Rural telehealth resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2008 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/telehealth/ Identifies current e-health initiatives, priorities, and challenges within state governments. Includes references to rural activities. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/1104_Smith_state_e-hlt_activities_2007_findings_st.pdf?section=4039 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:15:29 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/1104_Smith_state_e-hlt_activities_2007_findings_st.pdf?section=4039 Seeks to explain some of the most common forms of telemedicine used in rural areas today and determine their importance to the local economy. -- National Center for Rural Health Works http://www.ruralhealthworks.org/downloads/Economic/Telemedicine_EI_Study.pdf Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:25:28 CST http://www.ruralhealthworks.org/downloads/Economic/Telemedicine_EI_Study.pdf Looks at the usability of Internet health promotion programs by rural people with disabilities. -- Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities http://rtc.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/health/telehealth%20promotion.html Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:50:47 CST http://rtc.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/health/telehealth%20promotion.html Examines the value of a subset of telehealth technologies: those in which providers are involved in both the near, or patient side, and far side of the encounter. -- Center for Innovative Learning Technologies http://www.citl.org/_pdf/CITL_Telehealth_Report.pdf Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:59:43 CST http://www.citl.org/_pdf/CITL_Telehealth_Report.pdf 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. -- California Telemedicine and eHealth Center http://www.cteconline.org/TRC.html Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:33:20 CST http://www.cteconline.org/TRC.html 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. -- Rural Health Research Gateway http://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/topics/100000091/ Wed, 02 May 2007 13:25:02 CST http://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/topics/100000091/ A central, national source of information to assist health care providers adopt and use health information technology. Web site includes a variety of documents, Web links, funded HIT project outcomes, and funding opportunityannouncements. -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://healthit.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=562&&PageID=5663&mode=2&in_hi_userid=3882&cached=true Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:00:00 CST http://healthit.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=562&&PageID=5663&mode=2&in_hi_userid=3882&cached=true Data on the use of information technology among rural hospitals with 100 or fewer beds. -- American Hospital Association http://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag/jsp/articledisplay.jsp?dcrpath=HHNMAG/PubsNewsArticle/data/2006August/0608HHN_FEA_RuralIT_6&domain=HHNMAG Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag/jsp/articledisplay.jsp?dcrpath=HHNMAG/PubsNewsArticle/data/2006August/0608HHN_FEA_RuralIT_6&domain=HHNMAG 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. -- Risk Management and Patient Safety Institute http://www.raconline.org/pdf/rural_hospitals_and_telepharmacy.pdf Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.raconline.org/pdf/rural_hospitals_and_telepharmacy.pdf An assessment of the peer-reviewed literature fortelemedicine services that substitute for face-to-face medical diagnosis and treatment thatmay apply to the Medicare population. Report focuses on three distinct areas: store-andforward, home-based, and office/hospital-based services. -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/telemedup/telemedup.pdf Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/telemedup/telemedup.pdf Brings together the specific advice from communities in the process of implementing health information exchange (HIE) initiatives as part of the Connecting Communities for Better Health program. -- eHealth Initiative http://ehr.medigent.com/assets/collaborate/2006/02/28/CCBH%20Lessons%20Learned%2002%2028%2006.pdf Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 CST http://ehr.medigent.com/assets/collaborate/2006/02/28/CCBH%20Lessons%20Learned%2002%2028%2006.pdf Suggests key factors for policymakers and funders of telemedicine interventions that transmits medical diagnostics and monitoring services between health care users and providers who are separated geographically. Information derived from a study of personal computer and web-based home telemedicine services provided under a demonstration program to Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes living in two medically underserved areas. -- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. http://mathematica-mpr.com/publications/pdfs/implementingtel.pdf Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 CST http://mathematica-mpr.com/publications/pdfs/implementingtel.pdf