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Telehealth

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  • Defining the Term "Frontier Area" for Programs Implemented through the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
    Author(s): University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
    Research center: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
    Topics: Defining rural, Frontier health, Telehealth
    Date: 05 / 2006
    An expert panel report to the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Provides an overview of current frontier definitions and describes the process used to develop a new frontier area definition that could be applied to telehealth programs.
  • Rural and Frontier Mental and Behavioral Health Care: Barriers, Effective Policy Strategies, Best Practices
    Author(s): Donald Sawyer, John Gale, David Lambert
    Research center: Maine Rural Health Research Center
    Topics: Frontier health, Mental health, Substance abuse, Telehealth
    Citation: Waite Park, MN: National Association of Rural Mental Health
    Date: 2006
    Discusses barriers to mental and behavioral health service delivery in rural America. Includes model programs and model policy strategies for rural mental and behavioral health care delivery. Also discusses the roles that telehealth and that the State Offices of Rural Health should play in service delivery.

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