Telehealth In Health Centers: Key Adoption Factors, Barriers, And Opportunities
Autor: | Carolyn Robbins, Suma Nair, Anne Dievler, Ching-Ching Claire Lin, Alek Sripipatana, Matt Quinn |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Rural Population
Telemedicine 020205 medical informatics education MEDLINE 02 engineering and technology Telehealth Health Services Accessibility Reimbursement Mechanisms 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Health care 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Humans 030212 general & internal medicine health care economics and organizations Health policy Data collection business.industry Medicaid Data Collection Health Policy United States Key (cryptography) Business Rural population Safety-net Providers |
Zdroj: | Health affairs (Project Hope). 37(12) |
ISSN: | 1544-5208 |
Popis: | Telehealth services have the potential to improve access to care, especially in rural or urban areas with scarce health care resources. Despite the potential benefits, telehealth has not been fully adopted by health centers. This study examined factors associated with and barriers to telehealth use by federally funded health centers. We analyzed data for 2016 from the Uniform Data System using a mixed-methods approach. Our findings suggest that rural location, operational factors, patient demographic characteristics, and reimbursement policies influence health centers' decisions about using telehealth. Cost, reimbursement, and technical issues were described as major barriers. Medicaid reimbursement policies promoting live video and store-and-forward services were associated with a greater likelihood of telehealth adoption. Many health centers were implementing telehealth or exploring its use. Our findings identified areas that policy makers can address to achieve greater telehealth adoption by health centers. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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