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Helping Communities Combat Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratories
Mar 25, 2008 -- The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), along with partners at the American College of Medical Toxicology and the support of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, has developed a new resource for health care professionals focusing on the public health challenges of clandestine methamphetamine labs.
Baucus Tackles Cuts in Subsidies for Medicare Advantage
Mar 24, 2008 -- Helena Independent Record, (MT) article reports that Sen. Max Baucus said this week he wants to shear billions in tax-dollar subsidies now going to private insurance companies that sell private Medicare plans to millions of seniors.
Acting Surgeon General Kicks Off 1,600 Town Hall Meetings Throughout the Nation to Address the Underage Drinking Problem
Mar 24, 2008 -- In response to the Surgeon General’s Call to Action to prevent and reduce underage drinking, more than 1,600 town hall meetings will take place all across the country in March and April 2008.
Family Medicine Surges in 2008 Match Results
Mar 24, 2008 -- The American Academy of Family Physicians reports that medical students’ interest in family medicine surged in 2008, and evidence of that growth came Thursday when the National Resident Matching Program, or NRMP, announced the 2008 Match results.
VA to Open 14 New Clinics in Seven States
Mar 24, 2008 -- Veterans in seven additional states will have easier access to health care under a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plan to open 14 new outpatient clinics in 2008.
Physicians Survey Offers Fair Assessment of Rural Medicine
Mar 20, 2008 -- Marketwire article reports that the results of a recent physician survey by recruiting firm LocumTenens.com indicate that many physicians today don't buy into common "myths" about practicing rural medicine.
New Poll Shows Public Worried About Medicare Cuts Impact on Seniors, Boomers -- Wants Congress to Act
Mar 19, 2008 -- Eight out of 10 Americans are concerned about access to care for seniors’ and baby boomers because of government cuts to physicians caring for Medicare patients, according to a new public poll released today by the American Medical Association (AMA).
Skyrocketing Fuel Prices Force Budget Crunch for Many Home Health Caregivers
Mar 18, 2008 -- PRNewswire article tells how today, with gasoline at $3.30 and more in many parts of Pennsylvania, homecare agencies are still getting the same $77 per home visit and eating the skyrocketing cost of fuel or cutting corners in other areas.
Rural Hospitals Challenged
Mar 14, 2008 -- Port Huron Times Herald, (MI) article discusses the benefits to patients that choose treatment in rural hospitals, but changes at the state and federal levels are making it more difficult for rural hospitals to pay all their bills
VA’s New “Travel Nurse Program” Hits the Road
Mar 12, 2008 -- To deal with a nationwide shortage of nurses and to improve the quality of care for veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has created a "Travel Nurse Corp" to enable VA nurses to travel and work throughout the Department’s medical system and to support VA health care in rural areas.
Health Care Leaders Worry About Proposed Medicaid Rule Changes
Mar 10, 2008 -- Kansas City Star, (MO) article reports that the White House is facing yet another showdown with the Democratic-led Congress, but this time it’s one over tweaks in a set of obscure rules that are understood by almost no one but could affect millions of rural low-income children and adults.
eICU Gives Long-Distance Care, Specialists' Eyes to Rural Areas
Mar 6, 2008 -- Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines in January began caring for patients using the first Iowa-based electronic intensive care unit, called Mercy eICU Connect, where doctors and nurses keep track of critical care patients remotely, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Physician Leaders Launch "Get Connected" Program to Help Thousands of Peers Start E-Prescribing
Mar 4, 2008 -- Marketwire reports that at an event on Capitol Hill, today, five of the nation's leading physician groups announced the launch of a new program designed to help more physicians begin sending prescriptions to pharmacies electronically.
BPHC Loan Guarantee Program
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Loan program to Section 330 health centers to obtain a loan guarantee for the financing of a medical facility construction, renovation and modernization.
USAC Rural Health Care Service Discounts
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Provides discounts to rural health care providers to obtain Internet and telecommunications access.
2008 ASHP Foundation Medication Safety Team Grant: Optimizing Bedside Technology Solutions
Application deadline: Apr 1, 2008
Funding that supports research related to the use of barcode scanning technology at the point of medication administration to enhance the safe use of medications.
National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program
Application deadline: Apr 2, 2008
Loan repayment funding to ensure an adequate supply of health professionals to provide primary health services in selected health professional shortage areas.
