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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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Publications

Publications by members of the Rural Telehealth Evaluation Center

2025

  • Karim SA, Tilford JM, Bogulski CA, Hayes CJ, & Eswaran H.  Exploring telehealth adoption and financial outcomes for rural hospitals during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Journal of Rural Health. Spring 2025; Vol 41 (2). https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.70038
  • Bogulski CA, Allison MK, Hayes CJ, & Eswaran H.  Trends in US State and Territory Participation in Interstate Healthcare Licensure Compacts (2015-2024). Journal of Medical Regulation 7 April 2025; 111 (1): 8–25.  https://doi.org/10.30770/2572-1852-111.1.8
  • Allison MK, Bogulski CA, McCoy HC, Silva R, Hayes CJ, Andersen JA, & Eswaran H. (2025). Facilitators and barriers to implementing the Project ECHO model: perspectives of 8 ECHO implementation teams. Medical Education Online, 30(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2025.2473476
  • Karim S, Bogulski CA, Tilford MJ, Hayes CJ, and Eswaran H. Financial Performance of Hospital Telehealth Adopters, Nonadopters, and Switchers: A Rural-Urban Comparison. Journal of Healthcare Management 70(2): P 93-107, March/April 2025. https://doi.org/10.1097/jhm-d-24-00026
  • Bin Noor N, Pro G, Acharya M, Eswaran H, and Hayes CJ. Association between different modalities of opioid use disorder-related care delivery and opioid use disorder-related patient outcomes: A retrospective study. Addictive Behaviors Reports. June 2025;21 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2025.100588

2024

  • Acharya M, Hayes CJ, Bogulski CA, Ali MM, and Eswaran H.  Attrition of Remote Patient Monitoring use for Hypertension Management in Medicare fee for service beneficiaries (2018-2021). J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024; 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19271
  • Cengil AB, Eksioglu S, Eksioglu B, Eswaran H, Hayes CJ, and Bogulski CA. Statistical Analysis of Telehealth Use and Pre- and Postpandemic Insurance Coverage in Selected Health Care Specialties in a Large Health Care System in Arkansas: Comparative Cross-Sectional Study. J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e49190. https://doi.org/10.2196/49190  *
  • Bogulski CA, Rabbani M, Hayes CJ, Cengil AB, Shoults CC, and Eswaran H. Poor Representation of Rural Counties of the United States in some Measures of Consumer Broadband.  Telemedicine Reports.  2024 October; 5(1), 290-303. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmr.2024.0048
  • Rabbani M, Bogulski CA, Eswaran H, and Hayes CJ. Willingness to Pay for Internet Speed and Quality. Telematics and Informatics. 2024 September. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2024.102173
  • Pro G, Cantor J, Willis D, Gu M, Fairman B, Baloh J, and Montgomery BE. A multilevel analysis of changing telehealth availability in opioid use disorder treatment settings: Conditional effects of rurality, the number and types of medication for opioid use disorder available, and time, US, 2016-2023. J Rural Health. 2024 Jun 12. https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12854 . Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38867390.
  • Lewis KN, Zhang D, Corrales G, Eswaran H, Hayes CJ, and Gressler LE. Telehealth Utilization for Opioid Use Disorder: A Nationwide Analysis Before and After the COVID- 19 Public Health Emergency Declaration. Telemedicine and E-Health. 2024 April 15. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2024.0122
  • Rabbani M, Bogulski CA, Allison MK, Eswaran H, and Hayes CJ. Telehealth and Willingness to Pay for Internet Services. Telemedicine and E-Health. 2024 April 5. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2023.0692
  • Bogulski CA, Pro G, Acharya M, Ali MM, Brown CC, Hayes CJ, Eswaran H. The association between rurality, dual Medicare/Medicaid eligibility and chronic conditions with telehealth utilization: An analysis of 2019-2020 national Medicare claims. J Telemed Telecare. 2024 Feb 5:1357633X241226741. doi: 10.1177/1357633X241226741. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38314738.

