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Annotation: This report examines the use of technology to overcome barriers to learning. Topics include information systems management, multimedia aids to facilitate intervention, in situ and distance learning, and model programs and guides. A list of additional references is also included. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Barriers, Education, Information systems, Intervention, Learning, Mental health, Model programs, Technology

Annotation: This project developed a model for care and services, a services resource network and coordinated education and training resources. The project worked with over 40 families, published a book, Homeward Bound: Resources for Living at Home with a Chronically Ill Child, and produced training videotapes for health care providers. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Dependence, Home-Based Health Care, Technology, Ventilator Dependence

Annotation: This project developed a model for public/private sector collaboration in the financing and case management of home care for technology-assisted children. The project also developed a methodology for educating professionals in case management for family-centered care; identified and analyzed options to hospitalization; and provided family-centered case management services. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Community based care, Financing, Home care, Technology dependent, Ventilator dependent

Annotation: The goal of this project was to improve the knowledge base from which policymakers and program directors make decisions regarding implementation of community-based and home-based services for children with long-term health care needs. Strategies included a literature review, a review of current innovative home and community-based programs, and the dissemination of findings and recommendations by means of publications and a state-of-the-art conference. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Children, Chronically Ill, Community-Based Health Services, Data Collection from, Home-Based Health Care, Primary Care Centers, Technology Dependence

Annotation: The goal of this project was to enable families to provide home-centered care for their special needs children, when home was the best option, by establishing a service delivery system. This system: (1) Promoted the availability and accessibility of comprehensive quality services that address physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and developmental needs; (2) encouraged continuity and coordination of care among all components of the child and family's interdisciplinary team; (3) promoted communication among caregivers; and (4) was reimbursable, accountable, and responsive to changing needs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: 99-457, Chronically Ill, Coordination of Health Care, Families, Family-Centered Health Care, Home-Based Health Care, Interdisciplinary Teams, Interdisciplinary Teams, L, P, Pediatric Care Providers, Technology Dependence

Annotation: This report examines the development, capabilities, and potential applications of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology. It explains how generative AI differs from conventional AI in its ability to create novel content, requirements for vast training data, and model complexity. The report describes various model architectures like transformers and diffusion models, discusses factors enabling commercial development including computing advances and new refinement techniques, and explores potential applications across software engineering, business, education, and healthcare sectors. Based on literature reviews and interviews with leading AI companies, it provides an overview of commercially developed generative AI products and their capabilities as of April 2024, while noting both opportunities and risks associated with this rapidly evolving technology.

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Keywords: Artificial intelligence, Technology, Learning, Problem solving

Annotation: This Digital Wellness Guide is designed to provide parents and caregivers with information and guidance based on clinical evidence and scientific research. In it, we discuss both the benefits and risks of digital media use and provide strategies for parents and caregivers of children from birth through young adulthood.

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Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescents, Child development, Children, Consumer education materials, Educational materials, Infant development, Infants, Interactive media, Technology, Toddlers, Young children

Annotation: This handbook is intended as a resource for coaches who provide primary care practices with health information technology (IT)–related assistance to support their quality-improvement (QI) and practice-transformation efforts. Topics include strategies for health IT advisors, working with electronic health records (EHRs), clinical-decision support, patient portals and engagement technologies, and incorporating patient-generated data for QI. Additional topics include EHR cases for QI, alternative data sources for QI, and reviews of clinical quality measures and of risk stratification in primary care.

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Keywords: Information technology, Measures, Primary care, Quality assurance, Statistical data

Annotation: This report addresses a range of issues facing the Medicaid program. Topics include monitoring access to health care (including oral health care), improving the oversight and transparency of directed payments, improving access to vaccines for adults, encouraging the use of health information technology among behavioral health professionals, requiring states to integrate care for people who are dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare, and advancing health equity in Medicaid.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Adult health, Behavior health, Heath information, Medicaid, Medicare, Oral health, Reimbursement, Service integration, Technology, Vaccines

Annotation: This resource guide describes how organizations are using remote services in creative and promising ways to deliver education, training, employment, and mental health services to all young people — regardless of their race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status. The guide presents six core strategies and identifies key issues, challenges, promising practices and tips for each approach. The strategies are: (1) creating the foundation for success by meeting basic needs first; (2) strengthening organizational and staff capacity to meet new demands; (3) providing services that support mental and emotional health; (4) building community; (5) ensuring instruction is engaging; and (6) adapting experiential and work-based learning to the virtual environment.

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Keywords: Adolescent Mental health, Adolescent health, Distance learning, Initiatives, Model programs, Technology, Telecommunications, Telemedicine, Youth services

Annotation: This toolkit provides guidance on the implementation of Artificial Intelligence in public health (AI4PH). The document outlines 8 key guiding principles for AI4PH interventions, including people-centered approaches, ethical foundations, transparency, data protection, scientific integrity, openness, nondiscrimination, and human control requirements. It details various AI components and sub-fields relevant to public health, such as machine learning, natural language processing, robotics, and computer vision, providing specific examples of their current applications with references to published research. The document also discusses implementation considerations around ethical principles, regulatory frameworks, and integration with the Pan American Health Organization's (PAHO's) broader digital transformation principles for public health. This technical guidance was developed collaboratively by PAHO with support from multiple international development agencies and academic institutions to help standardize and guide the responsible adoption of AI technologies in public health settings across the Americas.

