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Use Of Telehealth In Nhsc Grantee Sites, Patricia Pittman, Clese Erikson, Xiaoli Wu, Emily Bass

Health Workforce Research Center Publications

Telehealth has long been viewed as an important pathway for increasing access to care for underserved populations, while providing high quality care at low cost. The spread of telehealth in the United States, however, has been hampered by a range of reimbursement, equipment costs, and licensure barriers. In this study we examined the extent to which telehealth is being used in settings that are among the locations most in need: the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) approved grantee sites. Key Questions

1. To what extent and how are NHSC using telehealth and telemedicine services?
2. What are the barriers to adoption and …

Perceptions Of Electronic Health Records Effects On Staffing, Workflow, & Productivity In Community Health Centers, Leah E. Masselink, Clese Erikson

Health Workforce Research Center Publications

Significant Federal investments under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 and the Affordable Care Act have motivated many community health centers (CHCs) to implement electronic health records (EHRs) in the past few years. Evidence suggests that EHR implementation causes significant changes in how primary care clinicians spend their time and may be associated with changes in staff and facility level productivity. However, the mechanisms to explain these changes were mostly speculative. The goals of this project were to understand how, from the perspective of clinicians, support staff, and administrators, CHCs’ implementation of EHRs has …