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Oversight Hearing on "Examining the True Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Native Communities"
Recording of a July 29, 2015 U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing concerning alcohol and drug abuse in native communities. Focuses on the rate of unnatural deaths on reservations due to substance abuse and the costs associated with the loss of human life.
Date: 07/2015
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
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Labor-HHS Subcommittee Hearing: Rural Health
Recording of a May 7, 2015, hearing before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. Witnesses include Sean Cavanaugh from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Tom Morris from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), and other leaders working directly in rural healthcare facilities and programs.
Date: 05/2015
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Senate Committee on Appropriations
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Overcoming Patient Engagement Barriers: Urban And Rural Success Stories
Highlights successful patient engagement programs. Features the High Plains Research Network, which serves eastern rural Colorado, and describes how the network tailors its outreach to the community through the insights of the community members involved in the network. The section on the High Plains Research Network begins at 5:35 in the recording.
Date: 09/2014
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Health Affairs
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The Extender Policies: What Are They and How Should They Continue Under a Permanent SGR Repeal Landscape
Provides resources from the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Medicare extender policies to determine whether they should be made permanent. Addresses payment adjustments for low-volume hospitals, rural areas, and more. Includes statements from the Rural Hospital Coalition, American Hospital Association, and National Rural Health Association on the impact of these payment policies on rural hospitals and rural beneficiaries.
Additional links: Statement of the American Hospital Association, Statement of the National Rural Health Association, Statement of the Rural Hospital Coalition, Transcript
Date: 01/2014
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health
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Demographics of Rural America
A May 24, 2013 "America by the Numbers" C-SPAN recording. Provides an overview of rural population trends, including maps and charts.
Author(s): John Cromartie, Jim Webster
Date: 05/2013
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: C-SPAN
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Exploring the Health Care Challenges Rural Americans Face Across 5 States
Articles from Rural RX, a series intended to explore the forces that shape rural health care in America. Features programs in Alabama, Texas, Colorado, New York, and West Virginia.
Author(s): Nicole Ellis, William Brangham, Caleb Hellerman
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: PBS News Hour
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Telehealth for FQHCs/RHCs: Video Resource Library
Offers videos on topics relevant to telehealth implementation for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). Topics address telehealth readiness, marketing, selecting service providers, process improvement, and documenting workflows. Also, covers telehealth in primary care and dentistry, school-based telehealth, and diabetes prevention, screening and education services. Transcripts are available in the video descriptions.
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers
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Rural Health Matters
Recordings of Rural Health Matters, a weekly call-in show that features experts from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Covers COVID-19 and how it impacts farmers, ranchers, and rural America, as well as other issues impacting rural public health.
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: University of Nebraska Medical Center
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This is Rural Health Podcast
Podcast featuring California and national-level experts in rural health, covering topics including community engagement, healthcare access, policy, oral health, telemedicine, workforce recruitment, and more.
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: California State Rural Health Association
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A Virtual View
Bi-monthly podcast featuring guest experts from the telehealth and healthcare sectors, discussing telehealth program management.
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center
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