Rural Telehealth & Broadband
Telehealth has been a hot emerging health topic, helping to improve access to healthcare and improving health outcomes. The increased utilization of telehealth in rural area has helped to bridge the gap in rural healthcare by providing more access to quality healthcare through video chats, and also other communication that doesn’t rely on a broadband internet connection. Additionally, it allows providers from larger healthcare systems to also collaborate with rural providers to reduce strain on the rural healthcare infrastructure and workforce as well. As a result, the significance of expanding broadband access and telehealth to rural communities has become a priority. We encourage you to utilize the following advocacy materials and external resources when you are advocating for rural telehealth and broadband access!
- Impacts of telehealth on rural health care access
- Cybersecurity: A path to increase rural health care preparedness
- Prioritizing the expansion of electronic medical record interoperability software to rural health care systems
- Health care’s role in rural economic development: How broadband can improve health outcomes
- The negative effect of differential privacy and synthetic data from the U.S. Census Bureau on rural health and communities
- Rapid Response Telehealth
- Telehealth in Rural America
- Telemedicine Reimbursement
- Streamlining Telemedicine Licensure to Improve Health