State Demographics
RUPRI Demographics & Economic Profile
U.S. Census Bureau State & County Quick Facts
USDA State Fact Sheets
Rural Assistance Center (RAC) State Profile

Legislation
Telemedicine Legislation
State telemedicine legislation addresses various providers, including physicians, dentists, chiropractors, nurses, and other health professionals. This site includes telemedicine-related laws; however, it does not include all appropriations bills that fund telemedicine initiatives.

Telemedicine
Telemedicine Information Exchange
A list of telemedicine and telehealth programs for all states.

Home Telehealth Programs
Telehealth programs listed by state.

State Activities in Telehealth
A list of telehealth activities throughout each state.

Health Information Exchange (HIE) and Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO)
HIMSS HIT Dashboard
Click on your state to see a list of Health Information Exchanges (HIE) and Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO) and other Health Information Technology related projects going on throughout the state.

Grant Funded HIT Projects

2007 USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Recipients
October 1, 2007 . Acting Agriculture Secretary Conner announced the selection of 78 grant recipients for Distance Learning and Telemedicine grants totaling $22.3 million in 31 states. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grant program was created to improve access to education and medical services through the use of technology. Of the grants announced today, 38 will provide access to medical services and 40 will be used to improve educational opportunities. The grant funds will be awarded to the selected recipients contingent upon meeting the conditions of the grant agreement.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) HIT Grants
In September 2004, the Agency for Health care Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded $139 million in contracts and grants to promote the use of health information technology (health IT) through the development of networks for sharing clinical data as well as projects for planning, implementing, and demonstrating the value of health IT.  Click on the link above to see what grants have been awarded in this state.

Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT) Grants
Follow the link above to see what OAT Grantshave been awarded in this state. 

Other HIT Activities
Massachusetts Simplifying Healthcare Among Regional Entities (SHARE) Initiative
MA-SHARE seeks to promote the inter-organizational exchange of health care data in an open technology model to connect payors, providers, and patients in order to improve patient safety, encourage integrated reporting of accurate clinical health information, and increase administrative efficiency using a sustainable economic model..

For additional information, please visit the Rural Health Resource Center web site at www.ruralcenter.org.