Website Search Results for: social determinants of health
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Added: Nov 14, 2022
After experiencing a devastating landslide in 2015, shares how the community of Sitka, Alaska worked to develop and implement an early warning system for landslides.
...determine their own needs and find community-driven solutions to the hazard threats rather than copy Sitka's approach. Response The Role of Technology Technology is the key part of the notification system. After...
Date: Oct 28, 2020
The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy created the Rural Pharmacy Practice program, a concentration for PharmD students interested in working in rural communities. Two students, two assistant professors, and a clinical pharmacy specialist share their experiences. - The Rural Monitor
...Social and Administrative Sciences Division. His research focus is on health policy and the impact of state policy changes on patients' access to care and the cost and quality of that care...
Date: May 16, 2018
Across the country, recruitment and retention challenges are common for rural healthcare entities providing post-acute care. Healthcare leaders share practical examples that have created incentive for staff to join, and stay on, their healthcare teams. - The Rural Monitor
...social, psychological, spiritual, and physical care. The volunteers help meet some of the patient's needs, allowing VNA clinicians to provide a higher level of medical care within their scope of practice, maximizing their time...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Outlines key considerations for emergency response in rural communities including equipment and resource needs, communications, and the beginning of recovery efforts.
...Determine Equipment and Resource Needs During the preliminary needs assessment, rural communities can identify resource needs for community response. Potential resource needs include: Workforce, including staff and volunteers, to support response Communication tools and infrastructure...
Date: Nov 13, 2017
In rural communities, a little bit can go a long way. Learn how three Federal Office of Rural Health Policy awardees have used their funds to enhance healthcare access and create sustainable change. - The Rural Monitor
...determine the best approach to tackle health concerns specific to their community," said Meriam Mikre, FORHP Program Coordinator and Project Officer of the Outreach Program. As the project officer, Mikre's role is to connect...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Describes how a Critical Access Hospital in Estes Park, Colorado responded to and evacuated from a wildfire in October of 2020.
...Health (EPH), a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) in Estes Park, Colorado, for several months. EPH serves the town of Estes Park and several small communities in Larimer County, Colorado, and is licensed for 23 beds...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Describes how the Petersburg Medical Center Caldwell, a Critical Access Hospital on Mitkof Island in southeastern Alaska, activated crisis standards of care due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the fall of 2021.
...determined decision about how they would use emergency COVID relief funding. As Hofstetter explained: “We took our COVID funds that we were able to get, and we just directly extended it out to our services...
Date: Jul 15, 2020
Advance care planning — planning for decision-making in times of medical crisis — has always been intended for all people, all ages, with or without a chronic disease. Clinicians talk about the challenges of these conversations now that COVID-19 has nudged planning from the realm of the theoretical future to current reality. - The Rural Monitor
...determine what medical problems are happening and what's going on in that respect." Dr. William Vandivier. Dr. William Vandivier, a pulmonologist and critical care physician at the University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus, shared...
Date: Jun 10, 2026
Hospital and health center boards play an important role in the success of healthcare facilities. Rural CEOs and board members from Colorado, Missouri, North Dakota, and Oklahoma and experts from national organizations share the expectations of a hospital or health center board, orientation and ongoing education, as well as ways to improve board governance. - The Rural Monitor
...social media. Board orientation After recruiting comes training new board members. One key aspect of orientation is teaching board members how CAHs' and CHCs' finances are different from other organizations and businesses. "A banker...
Reviewed: Dec 16, 2025
Provides resources and answers frequently asked questions regarding the requirements and benefits of the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) program. Addresses how to become a RHC, reimbursement, staffing requirements, patient characteristics, the differences between RHCs and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and more.
...Determined . Can Rural Health Clinics be certified as Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs)? Yes, RHCs are eligible to pursue PCMH recognition. The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is a healthcare delivery model that requires...