• Completed Projects - (16)
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Completed Projects - (16)

• Analyzing Data from the Evidence-Based Telehealth Network Grant Program Grantees and Preparing Manuscripts to Further the Evidence Base for Tele-ED
  This project's main purpose was to analyze data using the revised Tele-Emergency Performance Assessment Reporting Tool gathered from Evidence-Based Tele-Emergency Network Grant Program grantees on all of their cases using telehealth in the emergency department (tele-ED) and a matched sample of non-tele-ED records to conduct comparative effectiveness analysis to help establish the evidence base for tele-ED.
  Research center: Rural Telehealth Research Center
  Topics: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Emergency medical services (EMS) and trauma, Telehealth
  
• Collecting and Analyzing Data from the Evidence-Based Telehealth Network Grant Program Grantees Using the Revised Tele-Emergency Performance Assessment Report Tool
  The primary purpose of this project was to collect and analyze data using the revised Tele-Emergency Performance Assessment Reporting Tool from the six Evidence-Based Telehealth Network Grant Program grantees on all their tele-emergency department (tele-ED) cases and a matched sample of non-tele-ED cases to conduct comparative effectiveness analysis to help establish the evidence base for tele-ED.
  Research center: Rural Telehealth Research Center
  Topics: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Telehealth
  
• Collecting and Analyzing Data on a Uniform Set of Measures from the Evidence-Based Telehealth Network Grant Program Grantees
  The primary purpose of this project will be to routinely collect and analyze data on a uniform set of measures reported by the Evidence-Based Telehealth Network Grant Program grantees to help establish the evidence base for tele-ED.
  Research center: Rural Telehealth Research Center
  Topics: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Telehealth
  
• Continuing Data Collection on a Common Set of Measures for the School-Based TNGP Grantees
  The primary purpose of this project is to continue data collection from School-Based Telehealth Network Grant Program (SB TNGP) grantees to evaluate school-based telehealth using a common set of measures that will help build the evidence base and inform future policy changes and sustainability efforts.
  Research center: Rural Telehealth Research Center
  Topics: Healthcare access, Telehealth
  
• Designing a Study for Collection of Uniform Measures by the EB TNGP Grantees
  The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy funded six grantees through the Evidence-Based Telehealth Network Grant Program to implement and evaluate tele-emergency services in rural areas.
  Research center: Rural Telehealth Research Center
  Topic: Hospitals and clinics
  
• Establishing a Common Set of Measures for Tele-Behavioral Health and Tele-Substance Abuse
  The Rural Telehealth Research Center worked cooperatively with the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy to establish data collection protocols and tools on a set of measures that are being used for a cross-grantee evaluation of the Evidence-Based Tele-Behavioral Health Network Program.
  Research center: Rural Telehealth Research Center
  Topics: Mental and behavioral health, Telehealth
  
• Establishing Data Collection Protocols on a Common Set of Measures for the School-Based Telehealth Network Grant Program Evaluation
  The primary purpose of this project was to work cooperatively with the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy to establish data collection protocols and tools on a set of measures that can be used for a cross-grantee evaluation of the School-Based Telehealth Network Grant Program.
  Research center: Rural Telehealth Research Center
  Topics: Quality, Telehealth
  
• Identify Measures for Use with Tele-Behavioral Health
  The Rural Telehealth Research Center identified a set of measures that could be used to evaluate tele-behavioral health services.
  Research center: Rural Telehealth Research Center
  Topics: Mental and behavioral health, Telehealth
  
• Investigating Differences in School-Based Telehealth Implementation and Services in the School-Based TNGP Grantees
  The principal goal of this project is to gather contextual information from School-Based Telehealth Network Grant Program (SB TNGP) grantees regarding project design and implementation, and the practicalities of delivering telehealth services in school settings that will help explain the heterogeneity found in the data across the grantees.
  Research center: Rural Telehealth Research Center
  Topics: Healthcare access, Telehealth
  
• Launch of a Study for Collection of Uniform Measures by the EB TNGP Grantees
  Study concepts were vetted, protocols were developed, and this project launched a study where the Evidence-Based Tele-Emergency Network Grant Program grantees began to collect data on a uniform set of measures to help establish the evidence base for tele-ED.
  Research center: Rural Telehealth Research Center
  Topic: Hospitals and clinics
  
• Launching Data Collection on a Common Set of Measures for the EB THNP and SAT TNGP Grantees
  The primary purpose of this project is to launch data collection among Evidence-Based Tele-Behavioral Health Network Program (EB THNP) and Substance Abuse Treatment Telehealth Network Grant Program (SAT TNGP) grantees on a common set of measures.
  Research center: Rural Telehealth Research Center
  Topics: Mental and behavioral health, Telehealth
  
• Launching Data Collection on a Common Set of Measures for the School-Based Telehealth Network Grant Program Evaluation
  The Rural Telehealth Research Center worked cooperatively with the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy to establish data collection protocols and tools on a set of measures that are being used for a cross-grantee evaluation of the School-Based Telehealth Network Grant Program.
  Research center: Rural Telehealth Research Center
  Topics: Healthcare access, Telehealth
  
• Provide Guidance on Measures for the School-Based Telehealth Network Grant Program Evaluation
  The primary purpose of this project was to provide guidance on a set of measures that could be used for a cross-grantee evaluation of the School-Based Telehealth Network Grant Program.
  Research center: Rural Telehealth Research Center
  Topics: Quality, Telehealth
  
• Quality of Surgical Care services in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)
  This project builds on prior work examining rural residents' bypass behavior of their local CAH to hospitals outside their community. Using recently identified inpatient surgical procedures that are commonly performed in CAHs, we will examine and compare outcomes (e.g. post-surgical complication rates, adverse events) of these procedures between CAHs and non-CAHs.
  Research center: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Topics: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Hospitals and clinics
  
• Use of Telehealth to Deliver Services to Rural People and Implications for Public Policy
  This project analyzes national datasets to examine the extent of use of inpatient telehealth services, organizational factors contributing to use, and payment and other policies that limit uptake. This project will identify approaches that could aid spread of this effective delivery approach throughout rural service areas.
  Research center: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Topics: Health information technology, Networking and collaboration, Telehealth
  
• What Factors Explain Rural Residents Seeking Care Outside of the Rural Community?
  This project will examine factors that explain rural residents seeking care outside of the rural community.
  Research center: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Topics: Health services, Hospitals and clinics
  

Publications - (21)