2023

  • Pro G, Fairman B, Baloh J, Willis D, Montgomery BEE. Temporal Trends in Telehealth Availability in Mental Health Treatment Settings: Differences in Growth by State Rurality, 2015-2020. J Urban Health. 2023 Nov 27. doi: 10.1007/s11524-023-00795-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38012502.
  • Acharya M, Ali MM, Bogulski CA, Pandit AA, Mahashabde RV, Eswaran H, Hayes CJ. Association of Remote Patient Monitoring with Mortality and Healthcare Utilization in Hypertensive Patients: a Medicare Claims-Based Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Nov 16. doi: 10.1007/s11.606-023-08511-x Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37973707.
  • Karim SA, Tilford JM, Bogulski CA, Rabbani M, Hayes CJ, and Eswaran H. Financial performance of rural hospitals persistently lacking or having telehealth technology. Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy. August 2023;7:9.  https://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jhmhp-22-85 
  • Shoults CC, Dawson L, Hayes CJ, and Eswaran H. Comparing the Discussion of Telehealth in Two Social Media Platforms: Social Listening Analysis. Telemedicine Reports. August 2023. 236-248. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmr.2023.0008 
  • McCoy HC,  Allison KA, Hernandez M, Ali MM, Stokes M, Bogulski CA, and Eswaran H. Assessment of Pregnancy-Related Telehealth Interventions in the United States: A 10-Year Scoping Review. Telemedicine and e-Health. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2023.0176 
  • Bogulski CA, Acharya M,  Pro G, Ali MM, Rabbani M, Hayes CJ, and Eswaran H. A State Profile of Disparities in Telehealth Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries: An Intersection Between Race/Ethnicity, Rurality, and Chronic Conditions—Arkansas, 2019.Telemedicine and e-Health. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2023.0012
  • Hayes CJ, Dawson L, McCoy H, Hernandez M, Andersen JA, Ali MM, Bogulski CA, and Eswaran H. Utilization of Remote Patient Monitoring Within the United States Health Care System: A Scoping Review. Telemedicine and e-Health. Mar 2023.384-394.http://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2022.0111
  • Cengil AB, Eksioglu B, Eksioglu S, Eswaran H, Hayes CJ, Bogulski CA. Using data analytics for telehealth utilization: A case study in Arkansas. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. 2023;30(10). doi:1177/1357633X231160039 *
  • Bogulski CA, Payakachat N, Rhoads SJ, et al. A Comparison of Audio-Only and Audio-Visual Tele-Lactation Consultation Services: A Mixed Methods Approach. Journal of Human Lactation. 2023;39(1):93-106. https://doi.org/10.1177/08903344221125118 *
  • Pandit AA, Mahashabde RV, Brown CC, Acharya M, Shoults CC, Eswaran H, Hayes CJ. Association between broadband capacity and telehealth utilization among Medicare Fee-for-service beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Telemed Telecare. 2023 Apr 5:1357633X231166026. doi: 10.1177/1357633X231166026. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37016902; PMCID: PMC10076155.
  • Acharya M, Ali MM, Hayes CJ, Bogulski CA, Magann EF, Eswaran H. Trends in Telehealth Visits During Pregnancy, 2018 to 2021. JAMA Netw Open.2023;6(4):e236630. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.6630
  • Najarian M, Goudie A, Bona JP, Rezaeiahari M, Young SG, Bogulski CA, Hayes CJ. Socioeconomic Determinants of Remote Patient Monitoring Implementation Among Rural and Urban Hospitals. Telemed J E Health. 2023 Apr 3. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2022.0412. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37010391 

2022

  • Pandit AA, Eswaran H, Bogulski CA, Rabbani M, Allison M’, Dawson L, Hayes CJ. Factors Associated with Remote Patient Monitoring Services Provision by Hospitals and Health Care Systems in the United States. Telemed J E Health. 2022 Nov 30. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2022.0266. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36459121.
  • Narcisse MR, Andersen JA, Felix HC, Hayes CJ, Eswaran H, McElfish PA. Factors associated with telehealth use among adults in the United States: Findings from the 2020 National Health Interview Survey. J Telemed Telecare. 2022 Jul 26:1357633X221113192. doi: 10.1177/1357633X221113192. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35892167.  *
  • Acharya M, Shoults CC, Hayes CJ, Brown CC. Association Between Broadband Capacity and Social Vulnerability Factors in the United States: A County-Level Spatial Analysis. Popul Health Manag. 2022 Dec;25(6):798-806. doi: 10.1089/pop.2022.0189. Epub 2022 Nov 25. PMID: 36450124.*

2021

  •  Andersen JA,  Felix HC, Eswaran H, Payakachat N, Willis DE, Bogulski CA, and  McElfish PA. Factors Associated with First-Time Telehealth Utilization for Marshallese Living in the United States. Telemedicine Reports. Dec 2021.217- 223.http://doi.org/10.1089/tmr.2021.0023 *

*Indicates manuscript not funded directly by OAT but RTEC Researchers were coauthors and manuscripts were related to telehealth 

 

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