Rural technology 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/technology/ 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 11:29:32 CST http://www.cdc.gov/Features/iPadApp/index.html Government Health IT article reports that Sen. Tom Udall (D-Utah) anticipates introducing a bill this spring to make it easier for physicians to practice telemedicine in many states instead of applying for a separate license for each state. http://www.govhealthit.com/news/udall-drafting-bill-remove-telemedicine-barrier Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:44:49 CST http://www.govhealthit.com/news/udall-drafting-bill-remove-telemedicine-barrier Green Bay Press Gazette, (WI) article reports that federal stimulus dollars approved in 2009 will be used to create as many as 659 jobs and provide high-speed Internet access to more than 7,400 rural households in Wisconsin this year. http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20120202/GPG03/202020546/High-speed-Internet-headed-remote-areas?odyssey=nav|head Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:48:01 CST http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20120202/GPG03/202020546/High-speed-Internet-headed-remote-areas?odyssey=nav|head 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 12:34:56 CST http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/31/146152354/a-computer-beats-a-pen-for-getting-prescriptions-right WCYB News, (VA) article reports that government funding is helping a local college create a telemedicine system to deliver physical specialty services to five rural counties in Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia. http://www.wcyb.com/news/30343314/detail.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:05:45 CST http://www.wcyb.com/news/30343314/detail.html -- Rural Cellular Association http://rca-usa.org/featured-home-page-feed/igr-partners-with-rca-to-deliver-educational-webinar-series-to-discuss-key-issues-facing-u-s-rural-operators/917587 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:17:33 CST http://rca-usa.org/featured-home-page-feed/igr-partners-with-rca-to-deliver-educational-webinar-series-to-discuss-key-issues-facing-u-s-rural-operators/917587 -- Rural Cellular Association http://rca-usa.org/featured-home-page-feed/igr-partners-with-rca-to-deliver-educational-webinar-series-to-discuss-key-issues-facing-u-s-rural-operators/917587 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:12:05 CST http://rca-usa.org/featured-home-page-feed/igr-partners-with-rca-to-deliver-educational-webinar-series-to-discuss-key-issues-facing-u-s-rural-operators/917587 -- Rural Cellular Association http://rca-usa.org/featured-home-page-feed/igr-partners-with-rca-to-deliver-educational-webinar-series-to-discuss-key-issues-facing-u-s-rural-operators/917587 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:08:13 CST http://rca-usa.org/featured-home-page-feed/igr-partners-with-rca-to-deliver-educational-webinar-series-to-discuss-key-issues-facing-u-s-rural-operators/917587 -- Rural Cellular Association http://rca-usa.org/featured-home-page-feed/igr-partners-with-rca-to-deliver-educational-webinar-series-to-discuss-key-issues-facing-u-s-rural-operators/917587 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:58:14 CST http://rca-usa.org/featured-home-page-feed/igr-partners-with-rca-to-deliver-educational-webinar-series-to-discuss-key-issues-facing-u-s-rural-operators/917587 iGR, a market strategy consultancy focused on the wireless and mobile communications industry, today announced a partnership with RCA (Rural Cellular Association) to provide a series of webinar sessions dedicated to addressing the unique challenges rural and smaller operators face in today's competitive consumer markets. http://rca-usa.org/featured-home-page-feed/igr-partners-with-rca-to-deliver-educational-webinar-series-to-discuss-key-issues-facing-u-s-rural-operators/917587 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:54:48 CST http://rca-usa.org/featured-home-page-feed/igr-partners-with-rca-to-deliver-educational-webinar-series-to-discuss-key-issues-facing-u-s-rural-operators/917587 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 09:35:56 CST http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews/jsp/display.jsp?dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsNowArticle/data/ann_013012_HIT&domain=AHANEWS The Health Resources and Services Administration is issuing a non-competitive replacement award under the Telehealth Resource Center Grant Program to the California Telehealth Network in order to continue advancement of the effective use of telehealth technology that will facilitate the provision of health care services to rural, medically-underserved California residents. https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/31/2012-2071/public-health-service-act-non-competitive-replacement-award Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:29:06 CST https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/31/2012-2071/public-health-service-act-non-competitive-replacement-award The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology invites innovators to submit their best ideas and models for improving the health of American commuters through better collection, exchange, and analysis of health data. https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/27/2012-1846/announcement-of-requirements-and-registration-for-health-innovations-in-commuting-challenge Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:31:13 CST https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/27/2012-1846/announcement-of-requirements-and-registration-for-health-innovations-in-commuting-challenge The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is challenging multidisciplinary teams to create and test a module or application that makes it easy for disabled consumers to access and interact with the health data stored in their Electronic Health Records (EHRs). https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/27/2012-1849/announcement-of-requirements-and-registration-for-ehr-accessibility-challenge Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:28:05 CST https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/27/2012-1849/announcement-of-requirements-and-registration-for-ehr-accessibility-challenge The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology announces a Discharge Follow-Up Appointment Challenge that challenges software developers to create an easy-to-use web-based tool that will make post-discharge follow-up appointment scheduling a more effective and shared process for care providers, patients and