📢 Calling all rural health providers in California!
Your voice is essential as we shape the future of digital health in our state.
Take the statewide survey and make sure your clinic and hospital’s needs are heard.
The California State Rural Health Association and the California Telehealth Resource Center are partnering to conduct this survey to ensure we are able to meet your needs and provide the technical assistance and educational content that best meets your needs.
Explore our Rural Health Resources section, featuring a curated collection of articles, research papers, and more from leading experts and trusted institutions in the field of rural health. This section is dedicated to providing up-to-date, accurate information and insights for enthusiasts and professionals alike.
This resource from the CHA contains a variety of resources, news, and more pertaining to rural health care.
The California Rural Indian Health Board, Inc. (CRIHB) is committed to the needs and interests that elevate and promote the health status and social conditions of the Indian people of California. CRIHB does this by providing shared resources, training, and technical assistance that enhances the delivery of quality comprehensive health-related services.
In their first issue brief, ITUP, along with partners at UC Merced, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (CRLAF), and Diringer and Associates, explored options to increase coverage and improve healthcare access for California farmworkers.
Written in collaboration with Harvard’s Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, this paper discusses the current state of telehealth in the United States, opportunities that telehealth provides for improving access to health care for rural residents, and the unique position that promotores de salud or community health workers occupy as potential facilitators of telehealth technologies in rural farmworker communities.
Telehealth can be a critical bridge for the gaps in health care that affect rural patients. Learn how to start or expand a telehealth program to provide care to rural patients, as well as tasks such as creating a business plan and troubleshooting technology barriers
This guide will highlight the needs and procedures for a telehealth program geared toward American Indian and Alaska Native populations.
This toolkit compiles evidence-based and promising models and resources to support organizations in identifying and implementing telehealth programs to address common challenges experienced in rural communities across the United States.
A recent Mayo Clinic study investigated how telehealth in palliative care may provide value for rural caregivers, healthcare teams and their patients.
Explore our collection of Rural Telehealth Success Stories, showcasing the transformative power of telehealth in enhancing healthcare access and outcomes in rural communities. For more telehealth videos, visit our YouTube channel.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services, awarded the Medical University of South Carolina and the University of Mississippi Medical Center a national designation as Telehealth Centers of Excellences (COEs). The COEs focus on the efficiency of telehealth services in rural and urban areas and serve as national clearinghouses for telehealth research and resources, including technical assistance. The COEs are in public academic medical centers that have successful telehealth programs with high annual volume of telehealth visits and have established programs that provide telehealth services in medically underinvested areas with high chronic disease prevalence and high poverty rates.
