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961. USDA's ReConnect Program: Expanding Rural Broadband
Date: Dec 2022

Provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ReConnect program, which provides loans, grants, and loan/grant combinations to build and enhance broadband infrastructure in eligible rural service areas. Summarizes program details, funding allocations, the three rounds of awards, and funding awards by state. Compares the ReConnect program with other USDA broadband programs. Identifies issues that may impact the program's effectiveness, related legislation introduced in the 117th Congress, and potential policy options.

...12/2022 Type Document Organization Congressional Research Service Tagged as Access · Broadband · Funding · Infrastructure · Policy · Telehealth...

962. Results of an Asthma Education Program Delivered via Telemedicine in Rural Schools
Date: Apr 2018

Examines the impact of a school telemedicine intervention intended to reduce asthma burden among children in the Arkansas Delta region. Summarizes the intervention, participant demographics, asthma-related characteristics, and intervention outcomes.

...Type Document Tagged as Children and youth · Chronic respiratory conditions · Delta Region · Schools · Telehealth · Arkansas...

963. Evaluation of an Academic-Community Partnership to Implement MTM Services in Rural Communities to Improve Pharmaceutical Care for Patients with Diabetes and/or Hypertension
Date: Feb 2018

Evaluates a pilot project in Arizona where community health center and independent retail pharmacies offered medication therapy management (MTM) services on site and by phone to rural, underserved Arizonans with diabetes or high blood pressure.

...Tagged as Access · Cardiovascular disease · Clinics · Diabetes · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Pharmacy workforce · Telehealth · Arizona...

964. Mississippi Project ECHO
Reviewed: Dec 2023

Offers specialty training for a variety of healthcare professionals via online video conferences. Format includes didactic presentations led by UMMC specialists and several case presentations. Participants may be able to receive health education credits.

...Center for Telehealth Tagged as Health workforce education and training · Public health · Specialty care · Mississippi...

965. Rural Health Quality: How CMS Initiatives Improve How We Measure and Address Gaps in Care
Date: Apr 2022

Recording of an April 2022 webinar regarding healthcare quality measurement in rural areas. Discusses measurement challenges in rural areas and how CMS is working to mitigate these issues. Presents resources and programs for rural providers to improve healthcare quality. Transcript is available by clicking the three dots above the video description, then selecting Show Transcript.

...Services Tagged as Access · Healthcare quality · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural Emergency Hospitals · Telehealth...

966. Critical Access Hospitals' Initial Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Use of Federal Funding and Regulatory Flexibilities
Date: Nov 2021

Explores how Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) used federal relief funding and regulatory waivers to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic through August 2020. Summarizes results of a survey of CAH executives in eight states. Discusses the sources of federal funding CAHs received and the types of regulatory waivers and flexibilities these CAHs used.

...Hospitals · Emergency preparedness and response · Funding · Healthcare business and finance · Legislation and regulations · Policy · Telehealth...

967. Weight Management in Rural Health Clinics: The Midwest Diet and Exercise Trial
Date: Apr 2018

Analyzes the effectiveness of providing weight management programs through remote delivery offered at 5 primary care clinics serving rural populations. Remote weight management programs included group phone conferences (GP) and individual phones calls (IP), with comparisons to enhanced usual care (EUC) consisting of individual face-to-face meetings.

...Tagged as Obesity and weight control · Primary care · Rural Health Clinics · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Kansas...

968. Telephone-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Latino Patients Living in Rural Areas: A Randomized Pilot Study
Date: Aug 2011

Highlights a pilot study on a culturally competent cognitive-behavioral therapy that uses the telephone to connect with rural Latinos in Washington State. Compares treatment to an enhanced primary care treatment for depression. Breaks down data by age, gender, and nativity, among other factors.

...competency · Hispanic or Latino · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Migrants · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Washington...

969. Advancing Health Equity in Rural, Tribal, and Geographically Isolated Communities: FY2023 Year in Review
Date: Nov 2023

Summarizes Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) activities in fiscal year 2023 to advance health equity for people living in rural, tribal, and geographically isolated communities. Covers six priority focus areas: applying a community-informed geographic lens; increasing the collection and use of standardized data; strengthening and supporting healthcare professionals; optimizing medical and communication technology; expanding access to comprehensive healthcare coverage, benefits, and services and supports; and driving innovation and value-based care.

...professionals · Reimbursement and payment models · Service delivery models · Technology for health and human services · Telehealth...

970. Pennsylvania Mental Health Care Workforce Shortage: Challenges and Solutions: A Staff Study
Date: Jun 2020

Provides a discussion of mental healthcare workforce occupations and examines the factors that led to shortages in these fields. Describes how telemedicine can be used to extend the mental healthcare workforce in rural Pennsylvania and determines how state government entities can encourage more people to enter and remain in the mental healthcare workforce. Makes recommendations including increasing the number of psychiatric residencies in rural areas and designating more Rural Health Clinics. Includes a county-level map of Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas.

...health · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · Rural Health Clinics · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Pennsylvania...