caregivers. https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/27/2012-1852/announcement-of-requirements-and-registration-for-discharge-follow-up-appointment-challenge Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:24:33 CST https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/27/2012-1852/announcement-of-requirements-and-registration-for-discharge-follow-up-appointment-challenge Daily Yonder article tells how communities in Vermont and rural Lancashire, England, have kicked off efforts to finance rural broadband networks. http://www.dailyyonder.com/score-two-rural-broadband-teams/2012/01/25/3712 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:40:22 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/score-two-rural-broadband-teams/2012/01/25/3712 The Technical Assistance and Services Center, a program of the National Rural Health Resource Center, and the Maine Rural Health Research Center at the University of Southern Maine are developing a database of Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and will be utilizing this information to conduct a national survey focusing on meaningful use of Health Information Technology by RHCs. http://www.raconline.org/news/details.php?news_id=17224 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:40:30 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/details.php?news_id=17224 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 09:36:10 CST http://www.raconline.org/collaborate/pr_hittoolkit.php RCA article reports that leading U.S. economists Rob Shapiro and Kevin Hassett released a new paper, The Employment Effects of Advances in Internet and Wireless Technology: Evaluating the Transitions from 2G to 3G and from 3G to 4G, which shows that investments and innovation in the transition from 3G to 4G technologies could add more than 231,000 new jobs to the U.S. economy in less than a year. http://rca-usa.org/press/rca-press-releases/new-study-shows-investing-in-mobile-broadband-will-create-jobs/917182 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:04:26 CST http://rca-usa.org/press/rca-press-releases/new-study-shows-investing-in-mobile-broadband-will-create-jobs/917182 HealthLeaders Media article tells how the president and CEO of Ellenville Regional Hospital in Ellenville, NY, went about choosing an electronic health record (EHR) vendor for his small critical access hospital. http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/page-1/COM-275456/Inside-a-Critical-Access-Hospitals-IT-DecisionMaking-Process Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:09:41 CST http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/page-1/COM-275456/Inside-a-Critical-Access-Hospitals-IT-DecisionMaking-Process An open call for people nationwide to create and submit short videos that capture New Year's resolutions geared towards improving their health or the health of a loved one through the use of technology. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2761 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:57:02 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2761 MarketWatch article reports that over 2700 individual Oregon primary care providers are participating in a federal grant to help them purchase and more effectively use their Electronic Health Record to improve patient care and advance health reform. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oregon-is-national-leader-in-electronic-health-record-adoption-2012-01-18 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:21:47 CST http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oregon-is-national-leader-in-electronic-health-record-adoption-2012-01-18 The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is announcing the launch of the Healthy New Year Challenge, an open call for people nationwide to create and submit short videos that capture New Year's resolutions geared towards improving their health or the health of a loved one through the use of technology. Cash prizes will be awarded. http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/18/2012-862/announcement-of-the-requirements-and-registration-for-the-healthy-new-year-challenge Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:17:19 CST http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/18/2012-862/announcement-of-the-requirements-and-registration-for-the-healthy-new-year-challenge CBS 8 News, (AL) article tells of a new Alabama eHealth Initiative whereby doctors can meet with patients in rural areas three days a week using high-resolution web cameras. http://www.waka.com/news/10949-telemedicine-helps-hiv-patients-in-rural-areas.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:09:25 CST http://www.waka.com/news/10949-telemedicine-helps-hiv-patients-in-rural-areas.html Las Vegas NV November 12, 2012 -- National Association of Community Health Centers http://meetings.nachc.com/?page_id=85 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:21:18 CST http://meetings.nachc.com/?page_id=85 American Medical News article reports that a new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regulation sets a framework for electronic fund transfers that should cut down on administrative time and money spent on processing paper checks, officials said. http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/01/09/gvsd0112.htm Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:13:07 CST http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/01/09/gvsd0112.htm The National Rural Health Resource Center, a national nonprofit organization based in Duluth, MN, reports that it has been awarded a three year, $1.2 million contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Rural Health and Primary Care to provide technical assistance for the Rural Health Information Technology Network Development (RHITND) Grantees. http://www.raconline.org/news/details.php?news_id=17157 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:36:34 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/details.php?news_id=17157 -- Universal Service Administrative Company http://www.universalservice.org/rhc/about/monthly-conference-calls.aspx Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:03:23 CST http://www.universalservice.org/rhc/about/monthly-conference-calls.aspx -- Universal Service Administrative Company http://www.universalservice.org/rhc/about/monthly-conference-calls.aspx Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:01:57 CST http://www.universalservice.org/rhc/about/monthly-conference-calls.aspx -- Universal Service Administrative Company http://www.universalservice.org/rhc/about/monthly-conference-calls.aspx Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:00:42 CST http://www.universalservice.org/rhc/about/monthly-conference-calls.aspx