Building Rural Telehealth Capacity in Indiana
GrantID: 71832
Grant Funding Amount Low: $50,000
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Amount High: $100,000
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Indiana's Readiness Criteria for Tele-Consultation Respiratory Programs
Indiana's 92 counties include 55 designated rural areas where the nearest board-certified pulmonologist is more than 60 miles away. The state's Medicaid program reimburses telehealth consultations at parity only when originating sites meet specific technical standards, creating readiness gaps for smaller critical-access hospitals that lack updated broadband or dedicated telehealth coordinators. Early-career researchers must therefore verify that proposed sites already possess the hardware and staffing needed to sustain real-time pulmonary function assessments.
The agricultural and automotive sectors employ large numbers of workers with documented exposures to dust, solvents, and diesel exhaust, yet few rural clinics have integrated remote specialist review into chronic disease workflows. Readiness assessments therefore focus on whether sites can maintain HIPAA-compliant platforms and train primary care staff to operate spirometry equipment during virtual visits.
The grant favors projects that begin with facilities already participating in Indiana's statewide telehealth network and that provide written confirmation of IT security audits completed within the prior 12 months. Budgets must cover equipment calibration and staff credentialing rather than assuming these prerequisites exist.
Successful applications specify measurable milestones for increasing the proportion of rural patients who complete follow-up spirometry within 30 days of an initial telehealth encounter. Reviewers examine whether the research team has secured commitments from Indiana Medicaid managed-care entities to maintain reimbursement policies throughout the project period.
Indiana proposals differ from those for Illinois because Indiana's certificate-of-need process does not apply to telehealth equipment and because the state requires explicit rural originating-site verification before any multi-site telehealth study can commence.
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