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941. Making Connections: A Guide to Starting a Rural HIV Care Telemedicine Program
Date: May 2021

Offers an overview of a program that provides HIV care to rural Alabama that started as an in-person service in rural clinics and transitioned to a telemedicine program. Includes a 10-step road map for planning and implementing a telemedicine program. Covers considerations for program development, including scheduling, service delivery, legal considerations, barriers and facilitators to planning, and technology. Free to download after registering name, organization, and email.

...AIDS United Tagged as HIV and AIDS · Planning and strategy methods and resources · Telehealth · Alabama...

942. Voices From the Field: A Qualitative Study of the Challenges and Promising Practices of Rural Public Health in Addressing HIV and Hepatitis C
Date: 2021

Examines rural vulnerability to HIV and hepatitis C for people who inject drugs. Presents findings from interviews with 36 public health professionals from rural states, addressing funding limitations, staffing and infrastructure challenges, public health initiatives, telemedicine strategies, and community education programs.

...Infectious diseases · Public health · Substance use and misuse · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

943. Addressing the Opioid Crisis: A Look at the Evolving Landscape of Federal OUD Treatment Policies
Date: Jul 2023

Provides an overview of five federal policies that impacted the provision of opioid use disorder (OUD) treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Covers regulations related to buprenorphine medication, methadone dispensing programs, overdose prevention and reversal methods, and leveraging Medicaid for pre- and post-release from prison OUD treatment services. Discusses how state laws may limit federal efforts.

...drugs · Prescription drug misuse · Service delivery models · Statistics and data · Substance use and misuse · Telehealth...

944. MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2022
Date: Mar 2022

Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Includes discussion on Medicare payment policies directly affecting rural providers and beneficiaries. Addresses payment adequacy for healthcare facilities and services, improving Medicare payment for post-acute care, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, and the impact of healthcare provider consolidation.

...prescription drugs · Physicians · Policy · Post-acute care · Reimbursement and payment models · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

945. Association of the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes Project With Use of Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment Among US Adults With Hepatitis C
Date: Jul 2021

Results of a study of 267,908 patients to examine the association between Project ECHO and use of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban or rural location.

...Tagged as Access · Infectious diseases · Primary care · Rural-urban differences · Specialty care · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

946. Geospatial Analysis of Access to Health Care and Internet Services in the US
Date: Nov 2022

Study examining access to healthcare and internet services based on 2015-2019 American Community Survey data. Discusses implementations of findings for telemedicine expansion and the need for improved internet access to address rural-urban health disparities.

...Date 11/2022 Type Document Tagged as Access · Broadband · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

947. 2018 Report to Congress: Annual Update on the Adoption of a Nationwide System for the Electronic Use and Exchange of Health Information
Date: Dec 2018

Annual report to Congress describing progress related to the adoption of health information technology (HIT). Describes barriers to progress and recommendations related to interoperability, technical capacity, data transparency, and support for provider adoption.

...Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Tagged as Health information technology · Telehealth...

948. Use of Telemedicine among Office-Based Physicians, 2021
Date: Mar 2023

Details the usage of telemedicine by physicians who are office-based, self-employed or employed by a health system, including their specialty, participation in payment models, satisfaction with telemedicine, and continued use post-pandemic. Provides data on rural and urban physician use of telemedicine tools and platforms integrated with electronic health records (EHR).

...Physicians · Primary care · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Surgery · Telehealth...

949. Strategies for Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Rural Health System in New York State
Date: Jun 2021

Describes the challenges of COVID-19 encountered by Bassett Healthcare Network (BHN), a network of 5 hospitals and 24 clinics located in rural upstate New York covering the healthcare needs of 5 counties. Presents four strategies in response to these challenges: expand the capacity of intensive-care; retrain and reposition employees into new roles; adopt a system providing rapid access to care and follow-up; and coordinate communication and decision-making with network administrators, employees, and other healthcare professionals.

...Access · Emergency department and urgent care services · Infectious diseases · Statistics and data · Telehealth · New York...

950. Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, 2020-2025
Date: Oct 2020

Outlines federal goals, plans, and priorities as they relate to health information technology (HIT) and its application across the U.S. Discusses federal efforts to improve broadband access and HIT infrastructure in all areas, including rural and tribal areas.

...Coordinator for Health Information Technology Tagged as Broadband · Health information technology · Patient privacy · Policy · Telehealth...