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601. The Exchange Feature Issue: Preparing for and Responding to Wildfires and Planned Outages - Resources
Date: Mar 2020

Newsletter issue focusing on lessons learned by medical facilities and communities in Colorado and California during the wildfires of 2017 and 2019. Covers information useful for rural hospital emergency managers and administration, including mass sheltering, hospital evacuation, managing stress and compassion fatigue among workers, and community recovery.

...workers, and community recovery. --- View more The Exchange Feature Issue: Preparing for and Responding to Wildfires and Planned Outages Link View Resource Description Newsletter issue focusing on lessons learned by medical facilities and communities...

602. Top 10 Rural Monitor Articles of 2023 - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Dec 27, 2023

Articles on behavioral health, workforce, maternity care, Long COVID, and more made it onto the year's most-read list. - The Rural Monitor

...communities. Published July 26, 2023 #4 – In a Maternity Desert, a New Kind of Home Visitation Program Brings Care to At-Risk Mothers Project Swaddle uses community paramedics to bring wrap-around care to pregnant...

603. Community Paramedicine Models for Reducing Use of Emergency Resources - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Jul 16, 2020

Describes community paramedicine programs that focus on high utilizers and other patients who are not well-served by emergency medical service transportation to the emergency department.

...health departments to develop pilot programs or payment models that facilitate alternative destination services. Examples of Rural Community Paramedicine Programs Reducing Use of Emergency Resources The Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority (REMSA) in Washoe County...

604. Parent Partners Provide Mentoring and Support in Rural Iowa - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Mar 23, 2022

Parent Partners is a statewide program in Iowa that pairs families whose children have been removed from the home with mentors with shared experience who have successfully navigated the state's Department of Human Services (DHS) system. These mentors coach, advocate, and connect their clients with community resources. - The Rural Monitor

...Communities , a literature review released in January 2020 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), lists peer mentorship as a potential strategy to overcome the barriers to helping child welfare clients access...

605. Healthy Monadnock Alliance - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Sep 26, 2023

Healthy Monadnock is a community-wide initiative that aspires to provide "better health and wellness for all" residents of the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire.

...health and wellness data related to their programs and initiatives. Community wellness metrics for each of the priority areas set out in the 2020 Community Health Improvement Plan are published online. Each metric tracks certain...

606. Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization in Coal-Affected Appalachia (POWER) - Funding
Deadline: Mar 1, 2024

Funding for workforce and economic revitalization activities in communities and regions that have been affected by job losses in coal mining, coal power plant operations, and coal-related supply chain industries. Priorities include strengthening the healthcare sector, educational attainment, and broadband access.

...communities and regions that have been affected by job losses in coal mining, coal power plant operations, and coal-related supply chain industries. The program funds projects that: Will produce multiple economic development outcomes, such...

607. Licensing and Credentialing of Telehealth Programs - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Jun 8, 2023

Describes licensing and credentialing considerations for rural telehealth programs.

...Health Policy also provides details about cross-state licensing for every state . Rural communities seeking to streamline the telehealth credentialing process should be aware of credentialing by proxy . Credentialing by proxy can help rural programs...

608. Volunteering A Win-Win for Seniors and Rural Communities - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Nov 18, 2014

Many rural nonprofit organizations benefit from senior volunteers, giving them a chance to share their expertise and stay engaged. - The Rural Monitor

...Health Center, said social workers often refer hospitalized patients to Senior Companions at the time of discharge. The social support helps ensure that these patients continue to recuperate and achieve the best possible level...

609. Opportunities to Provide Better Healthcare and Better Value - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Sep 7, 2016

Tom Nerhing, Co-chair of the Joint Committee on Rural EMS Care (JCREC) and Division Director at the North Dakota Department of Health, Division of EMS and Trauma, shares how the changes in healthcare delivery can be an opportunity for emergency medical services to provide an even greater service to rural communities. - The Rural Monitor

...communities. One of the more common current approaches is the provision of community health through community paramedics. In traditional healthcare-starved communities, this approach can offer a degree of community healthcare where very little exists...

610. Office-Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) Model - RHIhub Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Oct 22, 2021

Information on how office-based opioid treatment (OBOT) programs can improve access to primary care services, mental health counseling, and treatment services for people with opioid use disorder (OUD) in rural areas.

...worker, may help coordinate services. OBOTs can allow patients to take home buprenorphine and offer naltrexone onsite. Unlike opioid treatment programs (OTPs), OBOTs are not required to integrate behavioral health services into their model. However...