Rural technology 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/technology/ Government Health IT, (VA) article reports that a hospital in northern Louisiana recently became the first rural health care facility in the state to transmit patient information to a statewide health information exchange http://www.govhealthit.com/online/news/350365-1.html Thu, 15 May 2008 09:14:31 CST http://www.govhealthit.com/online/news/350365-1.html Portland ME June 9, 2008 -- Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.hrsa.gov/healthit/ehrworkshop.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 07:22:35 CST http://www.hrsa.gov/healthit/ehrworkshop.htm Reuters article reports that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to impose a cap on universal service subsidies to providers of telephone service in rural America. http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN0148058020080501 Fri, 02 May 2008 08:59:57 CST http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN0148058020080501 AHN, (CA) article reports that a professor of bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley and his colleagues have developed a portable medical scanner that can be plugged into a cellular phone, which transmits raw ultrasound or X-ray scanning data to a remote computer processor. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010814416 Thu, 01 May 2008 10:04:50 CST http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010814416 NBC4 Washington, D.C. article tells of a program called Maryland eCare that is intended to address a shortage of emergency room physicians at six rural hospitals by using doctors in Delaware to monitor intensive care patients electronically. http://www.nbc4.com/health/16051425/detail.html?rss=dc&psp=news Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:23:22 CST http://www.nbc4.com/health/16051425/detail.html?rss=dc&psp=news Fort Mill Times, (SC) article tells of a piece of equipment called the "Turtle 400," a small touch-screen computer connected to equipment that measures vital signs such as blood pressure, blood oxygen and weight the same health indicators that nurses test for at a clinic. http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/138509.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:12:33 CST http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/138509.html NewsChannel 9 WSYR, (NY) article tells how neurological specialists are now available to stroke patients in rural areas...over the Internet. http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=87a946d3-b7da-4e66-acc0-eadfc87dbbb5 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:38:36 CST http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=87a946d3-b7da-4e66-acc0-eadfc87dbbb5 Examines the growth in health care spending from1965 to 2005 and projects its growth through 2082. -- Congressional Budget Office http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8947/01-31-TechHealth.pdf Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:07:45 CST http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8947/01-31-TechHealth.pdf Provides a clearinghouse of information and resources on broadband opportunities for rural America. -- Federal Communications Commission http://wireless.fcc.gov/outreach/index.htm?job=broadband_home Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:10:08 CST http://wireless.fcc.gov/outreach/index.htm?job=broadband_home Discusses how adults living with a disability or chronic disease are less likely than others to look for health information online, but once online, they are avid health consumers. -- Pew Internet and American Life Project http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/EPatients%5FChronic%5FConditions%5F2007.pdf Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:29:09 CST http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/EPatients%5FChronic%5FConditions%5F2007.pdf Identifies opportunities and current activities in the Delta Regional Authority (240 counties and parishes in parts of eight southern states) that utilize high-speed Internet access. Includes a literature review and highlights current utilization of broadband. -- Delta Regional Authority http://www.dra.gov/pdfs/iDelta%20report%20032207.pdf Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:54:20 CST http://www.dra.gov/pdfs/iDelta%20report%20032207.pdf Provides an overview of the global wireless revolution. Describes wireless health care applications that are currently available or under development. Considers the impact of these advances, future developments and their implications for health care. -- California HealthCare Foundation http://www.chcf.org/documents/chronicdisease/HealthCareUnpluggedTheRoleOfWireless.pdf Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:26:06 CST http://www.chcf.org/documents/chronicdisease/HealthCareUnpluggedTheRoleOfWireless.pdf Discusses "big broadband" and if public bodies should be investing in and operating the networks in the same way that privately owned companies do? The focus is on rural Minnesota communities. -- Center for Rural Policy and Development http://www.mnsu.edu/ruralmn/pages/Publications/rmj/RMJ2-07/Hedblom.pdf Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:18:45 CST http://www.mnsu.edu/ruralmn/pages/Publications/rmj/RMJ2-07/Hedblom.pdf Synthesizes opinions and provides a view of how the US can become a more cost effective global sourcing destination by encouraging and nurturing job creation in smaller American communities, thereby enabling more cost effective IT services delivery in the US. http://www.itaa.org/upload/news/docs/DS_ExecSum_Final.pdf Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:45:47 CST http://www.itaa.org/upload/news/docs/DS_ExecSum_Final.pdf Provides information on the types of grant projects, offers a searchable database of all the grants, has links to the websites of nearly 300 TOP grantees, and connects to a resource center for current TOP grantees. -- Technology Opportunities Program http://www.ntia.doc.gov/TOP/grants/funding_topics/health_grants.htm Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:25:00 CST http://www.ntia.doc.gov/TOP/grants/funding_topics/health_grants.htm Works to accelerate information and communication technology in addressing the critical public needs particularly in areas of health and national security. http://www.markle.org/index.php Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:19:27 CST http://www.markle.org/index.php Promotes the widespread availability and use of digital network technologies in the public and non-profit sectors. As of 2004, grant funds are no longer available under TOP. