Website Search Results for: community health workers
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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...
Deadline: Jul 23, 2026
Grants for projects in the Appalachian, Lower Mississippi Delta, and Northern Border regions that will provide career, training, and support services to eligible individuals in eligible counties and parishes. Grants will support workforce development activities that prepare dislocated workers, new entrants to the workforce, and incumbent workers for good jobs in high-demand occupations aligned with a regional or community economic development strategy. High demand industries include manufacturing, IT, healthcare, business, and energy.
...workers for good jobs in high-demand occupations aligned with a regional or community economic development strategy. Priority industries include manufacturing, IT, healthcare, business, and energy. Projects should provide customized support services that meet...
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. 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...
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...
Date: Jun 12, 2019
The importance of quality end-of-life care in rural America can be difficult to understand until you need hospice care. A rural family shares their journey with hospice and how it helped them care for their father at the end of his life. A CAH CEO explains how hospice care intersects with the mission to provide care to the community. - The Rural Monitor
...workers, chaplains, and health aides who collaborate with the patient and family in order to provide the individual the most peaceful, pain-free, and fulfilling end of life. The care is patient-centered and revolves...
Date: Jun 12, 2024
While loneliness and social isolation are often viewed as individual problems or even personal failings, there is growing awareness of the structural factors contributing to widespread disconnection. Amid a national "loneliness epidemic," some rural leaders are finding ways to help their neighbors connect. - The Rural Monitor
...health impacts of smoking, it set off a wave of education and policy efforts to encourage cessation. So far, the solutions proposed to our modern crisis of disconnection seem less straightforward — and many healthcare providers...
Information for rural providers on Medicare's BHIS billing for care management in a primary care setting for patients with behavioral health needs.
...worker who oversees the patient's care management services between visits to the Treating or Billing Practitioner. The Treating or Billing Practitioner must be a provider who takes on the responsibility for the patient...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Shares how a library in rural Pottsboro, Texas responded and adapted to meet the needs of their community after losing power and water from an extreme ice storm in February 2021.
...workers around the country. This innovative, continuous provision of community services throughout a nationwide pandemic prepared the Pottsboro Area Library to undertake emergency management and response efforts while also situating itself as a reliable institution...
Reviewed: Nov 18, 2024
The Medical Legal Partnership of Southern Illinois (MLPSI) was formed to create a system where medical providers can refer patients in need of legal assistance to local attorneys.
...workers, and independent attorneys donate their time and expertise. MLPSI consults with the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership and MLP Illinois (a collaboration of Medical Legal Partnerships located in Illinois) for further education, resources...