Rural Healthcare

Rural Hospitals to Use Grant to Enhance Virtual Care Access

by Mark Melchionna

Multiplan Corporation has extended financial support via a grant to two rural hospitals, both of which plan to apply the new funds to improve access to virtual care. Using technology and data...

Healthcare CFOs: Telehealth Does Not Improve Overall Financial Picture

by Mark Melchionna

A recent study from the American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) found that healthcare chief financial officers (CFOs) believe that despite some financial advantages, telehealth did not improve the...

Virtual Care Collaboration Aims to Promote Rural Healthcare in Central NY

by Mark Melchionna

The Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Bassett Healthcare Network have teamed up to provide central New York residents with access to New York City-based clinical...

Federal Funding to Support Nurse, Rural Public Health Telehealth Training

by Mark Melchionna

To provide support for the nursing and rural public health workforce, Avera Health will use new funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to launch several projects involving...

SD Health System Aims to Improve Maternal Care Outcomes Through Telehealth

by Mark Melchionna

Following the receipt of funding from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Avera Health aims to improve maternal care outcomes while enhancing rural healthcare access...

Out-of-State Telehealth Aided Rural Residents Amid the Pandemic

by Mark Melchionna

A study published in JAMA Health Forum found that many Medicare beneficiaries benefitted from the elimination of restrictions on out-of-state telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily...

Limited Resources Led to Lower Telehealth Engagement Among Rural Residents

by Mark Melchionna

Research published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine (AJPM) found that rural residents had lower telehealth engagement rates during the COVID-19 pandemic than their urban counterparts,...

Partnership Aims to Enhance Patient Access to Digital Therapeutics

by Mark Melchionna

In collaboration with Orexo US, Trinity Health will offer two digital therapeutics for those battling depression and alcoholism in an effort to improve patient access to these treatments.   As a...

Telehealth Use More Frequent Among Urban, Hispanic Medicare Beneficiaries

by Mark Melchionna

While researching telehealth activity from the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, a study conducted by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that Hispanic and urban Medicare beneficiaries...

Rural Hospital Association Expands Access to Telehealth Resources

by Mark Melchionna

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...

Virginia Health System Strikes Partnerships to Expand RPM in Rural Areas

by Mark Melchionna

With the goal of improving rural healthcare, the University of Virginia Health (UVA Health) has announced that it will work with six community health organizations to implement remote patient...

Rural Healthcare System Launches New Virtual Care Center

by Mark Melchionna

To boost care access for rural communities that are often underserved, Sanford Health has created a virtual care center that aims to support a network of virtual clinics and telehealth services among...

ATA Displays Gratitude for the Expansion of PHE Flexibilities

by Mark Melchionna

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and ATA Action said it strongly supports the expansion of public health emergency (PHE) flexibilities sponsored by US Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI)...

New Partnership to Implement In-Home Acute Care in Wisconsin

by Mark Melchionna

Marshfield Clinic Health System, headquartered in Wisconsin, is joining forces with DispatchHealth to increase the availability of in-home acute care services in an effort to lower emergency department...

KY Health System to Implement Hospital-at-Home Program

by Mark Melchionna

To expand access to hospital services, Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) plans to implement a home hospital program that uses Biofourmis' technology to deliver quality acute hospital-level care...

Telehealth Effective in Referring Rural Children to Hearing Care

by Mark Melchionna

Using telehealth to refer children living in rural areas to specialists promotes expanded access to hearing care, according to the Hearing Norton Sound study conducted by the University of Arkansas for...

Patient Characteristics Strongly Tied to Telehealth Use

by Mark Melchionna

While researching the role of telehealth in family medicine clinics, a study published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (JABFM) found that, unlike provider characteristics,...

Telehealth Raises Visit Completion Rate by 20% for Rural Residents

by Mark Melchionna

Using data from a rural Appalachian population, a study published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine found that telemedicine is an effective alternative to in-person care for rural...

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...

Leveraging Telehospitalists in the Age of COVID-19

by Anuja Vaidya

Telehealth offers a wide array of benefits, including the ability to care for patients outside the hospital and supplement inpatient care. But even within the four walls of a healthcare facility, telehealth can help extend the reach of...

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