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The NIH Gives a Notice of Special Interest: Provider-to-Provider Telehealth Grant

The National Institutes of Health recently announced a funding opportunity to support the use of telehealth interventions and tools aimed at the prevention, management, and treatment of heart, lung, blood, and sleep conditions, and of cancer in rural communities.  More specifically, the opportunity is geared towards research that generates evidence on the real-world effectiveness of telehealth collaboration among healthcare providers, also known as provider-to-provider telehealth (PPT).

Apply for a New Funding Opportunity: Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program

 HRSA’s Bureau of Health Workforce will hold an online information session for applicants today at 1:00 pm ET.  Eligible substance use disorder (SUD) treatment clinicians and community health workers can apply to receive up to $250,000 in educational loan repayment in exchange for working full-time for six years at an approved facility.  Recent research shows that nearly one-fifth (18.4 percent) of rural counties did not have a behavioral health or social service counselor compared to 4.6 percent of urban counties. Apply by July 13, 2023. 

Here You Can Research Health Care Capsule: Accessing Health Care in Rural America

The Government Accountability Office discusses challenges rural communities face related to healthcare access, such as limited healthcare providers, travel distance and transportation issues, insurance coverage, and access to broadband.

Research in this section is provided by the HRSA/FORHP-supported Rural Health Research Gateway.  Sign up to receive alerts when new publications become available. 

Notice of Meeting and Request for Information: ICD-11 Transition 

The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) advisory committee, part of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), seeks feedback on the upcoming ICD-11 transition. The information received via the RFI and meeting will provide advice to HHS to inform ICD–11 policy. The meeting will be held Thursday, August 3, 2023, 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. EDT and is open to the public. Instructions are posted on the Committee website: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/​meetings-meeting/​. To submit comments in response to the RFI, please send by close of business June 30, 2023, to NCVHSmail@cdc.gov, and include on the subject line: Response from [your organization or name] regarding ICD–11 RFI. Due by June 30, 2023.