Agricultural Occupational Health Training Program
Application deadline: Apr 4, 2008
Stipends for a training program that provides the information and skills to enable health care professionals to function in the anticipation, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of occupational illnesses and injuries in the farm and ranch community.
Training and Information for Parents of Children with Disabilities--Community Parent Resource Centers
Application deadline: Apr 18, 2008
Grants to local community parent resource centers for parents of children with disabilities.
Planning Grants (Health Center)
Application deadline: Apr 21, 2008
The purpose of this activity is to support grants for the planning and development of new service delivery sites in high poverty counties funded under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act.
Tribal Educational Outreach on Lead Poisoning and Baseline Assessment of Tribal Children's Existing and Potential Exposure and Risks Associated with Lead
Application deadline: Apr 21, 2008
Funding to Federally-recognized Indian tribes and tribal consortia to support Tribal educational outreach and to conduct a baseline assessment of Tribal children's existing and potential exposure to lead-based paint and related lead-based paint hazards.
Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment (SBIRT) Medical Residency Program
Application deadline: Apr 30, 2008
To develop and implement training programs to teach medical residents skills to provide evidence-based screening, brief intervention, brief treatment and referral to specialty treatment for patients who have, or are at risk for, a substance use disorder.
Virginia Loan Repayment Programs
Geographic Coverage: Virginia
Application deadline: May 1, 2008
Educational loan repayment assistance to primary care clinicians in return for a minimum of two years of full-time practice of their specialties at an eligible practice site located in a medically underserved area of Virginia.
Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment in Adult Criminal Justice Populations
Application deadline: May 2, 2008
Funding to address gaps in substance abuse treatment services for adult individuals involved with the criminal justice system.
Circles of Care IV: Infrastructure Development for Children’s Mental Health Systems in American Indian/Alaska Native Communities
Application deadline: May 9, 2008
Funding to provide tribal and urban Indian communities with tools and resources to plan and design a holistic, community-based system of care to support mental health and wellness for their children, youth, and families.
Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Evaluation-Cooperative Agreement
Application deadline: May 20, 2008
The evaluation project will continue to assess the effectiveness of implementing the grant program in States and in rural communities and to provide recommendations for increasing the impact of the program to improve healthcare in rural America.
2008 Mary Kay Ash Shelter Grant Program
Application deadline: Jun 30, 2008
Grants to women's shelters for victims of domestic violence.
Brookdale Foundation National Group Respite Program
Application deadline: Jul 2, 2008
Awards consist of seed grants to service providers that offer new, dementia-specific adult day programming to participants, along with support to caregivers, in order to help individuals remain in their homes.
Local Initiative Funding Partners Program 2009
Application deadline: Jul 8, 2008
Funding for promising, original projects that can significantly improve the health of vulnerable people in their communities.
Samuel Harris Fund for Children's Dental Health Dentistry Grant Program
Application deadline: Jul 17, 2008
Grants for oral health promotion programs designed to improve and maintain children's oral health through community education programs.
2007 Guide to State Adverse Event Reporting Systems
A snap shot of the current scope and operations of state adverse event reporting systems and compares current information with information from previous NASHP work.
Organization: National Academy for State Health Policy
Date: 12 / 2007
Access Capital: New Opportunities for Meeting America's Primary Care Infrastructure Needs
Examines why significant investments in health center infrastructure are critical to meeting rising numbers of medically underserved and uninsured people.
Organization: National Association of Community Health Centers
Date: 03 / 2008
Adequacy and Affordability of Healthcare Coverage in Rural California
Provides facts and statistics on the current characteristics of healthcare coverage in rural California
Organization: California State Rural Health Association
Date: 01 / 2008
Changes in the Rural Registered Nurse Workforce from 1980 to 2004 (Project Summary)
Shows changes in the rural Registered Nurse workforce from 1980 to 2004.
Organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 10 / 2007
Critical Access Hospital Quality Improvement Activities and Reporting on Quality Measures: Results of the 2007 National CAH Survey
Indicates that Critical Access Hospitals continue to be actively involved in a wide range of quality improvement initiatives, with patient safety and medication safety in particular as major areas of focus.
