An Assessment of the Credibility and Relevance of the Sources Answer 2 for NHS FPX 4000 Assessment 3 Healthcare Disparities

An Assessment of the Credibility and Relevance of the Sources Answer 2 for NHS FPX 4000 Assessment 3 Healthcare Disparities

            It is important to assess the credibility and relevance of the sources to be used in exploring the identified issue. Therefore, various strategies were used. For credibility, only articles published in the last five years were included. In addition, it was ensured that the authors are individuals who are knowledgeable in that particular area of knowledge. It was also important to check the relevance of the sources; therefore, the information contained in the articles was checked to ensure that they addressed the key area of inadequate access to healthcare due to geographical location.

The Annotated Bibliography

Lum, H. D., Nearing, K., Pimentel, C. B., Levy, C. R., & Hung, W. W. (2020). Anywhere to anywhere: use of telehealth to increase health care access for older, rural veterans. Public Policy & Aging Report, 30(1), 12–18. https://doi.org/10.1093/ppar/prz030

            The article by Lum et al. (2020) focused on telehealth as a solution to poor access to health care. Therefore, the purpose of this article was to explore the telehealth approaches by the Veteran Health Administration that can be used to enhance geriatric care access for aging veterans and family caregivers living in rural areas. This research was informed by the fact that older individuals living in the rural areas usually exhibit more medical problems than those living in the urban areas. They also experience several chronic conditions. This article was included as part of the bibliography since it is a peer-reviewed source and offers various telehealth solutions used to increase healthcare access to those living in rural areas to reduce disparities. The researchers discussed various telehealth solutions, such as remote patient monitoring, where simple technology is applied to monitor patients’ health data. The other aspect is the use of store-and-forward telehealth, entailing asynchronous approaches where patients record videos, sounds, and images and send them to health experts to make clinical decisions. The other telehealth modality is the use of clinical video telehealth, which entails synchronous real-time visits between healthcare professionals and patients through communication links.

Myers, C. R. (2019). Using telehealth to remediate rural mental health and healthcare disparities. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 40(3), 233–239. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2018.1499157

            The article by Myers (2019) is another source that addresses how telehealth can be used to solve rural mental health and healthcare disparities. Therefore, the purpose of this article was to explore the use of telehealth to reduce healthcare access disparities among individuals with mental health concerns in rural areas. The researchers indicated that the telehealth approach is a viable option that can be used to address the mental healthcare needs of individuals in rural areas as it supports more effective management and offers expanded access to healthcare services. This article was included since it discusses telehealth as a viable option for remediating rural mental health and healthcare disparities in terms of access. It is also a peer-reviewed journal, hence provides credible information. As part of the findings, the researchers indicate that the use of telehealth helps address the healthcare disparities related to healthcare access in various such as enhancing chronic disease management. The researcher also formulated policy recommendations that can be used to increase telehealth use, including training and education of the primary and mental healthcare providers, changes in workforces and licensure, privacy and security, and reimbursement and coverage.

Adams, S. V., Mader, M. J., Bollinger, M. J., Wong, E. S., Hudson, T. J., & Littman, A. J. (2019). Utilization of interactive clinical video telemedicine by rural and urban veterans in the Veterans Health Administration health care system. The Journal of Rural Health, 35(3), 308–318. https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12343

            The article authored by Adams et al. (2019) focused on the use of interactive clinical video as a form of telehealth by rural and urban veterans. Therefore, the purpose of this article was to describe how the use of telehealth among veterans has grown. This article has been included since it offers insight into how telehe