Remote care & Telehealth Research Center

The Remote care & Telehealth Research Center is charged with advancing publicly available, high quality, impartial, clinically informed and policy-relevant telehealth research.

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About the Research Center

The Remote care & Telehealth Research Center (RTRC) is charged with advancing publicly available, high quality, impartial, clinically informed and policy-relevant telehealth research. Rigorous research is needed to identify quality telehealth models that are affordable and sustainable. The goal of the Remote care & Telehealth Research Center is to conduct and disseminate research on telehealth that contributes to maintaining or improving a high-performance health system in America. RTRC is a collaboration of the University of Iowa, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and the University of Southern Maine.

Research History

The Rural Health Research Centers and Policy Analysis Initiatives are funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP). These Centers are funded through multi-year cooperative agreements. This Center has produced research products funded by FORHP during the following years.

  • 2016 - 2021