Organization: Flex Monitoring Team
Date: 03 / 2008
Critical Access Hospitals' Experience with Medicare Advantage Plans
Details findings from a survey of 60 critical access hospital (CAH) administrators regarding their experiences with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.
Organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
Date: 03 / 2008
Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas; Proposed Rule
Consolidates the criteria for designating medically underserved populations (MUPs) and health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) into a single new methodology called the Index of Primary Care Underservice.
Organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
Date: 02 / 2008
Differences in Measurement of Operating Margin
Considers how differences in measurement of operating margin for hospitals can affect the reported values.
Organization: Flex Monitoring Team
Date: 03 / 2008
EMS Issues in Rural Illinois Communities: Identifying Challenges and Changes in Rural EMS 2005-2007
Describes the common issues between rural EMS providers in Illinois, as well identifies potential solutions and makes recommendations. The document was informed by a series of forums across the state.
Organization: Illinois Rural Health Association
Date: 2008
Healthcare Workforce Shortages in Rural California
Provides facts and data on the shortage of healthcare workers in rural areas of California
Organization: California State Rural Health Association
Date: 01 / 2008
Implementing A New USDA Rural Development Program Targeting Small Rural Hospitals and Their Communities: Recommendations of the RUPRI Health Panel
Lists recommendations for implementing a new USDA Rural Development program, included in the Senate Farm Bill proposal, should it be enacted into law. The goal of this program is to strengthen rural health care delivery systems, to provide necessary health care services to rural residents in a cost-effective manner.
Organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 03 / 2008
Medical School Programs to Increase the Rural Physician Supply: A Systematic Review and Projected Impact of Widespread Replication
Study which examined rural physician training efforts. Six medical school programs designed to increase the ranks of rural physicians could be nationally replicated to more than double the number of graduates who choose to practice in rural areas across the next decade.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Date: 03 / 2008
Journal: Academic Medicine Volume: 83 Issue: 3 Pages: 235-243
National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2007
Comprehensive national overview of disparities in health care. Describes the quality of and access to care for multiple subgroups across the United States, and also represents a source of information for tracking the Nation's progress over time.
Organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 02 / 2008
National Healthcare Quality Report, 2007
A comprehensive national overview of the quality of health care in the United States. Includes measures of effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.
Organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 02 / 2008
Oral Health Promotion, Prevention, & Treatment Strategies for Head Start Families: Early Findings from the Oral Health Initiative Evaluation, Volume I: Final Interim Report
Describes the early implementation experiences of the Oral Health Initiative grantees.
Organization: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Date: 09 / 2007
Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2008
Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Discussions of rural aspects of Medicare payment policies are included throughout the report. (Large file)
Organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Date: 03 / 2008
Self-Directed Care Guidebook: Developing Your Program
Offers ideas in developing and implementing self-directed care in aging services. Designed to lay out the elements of a successful model employed in multiple geographic locales in Georgia.
Organization: Georgia Department of Human Resources
Family Caregiving
Provides information on conferences, frequently asked questions, articles, news, resources, and more regarding caregiving.
Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Native American Elderly Service Centers
A nationwide interactive map that shows the location of Native elderly services.
Organization: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Supporting Rural Family Caregivers: Satellite Broadcast Resource List
From the March 19, 2008 satellite broadcast. Contains links to electronic resources for both caregivers and professionals developed by a variety of organizations including federal, national, state, and local agencies.
Organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Coalition of Health Services, Inc.- Regional Liaison Services
The primary purpose for the development of a regional liaison services project was to ensure coordination of services and information between the two acute care hospitals in Amarillo and rural health care facilities throughout the upper 26 counties for the Texas Panhandle.
Source: National Cooperative of Health Networks (NCHN)
Coastal Carolinas Health Alliance
Coastal Carolinas Health Alliance (CCHA) used a common broker for group, life and LTD insurance products.
Source: National Cooperative of Health Networks (NCHN)
Ohio State Health Network-Patient Advocate
Describes a Patient Advocate Program in the Ohio State Health Network.
Source: National Cooperative of Health Networks (NCHN)
WNC Data Link Health Information Exchange
The 16 independent hospitals serving western North Carolina wanted to develop a system to allow physicians and other authorized users to access patient electronic medical records across the region via the internet.
