Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.

Maine Rural Health Profiles: A Statewide View of Rural Health
Summarizes the health status of the state of Maine and each of Maine ’s16 counties. Reports on the health systems, workforce and facilities for health services, the healthcare economy, and healthcare access. Includes maps and discussion illustrating the scale of rurality for each county, and how the data portray the challenges and opportunities of rural health. -- Maine Rural Health Research Center (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 29, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Maine Rural Health Profiles: A Statewide View of Rural Health
Summarizes the health status of the state of Maine and each of Maine ’s 16 counties. Reports on the health systems, workforce and facilities for health services, the healthcare economy, and healthcare access. Includes maps and discussion illustrating the scale of rurality for each county, and how the data portray the challenges and opportunities of rural health. -- Maine Rural Health Research Center (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 29, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Planning for Transportation Together: Collaborating to Address Transportation and Economic Resilience
This report expands on the definition of economic development in transportation, and provides case studies demonstrating how state agencies, and regional planning and development organizations can work together to develop transportation facilities, infrastructure, and services to create jobs, improve access to employment, education and community services including healthcare. -- National Association of Development Organizations (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 29, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Planning for Transportation Together: Collaborating to Address Transportation and Economic Resiliance
This report expands on the definition of economic development in transportation, and provides case studies demonstrating how state agencies, and regional planning and development organizations can work together to develop transportation facilities, infrastructure, and services to create jobs, improve access to employment, education and community services including healthcare. -- National Association of Development Organizations (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 29, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Responsive Rural Health Delivery Systems
Policy brief discussing how rural healthcare delivery systems can address current challenges while transitioning to value-based care. Lays out recommendations for creating a high performance rural healthcare system based on five critical factors as defined by the Rural Policy Research Institute's Rural Health Panel: affordability, accessibility, community focused, high quality, and patient centered. -- National Rural Health Association (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 29, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Disparities in Patterns of Health Care Travel Among Inpatients Diagnosed With Congestive Heart Failure, Florida, 2011
Investigates the nonclinical factors that motivate patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) to travel greater distances to seek treatment rather than utilize their local hospital service area. Study was based on 2011 individual hospital discharge data and analyzes the odds of local hospitalization and various predictors of travel time including race, ethnicity, payer, severity of the condition, and patient location. (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 29, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Climate Justice in Rural Southeastern United States: A Review of Climate Change Impacts and Effects on Human Health
Reviews the literature from 2010 to 2015 regarding the health effects due to climate change on vulnerable populations in the rural Southeastern part of the U.S. Offers suggestions for climate change mitigation in this region at the local, regional, and national level. (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 29, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Colorectal Cancer Burden and Access to Federally Qualified Health Centers in California
Examines the geographic variation, distance to a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), and poverty level of the patient population and their access to a private vehicle relative to the number of late-stage diagnosis of colorectal cancer in California. (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 29, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation: Proceedings of a Workshop
Summarizes a June 2016 joint workshop focused on healthcare and transportation. Includes information on cross-sector collaboration to provide transportation in rural settings. Identifies data sources for understanding health-related transportation needs. -- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 29, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

50 State Scan of Telehealth Reimbursement Laws and Medicaid Policies
A factsheet detailing the policy trends and variations of telehealth across the country, with statistics about how Medicaid reimbursement is being used for this service. -- Center for Connected Health Policy (National Telehealth Policy Resource Center) (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 28, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Variation in the Rate of Cesarean Section Across U.S. Hospitals, 2013
Provides data on the rate of total and low-risk C-sections across U.S. hospitals in 2013, looking at variations in C-section rates by hospital characteristics. Figure 3 provides data for metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural hospitals. -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 28, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

EHR Contracts Untangled: Selecting Wisely, Negotiating Terms, and Understanding the Fine Print
A guide for choosing an Electronic Health Record system and provider. Includes discussions on safety and security, system performance, data, sharing information, risks and liability, dispute resolution, and switching EHRs. -- Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 27, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Health IT Playbook
An online guidebook for healthcare providers on using Health Information Technology (HIT) to its best advantage. Includes discussions on choosing, implementing, and upgrading electronic health records (EHRs), using Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) and Certified Health IT products, implementing patient engagement via telehealth/telemedicine, quality and security with HIT, and looking at how HIT can connect providers and patients in public health settings. Includes a section on HIT in rural settings. -- Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 27, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Title V MCH Block Grant Program, Marshall Islands, State Snapshot: FY 2016 Application / FY 2014 Annual Report
Executive Summary and high-level data from the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program. Includes contact information and amounts of funding by source and service level. -- Health Resources and Services Administration (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 26, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Title V MCH Block Grant Program, Palau, State Snapshot: FY 2016 Application / FY 2014 Annual Report
Executive Summary and high-level data from the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program. Includes contact information and amounts of funding by source and service level. -- Health Resources and Services Administration (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 26, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news