Veterans Rural Health Research

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VETERANS RURAL HEALTH RESOURCE CENTERS

(8 days ago) WEBVeterans Rural Health Resource Centers. Veterans Rural Health Resource Centers (VRHRCs) are Office of Rural Health (ORH) field-based satellite offices that serve as hubs of rural health care research, innovation, and dissemination. Congressional mandate 38 USC § 7308 defines VRHRCs’ mission to: Located at host …

https://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/aboutus/vrhrc.asp

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Research That Makes a Difference for Veterans: Rural Health

(8 days ago) WEBOperational partners will include the New England Veterans Integrated Service Network, the Office of Rural Health, and the Office of Social Work. Expanding access to opioid use disorder treatment in rural settings. Rural Veterans are 37% less likely to receive medication for opioid use disorder than their urban-dwelling counterparts.

https://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/publications/portfolio_review/ruralhealth.cfm

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Rural Health - Veterans Affairs

(5 days ago) WEBFor Veterans dwelling in rural areas, those existing health concerns are compounded by experiences unique to military service. HSR research into rural health comprises everything from lack of access to care, to telehealth services, to social work outreach and suicide prevention. Each section below is populated by a search of the …

https://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/research_topics/rural_health.cfm

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ABOUT ORH - Office of Rural Health - Veterans Affairs

(8 days ago) WEBCongress passed legislation ( 38 U.S. Code § 7308) in 2006 that established the Office of Rural Health. Appointed by the Under Secretary for Health, the Director leads ORH to address rural Veteran's health care challenges through targeted research, programs and new models of care. In cooperation with the medical, rehabilitation, health

http://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/aboutus/

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Office of Rural Health Thrive 2020 Annual Report

(1 days ago) WEBprograms through its five Veterans Rural Health Resource Centers (VRHRCs). These satellite offices investigate key issues that impact rural Veterans and develop innovative solutions that can be adopted in rural communities nationwide. The research at ORH’s VRHRCs is led by experts with a range of specialties, including:} Geriatrics

https://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/docs/ORH0285_2020_ORH_Annual_Report-FINAL_508c.pdf

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AMERICA’S VETERANS THRIVE IN RURAL …

(2 days ago) WEBrural Veteran health research and innovation. The Ofice of Rural Health (ORH) implements a targeted, solution-driven approach to increase access to care for the 2.7 million Veterans living in rural communities who rely on the U.S. Department of Veterans Afairs (VA) for health care. ORH works to see that America’s Veterans thrive in rural

http://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/docs/ORH_Strategic_Plan_2021_508-FINAL.pdf

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Office of Rural Health 2022 Annual Report

(4 days ago) WEBNikki Sanchez. In 2022, the Office of Rural Health (ORH) welcomed a new Acting Executive Director and two Health Systems Specialists. Dr. Peter Kaboli, MD, MS, joined ORH as Acting Executive Director in June 2022. Dr. Kaboli oversees ORH’s project portfolio to increase access to health care for hundreds of thousands of rural Veterans nationwide.

https://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/docs/ORH_2022AnnualReport_508.pdf

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Ensuring Rural Veterans Have Access to Care & Research

(2 days ago) WEBIn 2020, the Office of Rural Health’s (ORH) Veterans Rural Health Resource Center (VRHRC) in Portland, Oregon funded the Growing Rural Outreach through Veteran Engagement (GROVE) grant. GROVE …

https://www.va.gov/HEALTHEQUITY/Ensuring_Rural_Veterans_Have_Access_to_Care_and_Research.asp

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Rural Women Veterans’ Healthcare Research: Reducing Access …

(3 days ago) WEBReducing Access Disparities. One in four women Veterans who use Veterans Health Administration (VA) care live in rural areas.1. Research shows that rural women Veterans have substantial physical and mental health needs and are more likely to use VA care than their urban peers. However, barriers such as local provider shortages, distance

https://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/centers/womens_health/Rural-Health-Research-Snapshot2023.pdf

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A Message to Our Veterans DISCOVERY INNOVATION …

(3 days ago) WEBVA Research –Improving Health Care for Veterans in Rural Areas Many Veterans who rely on VA for health care live in remote areas—in some cases, hundreds of miles from the nearest VA facility. Of the 5.6 million Veterans who received care from VA in 2006, about 40 percent lived in rural areas. Providing comprehensive, high-quality health

https://www.research.va.gov/resources/pubs/docs/rural-health-brochure.pdf

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Commentary Contents Increasing Rural Veterans’ Access to …

