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Institute for Digital Health & Innovation: Rural Telehealth Evaluation Center
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      • Association of Telehealth Technology and Financial Performance in Rural Hospitals
      • Current State of Telehealth Remote Patient Monitoring
      • Objective Program Examination and Gap Analysis of Telehealth Resource Centers (OPAL-TRC)
      • RTEC Telehealth Broadband Pilot Program Evaluation
      • Summary of Telehealth Definitions: A Scoping Review
      • Summative Examination of Licensure Portability Program (SEAL-LPP)
    • Year 2 Projects
      • An Evaluation of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Utilization on a National Level
      • An Evaluation of Rural/Urban Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact on Utilization and Spending through a Health Equity Lens
      • Did State-level Emergency Initiatives to Facilitate Telehealth Help Reduce the Urban-Rural Disparity in Healthcare Utilization?
      • The Effect of Telehealth Implementation on Hospital Financial Performance: An Urban and Rural Hospital Comparison
    • Year 3 Projects
      • Assessing the Impact of Telehealth Delivery on Adherence to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
      • Financial performance of low-resource hospitals adopting telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic
      • Prenatal Opioid Use Disorder Treatment delivered through Telehealth and Punitive and Reporting State Policies
      • Telehealth Technology-Enabled Learning Program: Evaluation and Dissemination
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Year 1 Projects

Association of Telehealth Technology and Financial Performance in Rural Hospitals

Lead Investigators: Saleema Karim, PhD and Mick Tilford, PhD

Summary of Project: This project evaluates the relationship between telehealth service delivery and U.S. hospital financial performance, especially in rural hospitals. 

Summary of Telehealth Definitions: A Scoping Review

Lead Investigators: Hari Eswaran, PhD and Leah Dawson, PhD

Summary of Project: This is a review of telehealth definitions used in literature and government, state, and private entities’ policies and practices, using a scoping review approach. 

Objective Program Examination and Gap Analysis of Telehealth Resource Centers (OPAL-TRC)

Lead Investigators: Corey Hayes, PhD and Leah Dawson, PhD

Summary of Project: Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs) were established starting in 2005 to facilitate the expansion of telehealth across the US and assist providers and healthcare organizations to make healthcare more accessible to rural and underserved populations. This project will examine the TRC grant program to identify program improvements.

Summative Examination of Licensure Portability Program (SEAL-LPP)

Lead Investigators: Cari Bogulski, PhD and Hari Eswaran, PhD

Summary of Project: The proposed summative evaluation will provide comprehensive Licensure Portability Program (LPP) assessment and identify future program improvements.

Remote Patient Monitoring

Lead Investigators: Corey Hayes, PhD and Cari Bogulski, PhD

Summary of Project: This study aims to summarize the current state of telehealth RPM services provided in the U.S. healthcare systems.

RTEC Telehealth Broadband Pilot Program (TBP)

Lead Investigators: Hari Eswaran, PhD, Corey Hayes, PhD, and Cari Bogulski, PhD

The Rural Telehealth Evaluation Center (RTEC) will evaluate the performance of the Telehealth Broadband Pilot Program (TBP).

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