Rural Hospitals

Rural Hospital Association Expands Access to Telehealth Resources

September 12, 2022 - Aiming to support rural communities in obtaining access to virtual care, Equum Medical has partnered with the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) to add telehealth resources to treatment practices. As a nonprofit organization, the NHRA aims to use multiple methods of communication, education, and research to support rural healthcare...


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Hospitals’ Telehealth Partnership Aims to Cut Down on Long Travel Times

by Mark Melchionna

To cope with long travel times, a virtual care collaboration between Ascension St Vincent’s Chilton and UAB Medicine aims to provide tele-critical and tele-stroke care to people living in Chilton...

Rural Providers to Use USDA Grants to Boost Telehealth Capabilities

by Anuja Vaidya

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding $43 million to support rural healthcare providers amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and many plan to use the funds to expand telehealth...

CMS Faces a Call to Improve Telehealth Coverage for Rural Health Providers

by Eric Wicklund

Several organizations are making an extra effort to lobby for expanded telehealth coverage for rural healthcare providers beyond the pandemic. While telehealth advocates have been lobbying the Centers...

Telehealth Reimbursement a Barrier for Rural Hospital EDs

by Victoria Bailey

Despite having a high need for telehealth use, rural hospitals see a significant lack of emergency department telehealth services due to telehealth reimbursement barriers and low patient volumes,...

Support Builds to Add Telehealth Options for Critical Access Hospitals

by Eric Wicklund

A new bill before Congress aims to expand telehealth access for patients living with mental health concerns at rural hospitals. The Rural Health Behavioral Access Act, sponsored by US Reps. Dan Kildee...

Telecritical Care Expands Telehealth From the ICU to Where It’s Needed

by Eric Wicklund

As healthcare providers launch telehealth programs to improve critical care management and coordination, they’re seeing value far beyond the ICU. Indeed, as the coronavirus pandemic taxes...

Oklahoma Launches Telemedicine Platform for Rural COVID-19 Guidance

by Eric Wicklund

Oklahoma has launched a telemedicine program to help rural providers get a better understanding of how to treat patients during the Coronavirus pandemic. Prompted by Governor Kevin Stitt’s March...

How Project ECHO Will Advance Rural Health through Telehealth

by Sheri Stoltenberg

As we leave 2016 behind and celebrate the New Year, we are seeing continued progress for telehealth and rural health initiatives. One of the biggest milestones is Congress’ passing of the...

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