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981. Delivery of Cancer Screening and Treatment in Critical Access Hospitals
Date: Oct 2022

Summarizes results of a survey of 135 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) regarding cancer screening and treatment provided by CAHs. Describes the role of visiting providers and the use of telemedicine in cancer screening and treatment.

...Tagged as Access · Cancer · Critical Access Hospitals · Health screening · Physicians · Specialty care · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

982. 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...

983. Benefits and Barriers to Pediatric Tele-Urology During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Date: Dec 2020

Study of remote video visits by a pediatric urology provider serving rural Virginia that examines the rapid integration of video visits into a practice that previously treated patients exclusively in-person. Discusses patient demographics, diagnosis and clinical outcomes, and success rates of video visits for 116 patients.

...Tagged as Access · COVID-19 · Children and youth · Specialty care · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Virginia...

984. Promoting Maternal Health in Rural and Underserved Areas
Date: Oct 2019

Examines reasons for the rural obstetrical care crisis and discusses how public policy and technological innovation can improve healthcare quality and access in rural America. Includes sections on scope-of-practice restrictions and policy barriers to telemedicine's broad implementation.

...care · Maternal health workforce · Scope of practice · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Women...

985. Hearing Norton Sound: Community Involvement in the Design of a Mixed Methods Community Randomized Trial in 15 Alaska Native Communities
Date: Nov 2020

Describes a community-based research project examining a telemedicine cell-phone based screening process to improve early detection and treatment of childhood hearing loss in rural Alaska. Community stakeholders assisted in shaping the research question, measurable outcomes, and project procedures. Serves as a model for community-based research in rural communities.

...11/2020 Type Document Tagged as Health screening · Hearing impairment · Research methods and resources · Telehealth · Alaska...

986. Assessing the Feasibility of a Virtual Tumor Board Program: A Case Study
Date: 2014

Examines the feasibility of a Virtual Tumor Board (VTB) program connecting rural community clinicians to the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (UNC LCCC) tumor board. Analyzes the individual clinical participants to explore their experiences with the VTB. Includes a summary of data collection methods, coding of interview data, and UNC tumor board participant survey results.

...Date 2014 Type Document Tagged as Access · Cancer · Health information technology · Hospitals · Telehealth · North Carolina...

987. Report to Congress: Current State of Technology-Enabled Collaborative Learning and Capacity Building Models
Date: Feb 2019

Reports on the impact of technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models as required by the Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (ECHO) Act. Examines how such models are being used to improve healthcare quality and address health workforce capacity, particularly in rural areas, the evidence behind model effectiveness, and evidence gaps. Provides recommendations on expanding model adoption and its use in continuing medical education. Appendix includes an inventory of Project ECHO models and other similar models by state and in several other countries.

...workforce education and training · Healthcare quality · Policy · State-by-state data · Telehealth · State-by-state...

988. Demand for Broadband in Rural Areas: Implications for Universal Access
Date: Dec 2019

Reports on the characteristics of demand for fixed broadband among households and small businesses in rural areas and how they affect private sector infrastructure investments. Discusses the role of schools and libraries as providers of broadband service and training to rural residents, and how broadband enabled services, such as telemedicine, may encourage rural households and small businesses to adopt the technology. Highlights federal programs and policies that may increase or impede broadband demand, and offers options for the U.S. Congress to consider as it addresses rural broadband demand.

...Service Tagged as Broadband · Legislation and regulations · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

989. Telemedicine: What Should the Post-Pandemic Regulatory and Payment Landscape Look Like?
Date: Aug 2020

Discusses changes to telemedicine regulation and payment policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, examining the effects of these temporary changes in relation to the broader issues that telemedicine policy addresses. Explores possible long-term options for insurers and regulators and offers policy recommendations.

...Document Organization Commonwealth Fund Tagged as Access · Healthcare business and finance · Infectious diseases · Policy · Telehealth...

990. How States Can Expand Health Care Access in Rural Communities
Date: Feb 2022

Discusses policy options states could use to increase access to care and the supply of healthcare providers in rural areas. Covers financial assistance programs for medical and dental education; malpractice reform; scope of practice changes for advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and dental health aide therapists; telemedicine parity; and mobile clinics.

...Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses · Physician assistants · Policy · Scope of practice · Telehealth...