Website Search Results for: rural referral center
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Date: Jun 16, 2021
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a condition that continues to steal rural America's breath. Researchers, philanthropists, and healthcare professionals talk about new rural research efforts and the impact of COVID-19 on COPD. Also discussed is the importance of pulmonary rehabilitation, an impactful treatment long known to improve quality of life and now backed by new research proving it decreases death rates in select patients. - The Rural Monitor
...centers in rural and urban areas with a high prevalence of COPD. The recipient of the 2020 National Rural Health Association's Outstanding Rural Champion Award, Dorney Koppel was also at the Action Plan design...
Reviewed: May 6, 2022
Ensuring Patient Success with Outreach and Support, a patient outreach program by a community dental clinic.
...rural Minnesota counties. The program established a patient support center within a new dental access clinic. Program services included a treatment coordinator to advise patients of their recommended treatment plan, insurance counseling, child care, transportation...
Added: Jun 14, 2024
Learn how early sustainability planning and demonstrating program impact can be used to help sustain a rural chronic disease management program.
...rural chronic disease management programs to continually engage new patients or participants. Building strong relationships and collaborating with social services agencies, senior centers, community-based organizations, schools, and other community-serving institutions can help maintain...
Reviewed: Mar 12, 2026
Delta Health Alliance utilizes community health workers to improve health outcomes for community health center patients diagnosed with chronic diseases.
...center patients. As the program grows, CHWs adapt to community needs. Some CHWs have become certified as doulas, which has been very impactful in the rural community. CHWs coordinate available resources for patients, including follow...
Date: 2021
Evaluates the impact of standard and telehealth referrals for childhood hearing loss on diagnosis speed, hearing-related quality of life, and school performance among 790 students in rural and tribal Alaska communities.
...referrals for childhood hearing loss on diagnosis speed, hearing-related quality of life, and school performance among 790 students in rural and tribal Alaska communities. Samantha Kleindienst Robler, Alyssa Platt, Elizabeth L. Turner...
Date: May 2023
Provides an overview of behavioral health and primary care integration and how integration may be different in rural areas than in urban and suburban areas. Examines the barriers to integration in rural areas and opportunities for policies that can improve access to care. Offers policy recommendations to better coordinate and integrate primary care and behavioral health services for high-risk groups and expand the ability of primary care providers to handle the lower-acuity behavioral health needs of patients through enhanced payments, training, and improved access to behavioral health providers for consultation and referral. Builds on the March 2021 report, Tackling America's Mental Health and Addiction Crisis Through Primary Care Integration.
...referral. Builds on the March 2021 report, Tackling America's Mental Health and Addiction Crisis Through Primary Care Integration . Kendall Strong, Michele Gilbert, Julia Harris, et al. 05/2023 Bipartisan Policy Center Access · Behavioral health · Behavioral...
Reviewed: Dec 12, 2023
The University of Vermont Medical Center provides telepsychiatry care and education to nursing homes that face shortages of mental health professionals on site.
...rural nursing home residents needing mental healthcare have to travel a distance for psychiatric exams. In order to ensure nursing homes have access to quality mental health evaluations, the University of Vermont Medical Center...
Reviewed: May 15, 2024
Learn about the primary care behavioral health integration model for improving access to rural mental health services.
...referrals to healthcare providers located outside of the community can reduce the chances of follow-up and continuity of care. By integrating mental health services into primary care facilities, rural clinics can improve access...
Date: Aug 1, 2023
The August 2023 episode of RHIhub's podcast examines the impact of Meals on Wheels on rural clients and ways for rural stakeholders to get involved. Features Carter Florence, Vice President of Programs with Meals on Wheels America, and Shon Gress, CEO and Executive Director of Meals on Wheels Guernsey Count.
...centers. You'll find them as standalone community-based organizations. Andrew Nelson: What are some examples of people that would especially benefit from meals on Wheels in rural communities? Shon Gress: I know...
Reviewed: Nov 18, 2025
Serves victims of domestic violence in an 8-county region of rural South Dakota through temporary housing, advocacy, and community education.
...rural South Dakota through temporary housing, advocacy, and community education. --- Safe Place of Eastern South Dakota Summary Need: To provide victims of domestic violence and sexual assault a safe space, advocacy, education, and family support...