Rural Health
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A Community Based Framework for Understanding Problems and Exploring Alternatives: Connecting Underemployment, Poverty and Access to Health Care in the Mississippi Delta
Discusses community-based research as a framework for better understanding views of poverty and exploring alternative intervention programs that are innovative and varied. Includes examples of regional assets, barriers, social and health issues identified in the Mississippi Delta region using this research approach.
Author(s): John J. Green, Albert B. Nylander
Date: 02/2006
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
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Discusses community-based research as a framework for better understanding views of poverty and exploring alternative intervention programs that are innovative and varied. Includes examples of regional assets, barriers, social and health issues identified in the Mississippi Delta region using this research approach.
Author(s): John J. Green, Albert B. Nylander
Date: 02/2006
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
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CAH Participation in Hospital Compare and Initial Results
Examines the participation of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in public reporting of quality measures in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare database. Includes initial Hospital Compare results for CAHs and comparisons with other groups of hospitals.
Date: 02/2006
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Examines the participation of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in public reporting of quality measures in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare database. Includes initial Hospital Compare results for CAHs and comparisons with other groups of hospitals.
Date: 02/2006
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Rural Health Research in Progress in the Rural Health Research Centers Program, 10th Edition
Summarizes rural health services research conducted by the Rural Health Research Centers Program of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.
Date: 02/2006
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Summarizes rural health services research conducted by the Rural Health Research Centers Program of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.
Date: 02/2006
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Hospital Quality Data: CMS Needs More Rigorous Methods to Ensure Reliability of Publicly Released Data
Describes how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) collects hospital quality measures and ways the process could be improved to better ensure the accuracy of the data. Discusses how rural and urban hospital accuracy scores compare.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 02/2006
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Describes how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) collects hospital quality measures and ways the process could be improved to better ensure the accuracy of the data. Discusses how rural and urban hospital accuracy scores compare.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 02/2006
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Activities Funded by the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
Describes the EMS-related projects that states proposed to conduct in fiscal year 2004-2005 as part of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program.
Date: 02/2006
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Describes the EMS-related projects that states proposed to conduct in fiscal year 2004-2005 as part of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program.
Date: 02/2006
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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The Institute of Medicine Rural Health Report: Next Steps in Legislation and Programs
Recommends federal policies that will improve patient safety and healthcare quality in rural America. Recommendations address innovative resource redirection and program coordination to increase the value of federal quality improvement programs and ultimately improve the health of rural people and communities.
Author(s): Keith J. Mueller, Andrew F. Coburn, A. Clinton MacKinney, et al.
Date: 02/2006
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Recommends federal policies that will improve patient safety and healthcare quality in rural America. Recommendations address innovative resource redirection and program coordination to increase the value of federal quality improvement programs and ultimately improve the health of rural people and communities.
Author(s): Keith J. Mueller, Andrew F. Coburn, A. Clinton MacKinney, et al.
Date: 02/2006
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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The 2006 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Service Issues
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on issues related to rural America. Examines three key topics: access to pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services, health information technology, and family caregiver support of the rural elderly.
Date: 01/2006
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on issues related to rural America. Examines three key topics: access to pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services, health information technology, and family caregiver support of the rural elderly.
Date: 01/2006
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Barriers to Diabetes Self-management Education Programs in Underserved Rural Arkansas: Implications for Program Evaluation
Describes barriers faced during the implementation of DSME (Diabetes Self-Management Education) programs in medically underserved rural areas of Arkansas. Includes county maps showing the DSME program status and prevalence of diabetes.
Author(s): Appathurai Balamurugan, Mark Rivera, Leonard Jack, Kristen Allen, Sharon Morris
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 3(1)
Date: 01/2006
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Describes barriers faced during the implementation of DSME (Diabetes Self-Management Education) programs in medically underserved rural areas of Arkansas. Includes county maps showing the DSME program status and prevalence of diabetes.
Author(s): Appathurai Balamurugan, Mark Rivera, Leonard Jack, Kristen Allen, Sharon Morris
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 3(1)
Date: 01/2006
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National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington, DC, January 29-31, 2006
Minutes from a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services covering the following topics: substance abuse, Medicare Advantage, and Head Start in rural areas.
Date: 01/2006
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Minutes from a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services covering the following topics: substance abuse, Medicare Advantage, and Head Start in rural areas.
Date: 01/2006
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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State Rural Initiatives: Where the Money Comes From
Discusses how states are financing rural programs, projects and initiatives. Includes descriptions of over 40 programs, projects, or initiatives that are statewide in scope. Includes examples of funding focused on rural health.
Date: 01/2006
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Discusses how states are financing rural programs, projects and initiatives. Includes descriptions of over 40 programs, projects, or initiatives that are statewide in scope. Includes examples of funding focused on rural health.
Date: 01/2006
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