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Tools
AHRQ National Resource Center for Health Information Technology
Web site
Provides information meant assist health care providers adopt and use health information technology. Includes documents, Web links, funded HIT project outcomes, and funding opportunity announcements.
Electronic Health Record Resources
Web site
Overview of issues related to implementing an electronic health record (EHR) system, with links to resources and publications. A few of the resources are limited to American Academy of Family Physicians members.
Great Plains Telehealth Resource and Assistance Center
Web site
Assists rural health care providers, facilities, and organizations to better utilize and implement telehealth technology. Provides sample documents in clinical applications, education, IT operational and administrative manuals, and technical and individual consulting.
OpenHRE: Open Source Health Records Exchange
Web site
Information and resources regarding the creation of open and affordable health records exchange based on free, open-source software.
Regional and National Telehealth Resource Centers
Web site
Describes the five regional Telehealth Resource Centers which serve as a focal point for advancing effective use of telehealth technologies in their respective communities and regions of the nation.
Rural Health Research: Telehealth
Web site
Provides summaries of current and completed rural health research projects and related publications addressing the topic of telehealth, produced by the Office of Rural Health Policy's funded rural health research centers.
Technology Opportunities Program: Support for Innovations in Health Care
Web site
Provides information on grant projects available, offers a searchable database of all grants, has links to the websites of nearly 300 TOP (Technology Opportunities Program) grantees, and connects to a resource center for current TOP grantees. Programs focus on telehealth and telemedicine initiatives.
Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE)
Web site
Includes a Telemedicine 101 tutorial, descriptions of active telehealth programs, a database of funding opportunities, an article index searchable by author, journal and full-text, and more.
Regulations, Forms & Other Useful Documents
Economic Impact of Telemedicine Capability in a Rural Hospital
Author(s): Brian E. Whitacre, Pamela S. Hartman, Sarah W. Boggs
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Rural Health Works
Seeks to explain some of the most common forms of telemedicine used in rural areas today and determine their importance to the local economy.
Date: 12 / 2007
National Telemedicine Initiatives: Essential to Healthcare Reform
Author(s): Rashid L. Bashshur, Gary W. Shannon
Sponsoring organization: American Telemedicine Association
Describes how telemedicine initiatives are an integral part to health reform strategies. Identifies the benefits of telemedicine to rural communities.
Date: 06 / 2009
Practical Guide to Effective Use of EHR Systems: Guide 4
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
A guide for the effective and meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) and to tap into the available incentives under Medicare and Medicaid stimulus funds.
Date: 06 / 2009
Practical Guide to Electronic Prescribing: Guide 3
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
A guide to help providers meet Minnesota’s 2011 e-prescribing mandate and to tap into incentives under Medicare and Medicaid stimulus funds.
Date: 06 / 2009
Rationale and Design: Telepsychology Service Delivery for Depressed Elderly Veterans
Author(s): Leonard E. Egede, Christopher B. Frueh, Lisa K. Richardson, Ronald Acierno, Patrick D. Mauldin, Rebecca G. Knapp, Carl Lejuez
Sponsoring organization: BioMed Central
Describes a study and medical trial that will work to provide telepsychology services for depressed, elderly veterans living in rural America.
Date: 04 / 2009
Rural Hospitals and Telepharmacy
Author(s): Petra S. Berger
Sponsoring organization: Risk Management and Patient Safety Institute
Describes the implementation of the North Dakota state wide rural telepharmacy project. North Dakota became the first state to pass administrative rules allowing the practice of telepharmacy.
Date: 02 / 2006
Tele-Health Promotion for Rural People with Disabilities: Toward a Technology Assisted Peer Support Model
Author(s): Craig Ravesloot
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
Looks at the usability of Internet health promotion programs by rural people with disabilities.
Date: 09 / 2007
Telehealth Services Fact Sheet
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Describes Medicaire benefits in terms of care via telehealth services received by patients in rural health professional shortage areas.
Date: 07 / 2009
Telehealth Technical Assistance Manual
Author(s): Samuel G. Burgiss
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Provides information to assist in the planning of
telehealth and telemedicine projects for rural
community and migrant health centers and
other health care organizations. Includes a step-by-step telehealth planning process.
Date: 10 / 2006
Telemedicine Revolutionizing Rural Cancer Care
Author(s): Candi Helseth
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Describes the prevalence and importance of the role telemedicine has in treating cancer patients living in rural areas.
Date: 11 / 2008
Organizations
American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
National organization
Promotes access to medical care for consumers and health professionals via telecommunications technology.
Center for Telemedicine Law (CTL)
National organization
The Center for Telemedicine Law (CTL) is a non-profit entity founded by organizations committed to providing high quality patient services through the use of telemedicine systems throughout the United States and the world.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
Federal government
Works to spur innovation, encourage competition, help create jobs and provide consumers with more choices and better quality telecommunications products and services at lower prices. Part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
North Dakota Telepharmacy Project
State/regional organization
Provides telepharmacy services to remote locations in North Dakota. A collaboration of the North Dakota State University (NDSU) College of Pharmacy, the North Dakota Board of Pharmacy, and the North Dakota Pharmacists Association.
Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT)
Federal government
Promotes wider adoption of advanced technologies in the provision of health care services and education. Part of the Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)
Federal government
Works to enhance the overall quality of military healthcare through telemedicine research and development. Part of the United States Army Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC).
Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE)
Nonprofit/Foundation
A comprehensive, international, quality-filtered resource for information about telemedicine, telehealth, and telemedicine/telehealth related activities.
Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC)
Nonprofit/Foundation
Provides states and U.S. territories with access to affordable telecommunications services through the Universal Service Fund. Administers four programs: the High Cost Program, the Low Income Program, the Rural Health Care Program, and the Schools and Libraries Program.
Terms & Acronyms
Telemental Health Services All mental health services whose delivery is assisted by telecommunications technologies, including telepsychiatry.
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