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Keywords: Artificial intelligence, Guidelines, Public health, Technology

Annotation: This survey is one of a set of seven assessments gauging aspects of the operations and services of community health centers (CHCs) participating in the Transforming Oral Health for Families project, part of the federally funded Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net program. The survey focuses on technology-related factors that could impact the integration of oral health care into primary care at the state level. The assessments are intended to inform efforts to integrate oral health care into primary care in the CHCs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Community health centers, Needs assessment, Oral health, School age children, Service integration, Technology

Annotation: This tip sheet provides guidance on key technical and implementation considerations for establishing telehealth services, focusing on three main modalities: live video (real-time audiovisual communication), store-and-forward (electronic transmission of medical information), and remote patient monitoring (RPM). It outlines ten essential considerations in the assessment of choosing the correct technology and provides links to resources that can provide technical assistance.

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Keywords: Telemedicine, Technology, Title V programs

Annotation: This report provides an overview of how the collective work of six health work force research centers has contributed to a better understanding of critical health work force challenges. The report describes the establishment of the centers, the evolving health work force configuration, job growth and career paths in middle- and low-skill health occupations, and work force strategies to increase access to quality health care. Topics include the effect of system-level transformations on team roles and human resources, emerging occupations, expanded roles, supply and demand, training needs, career pathways, team models and staffing arrangements, the role of technology in improving access to health care, and the relationship between training location and other factors influencing supply and utilization.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Careers, Educational change, Evolution, Health occupations, Models, Policy development, Professional education, Professional training, Quality assurance, Research, Role, Teamwork, Technology, Work force

Annotation: This paper provides information about initiating interprofessional networks that integrate and coordinate person-centered oral health care in rural communities. Topics include oral health as a national issue with rural implications, interprofessional practice and the oral-systemic health connection, creating networks and a learning collaborative, state offices of rural health and medicaloral expanded care initiation, and challenges and opportunities for innovation. Examples from Colorado, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina are included.

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Keywords: Collaboration, Colorado, Community based services, Health care delivery, Information systems, Oral health, Oral health care, Pennsylvania, Program coordination, Provider networks, Rural environment, Rural health, Rural population, Service integration, South Carolina, State initiatives, Systems development, Technology, Work force

Annotation: This issue brief outlines strategies for a comprehensive and well-aligned system of oral health measurement. Topics include aligning measurement priorities, improving quality and accessibility of data, supporting development and implementation of oral health outcome measures, and encouraging the development and deployment of health information technology that supports oral health integration and value-based care.

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Keywords: , Health services, Measures, Oral health, Statistical data, Technology

Annotation: This report presents findings from six case studies of organizations using teledentistry across the United States. Contents include background on the facilitators of telehealth and teledentistry, the benefits of teledentistry, a description of teledentistry modalities, the history and current use of teledentistry services, a description of the project methods and findings, and elaboration on common themes. The appendices contain the case study briefs and protocol and a table describing regulation of teledentistry by state.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Barriers, Case studies, Costs, Financing, Health care utilization, Low income groups, Model programs, Oral health, Regulations, Research, Rural population, Service coordination, Technology, Teledentistry, Training, Underserved communities, Work force

Annotation: This resource provides health tips timed to a woman’s stage of pregnancy or an infant’s age. The service enables pregnant women and new mothers to get health information delivered regularly to their mobile phones by text message. Messages focus on topics such as nutrition, safe sleep, breastfeeding, oral health, and tobacco use. The program also connects women to public clinics and support services for prenatal and infant care. Messages are available in English and Spanish. A mobile application is also available.

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Keywords: Consumer education, Health services delivery, Infant health, Mobile applications, Parent education, Perinatal health, Pregnant women, Spanish language materials, Technology

Annotation: This document describes the Virtual Dental Home, a system that combines technological advances with work force innovations to bring oral health care to children where they already spend time, such as at schools and Head Start sites. Topics include barriers to accessing oral health care among children in California, how the system works, client satisfaction and quality of care, and economic benefits. The document also provides information about efforts to advance state policy changes and educate stakeholders about how they can implement the Virtual Dental Home in their communities.

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Keywords: Access to health care, California, Children, Medical home, Model programs, Oral health, Oral health care, Policy development, Statewide planning, Sustainability, Systems development, Technology, Work force

Annotation: This report summarizes recommendations from a conference held on April 9–12, 2015, in Arlington, Virginia to outline best practices for health professions schools and health care organizations related to using existing and emerging technologies to enhance health professions and promote continuous learning.

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Keywords: Health occupations, Learning, Model programs, Professional education, Technology