Federally-designated Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs) provide unbiased, nonpartisan, and 
expert telehealth training and technical assistance to various health care organizations throughout the country, with particular emphasis on rural and medically underserved areas. TRCs are equipped to provide technical assistance, training, education, and resources on various topics. Each TRC has a regional uniqueness, allowing them to provide a wide range of assistance that targets local community needs.
Wondering which TRC supports your region? Check out the TRC map.
About the SCTRC
The South Central Telehealth Resource Center (SCTRC) focuses on Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Our website, LearnTelehealth.org, offers a wealth of information and resources – virtual visit billing and reimbursement guides updated regularly, legislative news, events, webinars (such as the “Telehealth Roundup”), podcasts (TelehealthTalk), toolkits, and more. Additionally, we host satellite telehealth training centers and demo kits so providers can learn more about telehealth equipment and experience hands-on demos close to home.
A Myriad of Resources from the TRCs
Every month, TRCs develop new resources and tools to help patients and providers develop, maintain, or enhance their digital health/telehealth initiatives. Resources are updated regularly to provide the latest unbiased information.
This month, we feature “The Crystal Ball Project” from our colleagues at the National Telehealth Technology Assessment Resource Center aka TTAC. This project, convenes a panel of experts, to identify and provide an overview of the six key technologies that will have a significant impact on healthcare delivery over the next 3 to 5 years. Yes, AI is included.
But we can’t stop there –here are more featured resources from our TRC colleagues:
- National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers (NCTRC) – Feel free to start here on your search for telehealth information. The NCTRC site is a repository full of free resources and toolkits available to help you in your telehealth journey. One collection of resources – “Unwinding of the Public Health Emergency”, includes podcasts, webinars, fact sheets, news and more. Just in time. (Note – if you can’t find what you need, click contact us and we’ll point you to the right TRC to help.)
- Northwest TRC (NRTRC) – Another robust website, one of their many unique resources is the free course module, “Navigating the Telehealth Neighborhood: A Guide to Telehealth Access for Digital Navigators”. This is a great introduction to telehealth for anyone assisting a learner, patient, or loved one in accessing telehealth.
- Southeast (SETRC) – The SETRC has developed an innovative mobile Telehealth Learning Center (TLC) to bring telehealth awareness and education to schools, community fairs, employers, and more. The TLC gives potential patients comfort and awareness of how telehealth can make visits to the doctor a whole lot easier.
- TexLa TRC (TexLa) – The TexLa team hosts many events through the year including the Project ECHO series. Thankfully they post recordings of their sessions here with topics such as cybersecurity, telehealth technologies, and more.
- California TRC (CTRC) – The CTRC has developed an informative series of AI webinars and videos – a just-in-time solution to help us all learn more about this growing field.
- Upper Midwest TRC (UMTRC) – Telehealth & Health Equity Toolkit. This toolkit is intended to provide a closer look at telehealth and health equity.
- Great Plains TRC (gpTRAC) – The gpTRAC website includes multiple resources including a toolkit for FQHCS & RHCs.
- Mid-Atlantic TRC (MATRC) – Not only is the MATRC website a wonderful compendium of telehealth information, the annual MATRC Telehealth Summit is a great event to attend to learn more about telehealth, research, technology, and more.
- Pacific Basin TRC (PBTRC) – Our friends at PBTRC have collaborated to create some amazing patient videos from “What to Expect from a Telehealth Visit”, “Tips for Patients to Keep Their Telehealth Visits Private”, and more.
- Northeast TRC (NETRC) – NETRC has curated papers, research, reports and more in the Telehealth Library. This is a very useful tool for anyone looking for studies on telehealth.
- Southwest TRC (SWTRC) – The SWTRC is well-known for their excellent webinars on a myriad of topics as well as for their comprehensive Service Provider Directory. This is a great place to start if you’re looking for new technology, services, and partners in telehealth.
- Heartland TRC (HTRC) – HTRC hosts the “eStart Assessment” online tool to help assess the need for a new program at your organization or to evaluate an existing program to prepare for growth.
- Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) – Finally, we would be remiss if we didn’t include this important, much-loved and much-used resource from the CCHP – the CCHP Policy Finder tool allows you to hone in on your state and the specific telehealth-related policy information you may need.
All of The TRCs are funded through cooperative agreements with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Office for the Advancement of Telehealth. The 12 regional TRCs cover all 50 states and the District of Columbia, the affiliated Pacific Islands, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. The remaining two centers have a national focus and include the Center for Connected Health Policy and the Telehealth Technology Assessment Resource Center which focus on policy and telehealth technology, respectively.
So, what are you looking for? Let us know and we’ll help you find it. Happy to help!