Source: National Cooperative of Health Networks (NCHN)
Call for Abstracts: 20th Annual Native Health Research Conference
Deadline: May 15, 2008
Indian Health Service
Event dates: Aug 25 - 28, 2008
Portland, OR
Conference Website
Call for Presentations: 14th Annual Rural Minority & Multicultural Health Conference
Deadline: May 30, 2008
National Rural Health Association
Event dates: Dec 11 - 12, 2008
Albuquerque, NM
Conference Website
| Mar 31 - Apr 1, 2008 | 2008 Virginia Rural Health Strategic Planning Meeting |
| Mar 31 - Apr 2, 2008 | 9th Annual Rural Health Clinics Forum |
| Apr 1, 2008 | Developing the Framework for Healthy People 2020 Public Comment Meeting |
| Apr 1 - 2, 2008 | 2008 Iowa Public Health Conference |
| Apr 1 - 3, 2008 | 2008 Public Health Nurses Conference: Promoting Public Health Strategies for a New Era |
| Apr 2, 2008 | CMS Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum |
| Apr 2, 2008 | Rural Health Clinics Technical Assistance Conference Call Series |
| Apr 4, 2008 | Meeting of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research |
| Apr 6 - 9, 2008 | 2008 Home Care & Hospice March on Washington and Legal Symposium |
| Apr 8, 2008 | "Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion" |
| Apr 9, 2008 | Recruitment and Retention Renaissance |
| Apr 9 - 10, 2008 | Public Meeting of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) |
| Apr 10, 2008 | Health Workforce Summit |
| Apr 10, 2008 | USAC Rural Health Care Outreach Conference Call |
| Apr 14, 2008 | Developing the Framework for Healthy People 2020 Public Comment Meeting |
| Apr 14 - 16, 2008 | 6th Annual Oklahoma Rural Hospital Conference - Moving Oklahoma Forward |
| Apr 14 - 17, 2008 | NCHN 14th Annual Conference: Tools for Managing Successful Networks |
| Apr 15 - 16, 2008 | 19th Annual Rural Health Conference: The Seasons of Rural Health |
| Apr 16, 2008 | Living With Grief: Children and Adolescents |
| Apr 16 - 17, 2008 | IA/NEPCA Annual Conference |
| Apr 16 - 17, 2008 | Rural Health Clinic Association of Washington Annual Conference |
| Apr 17, 2008 | 4th Annual New England Small Rural Hospital Performance Improvement Summit |
| Apr 18, 2008 | 6th Annual American Indian Health Research Conference |
| Apr 22, 2008 | Rural Health Works Training |
| Apr 22 - 23, 2008 | 2008 SC Rural Health Network Summit |
| Apr 22 - 23, 2008 | From Hurt to Hope: Discovering Universal Approaches to Strengthening Supportive Learning Environments and Resilience |
| Apr 23 - 24, 2008 | Michigan Rural Health Conference |
| Apr 23 - 25, 2008 | SCRHA Annual Conference |
| Apr 23 - 25, 2008 | Shaping a Healthy Future IV: A Rocky Mountain Conference |
| Apr 28 - 30, 2008 | 2008 National Oral Health Conference |
| Apr 30, 2008 | Developing the Framework for Healthy People 2020 Public Comment Meeting |
| Apr 30, 2008 | Piecing Together the Healthcare Access Puzzle |
| Apr 30 - May 2, 2008 | 2008 Annual Meeting - Shaping the Future through Leadership and Advocacy! |
| May 1, 2008 | HRSA Patient Safety and Pharmacy Collaborative (PSPC) Leadership and Planning Event: State and Local Organizations |
| May 2 - 3, 2008 | 25th Annual Primary Care Update Conference |
| May 5 - 6, 2008 | Rural Medical Educators Conference |
| May 7 - 9, 2008 | 2008 National Farmworker Health Conference |
| May 7 - 10, 2008 | 2008 Annual NRHA Conference |
| May 8, 2008 | USAC Rural Health Care Program Outreach Conference Call |
| May 13 - 17, 2008 | Eleventh Annual Primary Care Update |
| May 14, 2008 | Developing the Framework for Healthy People 2020 Public Comment Meeting |
| May 21 - 23, 2008 | Agricultural Occupational Health Training (Session I) |
| May 21 - 23, 2008 | Rural and Frontier EMS Summit at the Lake |
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