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1. Telehealth and Health Information Technology in Rural Healthcare Overview
Reviewed: Apr 12, 2024

Provides resources and answers frequently asked questions related to telehealth and health information technology (HIT) in a rural setting. Discusses opportunities for these technologies to improve healthcare delivery, staffing, privacy, cybersecurity, broadband access, and other related topics.

...telehealth services? Telehealth What do we know about telehealth use in rural areas? How does...

2. Rural Emergency Hospitals Overview
Reviewed: Feb 16, 2024

Provides resources and answers frequently asked questions regarding the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) designation. Addresses eligibility for REH status, services and staffing requirements, reimbursement, who to contact for assistance, and more.

...telehealth services. Are there special staffing requirements for REHs? The emergency department of an REH must...

3. Rural Maternal Health Overview
Reviewed: Feb 7, 2024

Information and resources focused on rural maternal health disparities, issues of access, barriers to rural maternal well-being, and workforce challenges. Highlights strategies, programs, and policies that support rural maternal health.

...Telehealth policies are another avenue to improve maternal health access in rural areas. A CMS report...

4. Rural Health Policy Overview
Reviewed: Feb 2, 2024

Provides an overview of rural health policy and the issues it addresses. Identifies the key federal agencies, national organizations, and other stakeholders involved in rural health policy. Addresses the steps in the rural health policymaking process, available resources for staying current on policy changes, and the role of researchers and membership organizations in rural health policy.

...telehealth technologies. Analyzes and reports on telehealth policy issues and provides telehealth policy resources throughout...

5. Recruitment and Retention for Rural Health Facilities Overview
Reviewed: Feb 1, 2024

Includes information on strategies and incentives to attract providers, positive aspects of rural practice, organizations and programs that support recruitment and retention, statistics on vacancies, options for recruiting international workers, and suggestions for compensation and benefits that might be offered to potential employees.

...telehealth and other technology be used to make rural practice more attractive to candidates? What...

6. Violence and Abuse in Rural America Overview
Reviewed: Jan 24, 2024

Features information on violence, abuse, and human trafficking in rural areas. Examines barriers to addressing intimate partner violence, health outcomes related to violence and abuse, strategies for identifying and supporting victims in healthcare settings, impacts on vulnerable populations, and effects of adverse childhood experiences, harassment, stalking, and bullying in rural areas.

...telehealth connection to counselors or other crisis intervention professionals located at a distance for those...

7. Transportation to Support Rural Healthcare Overview
Reviewed: Dec 4, 2023

Provides resources and information related to transportation to support rural healthcare. Highlights a number of frequently asked questions about rural non-emergency medical transportation, including information for program development and implementation, as well as options for rural communities and healthcare providers.

...telehealth to decrease the travel required for local patients to access specialty care Starting a mobile...

8. Capital Funding for Rural Healthcare Overview
Reviewed: Sep 13, 2023

Information, sources, and frequently asked questions for capital funding in rural communities. Identifies major federal loan and grant programs for capital projects, as well as other potential sources of support.

...telehealth systems , which can add significant hardware, software, implementation, and data compilation costs. Successfully funding...

9. Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) Overview
Reviewed: Sep 12, 2023

Provides resources and answers frequently asked questions regarding the requirements and benefits of the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) program. Addresses how to become a RHC, reimbursement, staffing requirements, patient characteristics, the differences between RHCs and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and more.

...telehealth services? RHCs can be an “originating site” for telehealth services. An originating site is the location...

10. COVID-19 Overview
Reviewed: Sep 5, 2023

A short list of resources to address ongoing concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic in rural communities.

...Telehealth Policy Changes after the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency identifies permanent Medicare changes as well...