Rural health care quality resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2012 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/topics/quality/ In an effort to enable fast and efficient mobile delivery of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC's) critical health information, they have released their first iPad "App" . The CDC App is free for anyone to download. http://www.cdc.gov/Features/iPadApp/index.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:29:39 CST http://www.cdc.gov/Features/iPadApp/index.html Policy brief describes quality measures relevant to Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and identifies policy implications. -- Flex Monitoring Team http://flexmonitoring.org/documents/PolicyBrief25_Relevant-Quality-Measures-CAHs.pdf Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:50:19 CST http://flexmonitoring.org/documents/PolicyBrief25_Relevant-Quality-Measures-CAHs.pdf -- National Rural Health Resource Center http://www.ruralcenter.org/tasc/events/flex-program-workshop-1 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:41:28 CST http://www.ruralcenter.org/tasc/events/flex-program-workshop-1 NPR article discusses how one way to reduce drug errors inside hospitals is to have doctors enter the prescriptions on a computer instead of with pen and paper. After the switch, hospitals can see error rates drop by a whopping 60 percent. http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/31/146152354/a-computer-beats-a-pen-for-getting-prescriptions-right Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:32:48 CST http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/31/146152354/a-computer-beats-a-pen-for-getting-prescriptions-right AHA News Now article reports that the Bipartisan Policy Center Friday issued recommendations for using health information technology to improve health care quality and health while reducing costs. http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews/jsp/display.jsp?dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsNowArticle/data/ann_013012_HIT&domain=AHANEWS Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:35:36 CST http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews/jsp/display.jsp?dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsNowArticle/data/ann_013012_HIT&domain=AHANEWS Kaiser Health News article discusses patient safety issues and how faulty hospital care is one of the leading causes of death, behind heart disease and cancer. http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2012/January/30/Hospital-Checklist-mainbar.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+khn%2Fstories%2Fheadlinesonly+%28Kaiser+Health+News+-+Stories+%28Headlines%29%29 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:07:05 CST http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2012/January/30/Hospital-Checklist-mainbar.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+khn%2Fstories%2Fheadlinesonly+%28Kaiser+Health+News+-+Stories+%28Headlines%29%29 -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality https://meet63385651.adobeconnect.com/_a1043462186/hospitaltoolkitregistration/event/event_info.html?utm_source=Rural+Route+January+27%2C+2012&utm_campaign=rural+route&utm_medium=email Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:32:25 CST https://meet63385651.adobeconnect.com/_a1043462186/hospitaltoolkitregistration/event/event_info.html?utm_source=Rural+Route+January+27%2C+2012&utm_campaign=rural+route&utm_medium=email Helps hospitals understand the Quality Indicators (QIs) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and support the use of them to successfully improve quality and patient safety in hospitals. -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qitoolkit/?utm_source=Rural+Route+January+27%2C+2012&utm_campaign=rural+route&utm_medium=email Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:58:19 CST http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qitoolkit/?utm_source=Rural+Route+January+27%2C+2012&utm_campaign=rural+route&utm_medium=email Obama Administration officials and a breadth of representatives from across the health care system met in Washington yesterday for a day-long meeting to explore how they can collaborate and improve the quality of health care while at the same time lowering costs. http://www.raconline.org/news/details.php?news_id=17227 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:34:09 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/details.php?news_id=17227 Designed to engage, educate and equip readers with products, services, tools and solutions made available by the PSP (Patient Safety Program) to help ensure the safe delivery of health care in the MHS (Military Health System.) -- U.S. Department of Defense http://www.health.mil/dodpatientsafety/ProductsandServices/resourceguide.aspx? Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:06:32 CST http://www.health.mil/dodpatientsafety/ProductsandServices/resourceguide.aspx? Times Daily, (AL) article discusses why rural health clinics are an important link to the health-care community. http://www.timesdaily.com/stories/Filling-the-gap,186818 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:37:36 CST http://www.timesdaily.com/stories/Filling-the-gap,186818 Providing health information technology (HIT) resources to rural health care providers is the purpose of a new online toolkit from the Rural Assistance Center (RAC). A pilot program developed through RAC and the National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center), the toolkit is designed to help rural providers find HIT resources directed at them. http://www.raconline.org/collaborate/pr_hittoolkit.php Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:36:02 CST http://www.raconline.org/collaborate/pr_hittoolkit.php This scholarship is awarded exclusively to an applicant who is pursuing a career that will help combat nursing home abuse. -- Nursing Home Abuse.net http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2764 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:36:58 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2764 