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RPHWTN Grantees Help Rural Healthcare Facilities Keep Local Talent
Highlights the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy's Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network and its focus on expanding workforce capacity in rural and tribal areas. Features a career ladder program in Missouri, a respiratory therapy training program in Texas, and a health IT training program in Virginia.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 08/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Rural Emergency Hospital Designation
Webinar recording discussing the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) designation for Texas hospitals including eligibility, payment, and becoming and REH. Includes information on the definition of rural and the history of the various rural-related hospital designations. Transcript available in the video description.
Date: 07/2023
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: University of Texas at Arlington Center for Rural Health and Nursing
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On-Farm Health Screening Needs of Immigrant Dairy Workers
Webinar recording discussing a study evaluating the health needs of immigrant dairy workers in Texas as well as health risk screenings on the farm. Describes barriers to healthcare including access, childcare, leave from work, language barriers, and more. Transcript is available by clicking the three dots under the video.
Date: 07/2023
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Network of the National Library of Medicine
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The Other Side of Rural Health Care
Podcast episode with Terry Scoggin, CEO of Titus Regional Medical Center in northeast Texas, discussing how the hospital uses innovative data to understand and meet the needs of its community.
Date: 07/2023
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Texans' Views and Experiences with End-of-Life Issues
Survey of 2,305 Texans regarding attitudes, experiences, and needs around illness and end-of-life issues. Discusses barriers to access of end-of-life care, race and ethnicity, insurance status, and more. Includes rural data throughout.
Additional links: Research Summary
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Perry Undem, St. David's Foundation
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The Benefits and Challenges of Converting to a Rural Emergency Hospital
Podcast episode with Anson General Hospital's Chief Executive Office and Chief Nursing Officer regarding the hospital's transition to a Rural Emergency Hospital. Discusses changes to services offered, financial and operational impacts of the conversion, and what the local patient population thinks about the transition.
Date: 06/2023
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Patient-Centered Care Through Nurse Practitioner–Led Integrated Behavioral Health: A Case Study
Examines the implementation of a nurse practitioner-led interprofessional team-based behavioral healthcare delivery model in 5 rural or medically underserved clinics in Texas from July 1, 2020, through December 31, 2021. Analyzes the first year of implementation of the delivery model utilizing multiple data sources, with a focus on barriers to implementation, challenges to sustainability, and successes.
Author(s): Cindy Weston, Elizabeth Wells-Beede, Alice Salazar, et al.
Citation: Public Health Reports, 138(1)
Date: 05/2023
Type: Document
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Texas Surgical Assistants, 2022: Trends, Distribution, and Demographics
Fact sheet describing growth trends and population-to-provider data by county and geographic designation of surgical assistants in Texas. Features statistics with breakdowns by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas.
Date: 05/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Texas Speech-Language Pathologists, 2022: Trends, Distribution, and Demographics
Fact sheet showing speech-language pathologist (SLP) growth trends, geographic distribution by county and ratio of population to SLP by metropolitan, non-metropolitan, border, and non-border geography, and provider demographics by age and gender.
Date: 05/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Texas Optometrists, 2022: Trends, Distribution, and Demographics
Fact sheet showing optometrist growth trends, geographic distribution by county and ratio of population to optometrist by metropolitan, non-metropolitan, border, and non-border geography, provider demographics by race/ethnicity, age, and gender, and employment characteristics.
Date: 05/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Last Updated: 10/20/2023