Rural Health
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Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure Hospitalization Rates in Maine, USA – Variability along the Urban-Rural Continuum
Reports results of a study that used a geographic information system (GIS) to examine the factors that impact heart failure and myocardial infarction hospitalization rates at town level in the state of Maine. Includes information on the impact of rurality on hospitalizations.
Author(s): David Harris, AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa, David Hartley
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 8(2), 980
Date: 06/2008
Sponsoring organization: Catherine Cutler Institute
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Reports results of a study that used a geographic information system (GIS) to examine the factors that impact heart failure and myocardial infarction hospitalization rates at town level in the state of Maine. Includes information on the impact of rurality on hospitalizations.
Author(s): David Harris, AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa, David Hartley
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 8(2), 980
Date: 06/2008
Sponsoring organization: Catherine Cutler Institute
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Financing Rural Public Health Activities in Prevention and Health Promotion
Discusses whether the flow of federal funds, from federal agencies, through states, and to communities, is influenced by state and local level public health infrastructure.
Author(s): Michael Meit, Benjamin N. Hamlin, Bhumika Piya, Lorraine Ettaro
Date: 06/2008
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Discusses whether the flow of federal funds, from federal agencies, through states, and to communities, is influenced by state and local level public health infrastructure.
Author(s): Michael Meit, Benjamin N. Hamlin, Bhumika Piya, Lorraine Ettaro
Date: 06/2008
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Rural Public Health Financing: The Relationship Between Infrastructure and Local Program Funding
Describes how federal funds for disease prevention and health promotion activities are distributed to local health departments (LHDs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at the rural local level.
Author(s): Michael Meit, Lorraine Ettaro, Benjamin Hamlin, Bhumika Piya
Date: 06/2008
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Describes how federal funds for disease prevention and health promotion activities are distributed to local health departments (LHDs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at the rural local level.
Author(s): Michael Meit, Lorraine Ettaro, Benjamin Hamlin, Bhumika Piya
Date: 06/2008
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Rural Public Health Agency Accreditation
Studies the barriers to and opportunities for public health agency accreditation among state and local health departments serving rural jurisdictions.
Author(s): Michael Meit, Karen Harris, Jessica Bushar, Bhumika Piya, Maria Molfino
Date: 06/2008
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Studies the barriers to and opportunities for public health agency accreditation among state and local health departments serving rural jurisdictions.
Author(s): Michael Meit, Karen Harris, Jessica Bushar, Bhumika Piya, Maria Molfino
Date: 06/2008
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategies for Rural Public Health Agencies Seeking Accreditation
Explains how public health infrastructure may dictate rural health departments' approaches to seeking accreditation.
Author(s): Michael Meit, Karen Harris, Jessica Bushar, Bhumika Piya, Maria Molfino
Date: 06/2008
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Explains how public health infrastructure may dictate rural health departments' approaches to seeking accreditation.
Author(s): Michael Meit, Karen Harris, Jessica Bushar, Bhumika Piya, Maria Molfino
Date: 06/2008
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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MedPAC Report to the Congress: Reforming the Delivery System
Describes a direction for Medicare payment and delivery system reform, makes recommendations to promote primary care, and examines hospital–physician collaborative relationships. Includes rural/urban data related to skilled nursing facilities and hospice.
Date: 06/2008
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Describes a direction for Medicare payment and delivery system reform, makes recommendations to promote primary care, and examines hospital–physician collaborative relationships. Includes rural/urban data related to skilled nursing facilities and hospice.
Date: 06/2008
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Challenges for Rural Emergency Medical Services: Medical Oversight
Examines the challenges faced by rural emergency medical service agencies in recruiting a medical director and providing medical direction for EMS personnel.
Author(s): Victoria Freeman, Rebecca Slifkin, Daniel Patterson
Date: 05/2008
Sponsoring organization: The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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Examines the challenges faced by rural emergency medical service agencies in recruiting a medical director and providing medical direction for EMS personnel.
Author(s): Victoria Freeman, Rebecca Slifkin, Daniel Patterson
Date: 05/2008
Sponsoring organization: The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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Perceptions Regarding Electronic Health Record Implementation Among Health Information Management Professionals in Alabama: A Statewide Survey and Analysis
Summarizes results of a study that assessed the factors, benefits, and barriers associated with implementing an electronic health records system in Alabama's rural and urban hospitals.
Author(s): Shannon H. Houser, Lucretia A. Johnson
Citation: Perspectives in Health Information Management, 5
Date: 05/2008
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Summarizes results of a study that assessed the factors, benefits, and barriers associated with implementing an electronic health records system in Alabama's rural and urban hospitals.
Author(s): Shannon H. Houser, Lucretia A. Johnson
Citation: Perspectives in Health Information Management, 5
Date: 05/2008
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Developing Indicators to Document the Community Impact of Critical Access Hospitals
Provides tools for Critical Access Hospitals to strategically manage, monitor, and report their community impact activities.
Author(s): John A. Gale, Jennifer Lenardson, Andrew Coburn, Melanie Race
Date: 05/2008
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Provides tools for Critical Access Hospitals to strategically manage, monitor, and report their community impact activities.
Author(s): John A. Gale, Jennifer Lenardson, Andrew Coburn, Melanie Race
Date: 05/2008
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Rural-Urban Differences in Characteristics of Local EMS Agencies
Describes the characteristics of local rural EMS agencies and important ways that they differ from the characteristics of agencies located in urban areas.
Author(s): Victoria Freeman, Rebecca Slifkin, Daniel Patterson
Date: 05/2008
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Describes the characteristics of local rural EMS agencies and important ways that they differ from the characteristics of agencies located in urban areas.
Author(s): Victoria Freeman, Rebecca Slifkin, Daniel Patterson
Date: 05/2008
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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