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Date: Nov 6, 2024
From the 2036 physician supply predictions: 6% shortage in urban, but 56% in rural. With supply influenced by 100 years of attitudes, health policies, and federal funding, this historical review leads up to the recent decades of new federal funding and policies that experts said will be changing this geographic maldistribution of physicians. - The Rural Monitor
...workers. Fast-forward three decades into the 1960s, when historians noted the nation's health policies began to link with the country's increasing social awareness. Because health insurance had become so popular with...
Date: Jan 19, 2022
Peggy Broussard Wheeler, Vice President of Policy at the California Hospital Association, discusses the challenges that the hospitals in her state and nationwide have faced before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also shares rural hospitals' unique strengths and the importance of collaboration and relationships. - The Rural Monitor
...health issues? I'm so proud to be doing this work because I think that when you're facing these challenges, you learn how to band together. Rural facilities are great collaborators with each other...
Date: Jul 29, 2020
Referred to as a form of "modern-day slavery," human trafficking occurs in every state and is not limited by the size of a community. Health services are one of the most common points of access to a lifeline for those actively being trafficked, giving healthcare professionals an advantage to help victims escape. A rural hospital CEO, a SORH director, a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, and a Safe Harbor Regional Navigator share how they combat human trafficking through training and raising awareness. - The Rural Monitor
...communities and, as human beings, we have the responsibility to treat human trafficking as the crisis it is and to do our part to tell the story and make a difference," emphasized Aucker. Polaris...
Information for rural providers on Medicare's billing for education provided to a patient’s caregiver related to support for the patient’s physical and/or mental health.
...workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors can provide and bill for medically necessary CTS to support patients in carrying out their treatment plans for mental health conditions. What are the billing codes...
Added: Jun 14, 2024
Learn about care transitions models for chronic disease management and explore rural program examples and resources to learn more.
...Communities Using Care Transitions Models for Chronic Disease Management Avera Health , located in South Dakota, uses CTI to aid recently discharged, newly diagnosed, or chronically ill cardiac patients with congestive heart failure. Avera Health provides...
Date: Jul 1, 2020
Butler Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania received a HRSA Rural Health Care Services Outreach grant to develop a program for chronic disease patients. Partway through the grant cycle, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The hospital shares how it was able to transition its program services to an online format and develop new initiatives to address stress in the healthcare workforce and the larger community. - The Rural Monitor
...Health Policy (FORHP). It named the newly funded program the Regional Alliance Chronic Disease Coordination and Management (RACDCM) Program. The RACDCM Program, which serves rural Butler, Clarion, Indiana, and Jefferson counties, has 15 consortium members...
Reviewed: Apr 12, 2024
Provides resources and answers frequently asked questions related to telehealth and health information technology (HIT) in a rural setting. Discusses opportunities for these technologies to improve healthcare delivery, staffing, privacy, cybersecurity, broadband access, and other related topics.
...workers, including an inventory of curriculum resources that includes detailed course descriptions and training materials. ASTP/ONC's Health IT Curriculum Resources for Educators , another 2016 publication, provides health IT instructional materials covering 25 topics, including...
Date: Oct 9, 2019
Deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind people in rural communities may struggle to access healthcare due to a lack of interpreters as well as providers' misunderstanding of their culture and communication needs. A Michigan clinic hires ASL-fluent staff and provides telemental health, a New Jersey state division provides deaf sensitivity training, and a Colorado program brings interpreters to rural communities. - The Rural Monitor
...workers to individually work with patients and help them get the care and accommodations they need. Communication barriers between patients and providers can lead to serious health problems. McKee, who directs the Deaf Health Clinic...
Reviewed: Feb 16, 2024
Provides resources and answers frequently asked questions regarding the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) designation. Addresses eligibility for REH status, services and staffing requirements, reimbursement, who to contact for assistance, and more.
...community. For example, Early Learnings From the Rural Health Redesign Center and its Rural Emergency Hospital Technical Assistance Center notes that the loss of swing beds and 340B program revenue were among common concerns among...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Shares how the Big Horn Basin Healthcare Coalition (BHB HCC) coordinates emergency response training, in collaboration with other healthcare providers and partners, in 4 remote and frontier Wyoming counties.
...health and emergency response coordinators to ensure that the sheriffs' offices, highway patrol, SAR volunteers, local police officers, local fire departments, ambulances, and businesses are trained and equipped with these life-saving resources. Types...