Telehealth for Communities: Toward Eliminating Rural Health Disparities
The National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) (2007) documents issues in both quality of healthcare and access to healthcare providing information to policymakers, clinicians, administrators, and community leaders for the improvement of health. From this report it is apparent that disparities in...
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Rural Nurse Organization; Binghamton University
2012-01-01
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| description | The National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) (2007) documents issues in both quality of healthcare and access to healthcare providing information to policymakers, clinicians, administrators, and community leaders for the improvement of health. From this report it is apparent that disparities in healthcare still exist and that many opportunities for improvement remain across racial, ethnic, socioeconomic and geographical groups. One priority population is the rural, medically underserved areas. Residents of rural areas experience more health disparities than residents of urban areas (NHDR, 2007). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-56b7e83c372f41a18607c3ddb1fdc0642023-11-08T20:14:58ZengRural Nurse Organization; Binghamton UniversityOnline Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care1539-33992012-01-011014610.14574/ojrnhc.v10i1.6458Telehealth for Communities: Toward Eliminating Rural Health DisparitiesBarbara Ann GravesThe National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) (2007) documents issues in both quality of healthcare and access to healthcare providing information to policymakers, clinicians, administrators, and community leaders for the improvement of health. From this report it is apparent that disparities in healthcare still exist and that many opportunities for improvement remain across racial, ethnic, socioeconomic and geographical groups. One priority population is the rural, medically underserved areas. Residents of rural areas experience more health disparities than residents of urban areas (NHDR, 2007).https://rnojournal.binghamton.edu/index.php/RNO/article/view/64 |
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| title | Telehealth for Communities: Toward Eliminating Rural Health Disparities |
| title_full | Telehealth for Communities: Toward Eliminating Rural Health Disparities |
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| title_short | Telehealth for Communities: Toward Eliminating Rural Health Disparities |
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