(1 days ago) WEBmental health services. For many rural Veterans, simply getting to care is the challenge. An average rural Veteran travels over 30 minutes to receive primary care, and almost 90 minutes to Commentary Increasing Rural Veterans’ Access to Care Through Research Thomas F. Klobucar, PhD, Acting Executive Director, Office of Rural Health

https://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/publications/forum/summer17/Forum_Summer2017.pdf

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State of the Art Conference: Rural Health - Veterans Affairs

(5 days ago) WEBMarch 28-29, 2022. Meeting the needs of rural-dwelling Veterans is a priority research area supported by HSR&D. A committee comprised of HSR&D leadership and investigators, staff from VA’s Office of Rural Health, and other stakeholders was created and tasked with planning a field-based State of the Art (SOTA) Conference to create a strategic

https://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/meetings/rural_health/

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VA Office of Rural Health expands research efforts - VA News

(4 days ago) WEBVA’s Office of Rural Health operates field-based Veterans Rural Health Resource Centers to identify solutions that bring care to where it’s needed most.

https://news.va.gov/67228/va-office-rural-health-expands-research-efforts/

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Growing Rural Outreach through Veteran Engagement - Veterans …

(5 days ago) WEBDr. Sarah Ono, director of operations at the Rural Health Resource Center in Portland, has worked to support Veteran engagement in research for many years. She believes in the impact that Veteran engagement can have and supports finding ways to strengthen it within VA, says Leah Wendleton, co-lead for the GROVE center.

https://www.research.va.gov/currents/0922-Growing-Rural-Outreach-through-Veteran-Engagement.cfm

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GAO-24-107245, VA HEALTH CARE: Office of Rural Health …

(Just Now) WEBThis statement describes GAO’s recent work examining VHA’s Office of Rural Health, including recommendations GAO made on (1) communicating research funding opportunities across VA and (2) developing performance goals. This statement is based on GAO’s work issued in May 2023 (GAO-23-105855). GAO also reviewed information on …

https://www.gao.gov/assets/d24107245.pdf

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A Decade of Focus on and Improvement in Access to Care in the …

(4 days ago) WEBThe Veterans Access Research Consortium, a VA Health Services Research and Development Consortium of Research Arredondo et al.’s narrative review of programs and incentives to overcome rural physician shortages addresses provider and health system determinants of access. What is still lacking is understanding the efficacy …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10356693/

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Connecting unstably housed veterans living in rural areas to health

(4 days ago) WEBHealth Services Research is an official journal of AcademyHealth, providing Understanding facilitators and barriers experienced by HCN when linking unstably housed Veterans in rural areas with health care services can inform future strategies, including policy changes such as increased training to support HCNs' understanding of eligibility

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-6773.14316?af=R

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FORUM, Summer 2017: Rural Health - Veterans Affairs

(3 days ago) WEBThe health care of America's 5.2 million rural Veterans is at risk. While 18 percent of the U.S. population lives in rural America, only nine percent of primary care physicians and seven percent of psychologists practice there. In addition, since 2010, 1.2 million rural patients lost access to their nearest hospital—30 of which closed in the

https://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/publications/forum/summer17/default.cfm?ForumMenu=summer17-1

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VA Health Care: Office of Rural Health Efforts and …

(2 days ago) WEBAccess to health care is critical for veterans, particularly for the more than 8 million veterans that live in rural areas. The Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health funds research and initiatives aimed at improving the health of veterans living in rural areas. We testified about our prior work on the office's efforts. We

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-107245

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Veterans Rural Health Resource Center -- Gainesville (VRHRC-GNV

(9 days ago) WEBVeterans Rural Health Resource Centers (VRHRCs) are Office of Rural Health (ORH) field-based satellite offices that serve as hubs of rural health care research, innovation, and dissemination. Each VRHRC addresses specific rural issues; for Gainesville, these issues are: Improve independent living for rural Veterans

https://www.cindrr.research.va.gov/CINDRRRESEARCH/VHRHC.asp

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Recognizing Tennessee Valley During National Research Week

(5 days ago) WEBNational Veteran Affairs Research Week is an annual observance to recognize and celebrate researchers’ contributions to both the Veteran community and the health science community as a whole Recognized from May 13 – 17, 2024, this year’s theme of research week is “Building Community Through Research,” a testament to the …

https://www.va.gov/tennessee-valley-health-care/stories/recognizing-tennessee-valley-during-national-research-week/

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