Topics: Federally Qualified Health Centers

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Burnout: Measurement Tool(s), Cause(s) and Impact(s)

Over 40% of today’s physicians are burned out. A closer look at research indicates that not only is this a system problem rather than an individual problem, but that burnout impacts a system’s revenue streams, healthcare quality, and patient safety and satisfaction. Experts suggest the problem may even be of more concern in rural areas.

Chronic obstructive lung disease, or COPD, is a disease with a stronghold in rural America: almost double the prevalence and double the mortality rates compared to large urban areas. Though it is a condition with no cure, it’s a condition that has treatments — and hope — making proper diagnosis by spirometry imperative.

As more healthcare delivery efforts include social risk assessments, the impact of the social determinants of health is better understood. Rural clinicians, researchers, and other experts share perspectives on social isolation and loneliness.

Rural Americans of all ages often go without eye healthcare, a gap that has obvious consequences: blindness and low vision. National associations and an FQHC administrator talk about how rural vision care can be improved to increase quality of life and prevent disability in rural patients.

Highlighting eye care as more than prescribing glasses, an optometrist explains how the medical model of optometry brings additional health benefits to rural patients.

In this in-depth story, multiple clinical issues surrounding domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) in rural settings are discussed by providers, researchers, and those serving indigenous populations. Rural prevalence rates, provider knowledge gaps, and healthcare expenditures are also reviewed.

Electronic health records are central to rural healthcare providers’ and organizations’ transition to value-based care. Several rural organizations are using their EHR data to make changes for the patient populations they serve.

The shared CEO of both a North Dakota Critical Access Hospital and a Federally Qualified Health Center discusses how these two essential safety net providers work together to meet the healthcare needs of their rural region.

Finger Lakes Community Health, a rural Federally Qualified Health Center, created an open access telehealth network to improve efficiency and protect their staff, after two separate traffic accidents involving FLCH providers.

Home monitors and other technologies are helping diabetic patients live healthier lives, cutting health care costs and hospital visits.

The Rural Monitor

Articles and resources on key rural health issues, from the Rural Health Information Hub

Topics: Federally Qualified Health Centers

Burnout: Measurement Tool(s), Cause(s) and Impact(s)

Office-Based Spirometry: Key to Diagnosing Rural COPD Patients

Eye Health Needs: Preserving the Eyesight of Rural and Underserved Populations

Rural Eye Healthcare: Optometrist Explains the Benefits of the Medical Model of Optometry

Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence: Some Do’s and Don’ts for Health Providers

Making the EHR Work: Rural Healthcare Organizations Use Data Extraction to Improve Patient Care

An Interview with Darrold Bertsch

Technology Stemming from Tragedy

Telehealth Invigorating and Innovating Diabetes Care