Unemployed adults are more likely to be uninsured and in poor health than those with jobs, and less likely to receive needed medical care and prescriptions, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews/jsp/display.jsp?dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsNowArticle/data/ann_012412_CDC&domain=AHANEWS Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:51:07 CST http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews/jsp/display.jsp?dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsNowArticle/data/ann_012412_CDC&domain=AHANEWS Seattle WA July 18, 2012 -- National Rural Health Association http://www.ruralhealthweb.org/quality Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:05:09 CST http://www.ruralhealthweb.org/quality Orlando FL December 9, 2012 -- Institute for Healthcare Improvement http://www.ihi.org/offerings/Conferences/Pages/default.aspx Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:26:03 CST http://www.ihi.org/offerings/Conferences/Pages/default.aspx Paris France April 17, 2012 -- Institute for Healthcare Improvement http://www.ihi.org/offerings/Conferences/Pages/default.aspx Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:12:13 CST http://www.ihi.org/offerings/Conferences/Pages/default.aspx National Harbor MD March 18, 2012 -- Institute for Healthcare Improvement http://www.ihi.org/offerings/Conferences Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:03:34 CST http://www.ihi.org/offerings/Conferences Charleston SC October 29, 2012 -- National Association of Community Health Centers http://meetings.nachc.com/?page_id=353 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:16:19 CST http://meetings.nachc.com/?page_id=353 Orlando FL September 7, 2012 -- National Association of Community Health Centers http://meetings.nachc.com/?page_id=83 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:57:25 CST http://meetings.nachc.com/?page_id=83 This interim final rule with comment period from the Department of Health and Human Services implements parts of section 1104 of the Affordable Care Act which requires the adoption of a standard for electronic funds transfers (EFT). It defines EFT and explains how the adopted standards support and facilitate health care EFT transmissions. http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/10/2012-132/administrative-simplification-adoption-of-standards-for-health-care-electronic-funds-transfers-efts Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:41:48 CST http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/10/2012-132/administrative-simplification-adoption-of-standards-for-health-care-electronic-funds-transfers-efts Boise ID April 5, 2012 -- Idaho State Office of Rural Health and Primary Care http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/default.aspx?TabId=104 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:10:20 CST http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/default.aspx?TabId=104 Schedule of the National Priorities Partnership Patient Safety Webinar Series that includes both future and past presentations along with meeting details, speaker bios and slides. -- Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.qualityforum.org/Events/Webinars/Patient_Safety_Webinars/Patient_Safety_Webinars.aspx Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:29:54 CST http://www.qualityforum.org/Events/Webinars/Patient_Safety_Webinars/Patient_Safety_Webinars.aspx Located in Iowa City, this center focuses on evaluating rural health programs and piloting new strategies to help Veterans overcome barriers to access and quality. -- Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health http://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/resource-centers/central/index.asp Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:03:15 CST http://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/resource-centers/central/index.asp Discusses the TeamSTEPPS system, which improves patient safety by fostering better communication and teamwork among health care professionals. -- Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/fall11/feature.php#story2 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:04:07 CST http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/fall11/feature.php#story2 Examines the safety of health IT products and their effects on patient safety. Chapters two, four, and seven discuss safety specific to small practices and hospitals. -- Institute of Medicine http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=13269&page=R1 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:18:15 CST http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=13269&page=R1 Washington DC May 7, 2012 http://www.a4hi.org Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:00:21 CST http://www.a4hi.org Plainfield IN March 2, 2012 -- Indiana Rural Health Association http://www.indianaruralhealth.org/index.php?src=events&category=Main%20Events%20Lister Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:19:07 CST http://www.indianaruralhealth.org/index.php?src=events&category=Main%20Events%20Lister Explores the promise of electronic consultation (e-consultation) for enabling primary care clinicians and specialists to communicate about patients at times that are mutually convenient and in rural areas where there is a shortage of specialists. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Issue%20Brief/2011/Oct/1554_Horner_econsultations_primary_specialty_care_clinicians_ib.pdf Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:18:56 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Issue%20Brief/2011/Oct/1554_Horner_econsultations_primary_specialty_care_clinicians_ib.pdf Describes a future rural system that would be built on foundations of affordability, accessibility, community focus, high quality, and patient centeredness. -- RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis http://www.rupri.org/Forms/HealthPanel_FutureSystem_October2011.pdf Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:52:50 CST http://www.rupri.org/Forms/HealthPanel_FutureSystem_October2011.pdf