Identifying Measures and Data Elements for the HRSA Evidence-Based Tele-Emergency Network Grant Program

Marcia Ward; Fred Ullrich; Kimberly A S Merchant; Nicholas M Mohr; Paula Weigel; A Clinton MacKinney; Sarah Heppner

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Identifying Measures and Data Elements for the HRSA Evidence-Based Tele-Emergency Network Grant Program

Marcia Ward, Fred Ullrich, Kimberly A S Merchant, Nicholas M Mohr, Paula Weigel, A Clinton MacKinney and Sarah Heppner

RTRC Research & Policy Brief

Rural Telehealth Research Center

03/2020

DOI: 10.17077/rep.006750

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Abstract

To address the many challenges affecting small and rural emergency departments (EDs), the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) in the Health Resources and Services Administration established the Evidence-Based Tele-Emergency Network Grant Program (EB TNGP). In 2014, this program awarded grants to six ED-based telehealth (tele-ED) networks to expand the delivery of tele-ED in rural hospitals across the U.S. In 2015, FORHP awarded a cooperative agreement to the Rural Telehealth Research Center to customize a standardized set of measures to the six EB TNGP grantees and then to systematically collect data from them on all of their tele-ED cases during a 26-month period. This brief details multi-project work to identify the standardized set of measures appropriate to tele-ED, create an Excel-based tool, termed the Tele-Emergency Performance Assessment Reporting Tool, and systematically collect data from the grantees. The resulting data repository of 4,324 tele-ED cases has been analyzed to yield five published articles to date with more in development.

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Title: Subtitle: Identifying Measures and Data Elements for the HRSA Evidence-Based Tele-Emergency Network Grant Program
Creators: Marcia Ward - University of Iowa
Fred Ullrich - University of Iowa
Kimberly A S Merchant - University of Iowa
Nicholas M Mohr - University of Iowa
Paula Weigel - University of Iowa
A Clinton MacKinney - University of Iowa
Sarah Heppner - Health Resources and Services Administration
Resource Type: Report
Publication Details: RTRC Research & Policy Brief
DOI: 10.17077/rep.006750
Publisher: Rural Telehealth Research Center; Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Number of pages: 4 pages
Grants: Rural Telehealth Research Center (2015-20), UICRH29074, Health Resources and Services Administration (United States, Rockville) - HRSA
Language: English
Date published: 03/2020
Academic Unit: Rural Telehealth Research Center; Health Management and Policy; Injury Prevention Research Center
Record Identifier: 9985015186602771

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