilities and services · Emergency medical services · Specialty care · Telehealth · Minnesota · South Dakota...
Date: Apr 29, 2024
Highlights increased risk of mental health struggles and suicide among rural youth. Discusses a tech-based service delivery program in South Dakota. Source: Public News Service.
...Dakota. Tagged as Children and youth · Mental health · Suicide and suicide prevention · Telehealth · South Dakota...
Date: Mar 26, 2024
Describes virtual occupational therapy services offered by 2 Veterans Affairs facilities to reach rural veterans. Notes that the program is able to address social determinants of health issues such as home safety evaluations and fall risk assessments. Discusses how the program integrates with other virtual VA services. Source: VA News.
...Tagged as Access · Occupational therapy · Social determinants of health · Telehealth · Veterans · Indiana · Kentucky · Michigan · Ohio...
Date: Apr 17, 2024
A rural pediatric partnership is expanding into new areas in rural Georgia. The initiative equips rural hospitals with the tools, best practices, training, and research to offer quality healthcare in rural areas, aiding residents who would otherwise have to travel for specialty care. Initiative offers support for emergency department care, pediatrician and telehealthcare, and behavioral and mental health assessments and interventions. The program also offers scholarships for students who commit to working in rural communities. Source: The Den.
...education and training · Healthcare quality · Networking and collaboration · Physicians · Scholarships for health careers · Telehealth · Georgia...
Date: Feb 29, 2024
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is accepting applications for the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grant program for fiscal year 2024, subject to the availability of funding. DLT grant funds support the use of telecommunications-enabled information, audio and video equipment, and related advanced technologies by students, teachers, medical professionals, and rural residents. Applications that will help rural communities recover economically, ensure all rural residents have equitable access to USDA Rural Development (RD) programs and benefits from RD-funded projects, and reduce climate pollution and increase resilience to the impacts of climate change through economic support are encouraged. Applications are due by April 29, 2024. Source: Federal Register.
...support are encouraged. Applications are due by April 29, 2024. Tagged as Access · Funding · Policy · Telehealth...
Date: Feb 12, 2024
Notice from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) making technical and typographical corrections to the November 16, 2023, final rule. This notice is effective February 12, 2024, and is applicable January 1, 2024. Source: Federal Register.
...January 1, 2024. Tagged as Healthcare quality · Legislation and regulations · Medicare · Physicians · Reimbursement and payment models · Telehealth...