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/TOP/ Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:58:24 CST http://www.ntia.doc.gov/TOP/ Accelerates the development of innovative technologies for broad national benefit through partnerships with the private sector. Supports health data gathering programs. http://www.atp.nist.gov/ Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:52:07 CST http://www.atp.nist.gov/ Explores how technological adoption can help invigorate rural economies by creating new products, improving production processes, and opening up new markets. -- Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City http://www.kansascityfed.org/RegionalAffairs/Mainstreet/MSE_0707.pdf Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:03:54 CST http://www.kansascityfed.org/RegionalAffairs/Mainstreet/MSE_0707.pdf Overview of the rates of broadband Internet access in homes. Includes comparison of rural, suburban, and urban broadband adoption. -- Pew Internet and American Life Project http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Broadband%202007.pdf Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:30:37 CST http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Broadband%202007.pdf Presents the views of six experts; the technologist, informed patient, physician, employer, and the public health sector on the promises, perils, and challenges of PHRs and the impact they may have in the next few years. -- California HealthCare Foundation http://www.chcf.org/documents/chronicdisease/PHRPerspectives.pdf Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:36:47 CST http://www.chcf.org/documents/chronicdisease/PHRPerspectives.pdf Reports on extensive research to determine how information technology can be applied to increase coverage of children in Medicaid and SCHIP. Documents promising practices undertaken and identifies additional actions that can occur at the federal and state level to use these tools to benefit the administration of public programs. -- Children's Partnership http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7647.pdf Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:11:03 CST http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7647.pdf Users can select a state or territory from a map or list of states to find the technology resources in a specific area for people with disabilities. -- White House http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/FindSL.do?categoryId=185 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:23:08 CST http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/FindSL.do?categoryId=185 Describes the current situation of broadband services in rural America and discusses the federal, state, and local broadband policies and policy options. -- Rural Sociological Society http://ruralsociology.org/pubs/RuralRealities/RuralRealities2-1.pdf Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:58:42 CST http://ruralsociology.org/pubs/RuralRealities/RuralRealities2-1.pdf Provides tools, documents, state profiles, funding, legislation and organizations that focus on Health Information Technology for rural healthcare communities. -- Rural Health Resource Center http://www.ruralcenter.org/?id=res_hit Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:25:48 CST http://www.ruralcenter.org/?id=res_hit Provides technical support for the State Offices of Rural Health and their flex coordinators for the Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, focuses on rural practice opportunities for healthcare providers in Minnesota and the surrounding region, does performance improvement with hospitals across the country, and develops the Rural Health Resource Directory of rural consultants and speakers found throughout the United States. http://www.ruralcenter.org/ Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:20:15 CST http://www.ruralcenter.org/ A comprehensive, international, quality-filtered resource for information about telemedicine, telehealth, and telemedicine/telehealth related activities. http://trc.telemed.org/ Wed, 30 May 2007 15:35:16 CST http://trc.telemed.org/ Covers broadband Internet access issues in rural and underserved areas. Also covers the federal assistance programs as well as state and local broadband activities. -- Congressional Research Service http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/assets/crs/RL30719.pdf Tue, 08 May 2007 08:59:23 CST http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/assets/crs/RL30719.pdf Explores the potential of Personal Health Records(PHRs) to transform the way care is delivered and received. Examines how consumer-centric health records and related technologies can improve the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care. Also defines PHRs and the variety of existing technologies -- Kaiser Permanente http://www.kpihp.org/publications/docs/phr_infocus.pdf Fri, 04 May 2007 12:01:23 CST http://www.kpihp.org/publications/docs/phr_infocus.pdf Provides summaries of current and completed rural health research projects and related publications addressing the topic of technology, produced by the Office of Rural Health Policy's funded rural health research centers. -- Rural Health Research Gateway http://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/topics/100000090/ Wed, 02 May 2007 13:24:51 CST http://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/topics/100000090/