Other Research & Data

• Colorado Health Information Exchange Made Possible by AHRQ Contract
• Health Care in Urban and Rural Areas, Combined Years 2004-2006: Requests for Assistance on Health Initiatives: Update of Content in MEPS Chartbook No. 13
• Maine Telehealth Network
• Northwest MedStar
• Tough questions get answers through health IT

News & Numbers

May 12 2011 20110512

More Rural Americans Treated in Emergency Departments for Eye Injuries

November 18 2010 20101118

Rates of Hospital Emergency Department Use Greater Among Women and Low-Income, Older, and Rural Americans

September 9 2010 20100909

Most Public Hospitals Are in Rural Areas

January 28 2010 20100128

Medicare Pays Almost Half of Rural Hospital Stays

Other News & Events

• Electronic prescribing with clinical decision support reduces medication errors in community-based practices
• Four million hospital admissions potentially unnecessary
• HIV outcomes and medication use are similar between rural and urban HIV patients
• Medicare pays for nearly half of rural hospital stays
• More rural Americans treated in emergency departments for eye injuries
• Most public hospitals are in rural areas
• Opportunities to pursue bachelor's degrees may be limited for nurses in rural hospitals
• Patients at small urban hospitals are more likely to suffer from pressure sores than those at small rural hospitals
• Patients' income and where they live influence hospitalization for chronic lung disease
• Primary care model helps treat underserved patients with hepatitis C virus infection
• Radionovela promotes awareness and knowledge of cervical cancer vaccine among Hispanic parents
• Rates of emergency department use greater among women and low-income, older, and rural Americans
• Regional poverty boosts adults' chances of having unmet health care needs
• Relative inefficiency of rural critical access hospitals must be balanced against their contributions to care access and quality
• Rural and urban residents have similar perceptions of health care quality, despite differences in care delivery
• Rural counties experience funding and stigma problems in HIV prevention services
• Rural elderly with dementia are hospitalized more often for conditions that primary care visits might have caught
• Rural health care providers in California look to Telehealth to supply the training needed to manage childhood obesity
• Rural patients with a serious form of gallstone disease are less likely than urban patients to receive treatment
• Rural residents depend on physician offices for their osteoporosis testing
• Six of every 10 rural emergency departments visits made by poor patients
• Study provides insights into problems confronting quality improvement educational programs in rural hospitals
• Teamwork key to long-term sustainability of health IT systems
• Telemedicine dermatology consultations change diagnoses and improve outcomes
• Tough questions get answers through health IT
• Vulnerable populations with heart failure less likely to receive early physician followup after discharge