Access to mental health care remains a significant challenge across rural America. Limited resources, fewer health care providers and geographic isolation contribute to a substantial mental health ...

Rural America faces a unique set of healthcare challenges. While 20% of Americans live in rural communities, only 10% of physicians practice in those areas, leading to shortages that drastically limit ...

Telehealth utilization in rural areas was associated with a higher likelihood of utilizing preventive care, recent research revealed. Published in the American Journal of Managed Care, the research ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (WTAJ) — Across the Commonwealth, rural communities are facing barriers to mental health care, as staffing shortages lead to ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Texas is making $10 million in grant funding available to expand pediatric telemedicine services in rural communities, state officials announced. Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Health ...

But for rural Texas, expanding telehealth for aging populations depends on more than video calls. It requires reliable broadband, digital literacy for older residents, trusted community health workers ...

Telehealth can significantly improve access to healthcare for those in underserved communities, but new research reveals that broadband access gaps are hindering telehealth. Of 249.1 million people ...

When a frozen screen kills a rural telehealth visit, most patients assume the appointment is simply lost. But a quiet ...

Some 42 percent of U.S. hospitals have adopted telehealth platforms and are using the technology to treat patients, with several factors effecting market changes, according to new report findings. The ...

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A shipping container in Fort Davis is at the center of a new experiment in bringing telehealth to an aging rural population. Perched in the Davis Mountains of West Texas, Jeff Davis County faces steep ...