Rural health and human services resources for North Dakota, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2010 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/states/ Low-interest loans to health care entities to build their health information technology (HIT) infrastructure. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2342 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:20:47 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2342 The North Dakota Information Technology Department on behalf of the Health Information Technology (HIT) Advisory Committee has released guidance for North Dakota Healthcare Providers to apply for a low interest health information technology-revolving loan. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13245 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:09:04 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13245 HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced that the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Lillian Sparks to be Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, part of the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13237 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:56:38 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13237 The University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences has announced they are moving ahead on the construction of a new facility for its Bismarck Center for Family Medicine and Southwest Campus offices. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13129 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:19:08 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13129 Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebeliusannounced that Key Health Alliance (KHA), a Minnesota based partnership of Stratis Health, the RuralHealth Resource Center, and The College of St. Scholastica, has been awarded a $19 million grant toserve as the new federally designated Regional Extension Assistance Centers for Health InformationTechnology (REACH) for Minnesota and North Dakota. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13103 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:42:54 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13103 Associated Press article via Bismarck Tribune, (ND) reports that a shortage of dentists in rural North Dakota is a problem of distribution and not numbers, according to Jim McDonald, president of the North Dakota Dental Association. http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/article_9b807894-19e6-11df-a986-001cc4c002e0.html Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:16:03 CST http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/article_9b807894-19e6-11df-a986-001cc4c002e0.html Describes the Faith in Action Coalition program in North Dakota, a volunteer caregiver program which provides transportation, light housekeeping, yard work, and holistic health care services. -- Faith in Action National Network http://ruralhealth.und.edu/pdf/focus/summer04.pdf#page=3 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:33:58 CST http://ruralhealth.und.edu/pdf/focus/summer04.pdf#page=3 Mandan ND October 27, 2010 -- North Dakota Department of Health http://www.ndhealth.gov/Injury/Trainings.htm Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:25:31 CST http://www.ndhealth.gov/Injury/Trainings.htm Fargo ND May 19, 2010 -- North Dakota Department of Health http://www.raconline.org/pdf/hiv_symposium_save_date.pdf Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:15:20 CST http://www.raconline.org/pdf/hiv_symposium_save_date.pdf Shows designated geographic and low-income HPSAs and marks the locations of hospitals, clinics, critical access hospitals (CAHs) and their satellites, Air Force bases, Indian health service hospitals and clinics, and rural health clinics (RHCs) in North Dakota. -- University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health http://ruralhealth.und.edu/maps/mapfiles/hpsa_rhc.png Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:09:29 CST http://ruralhealth.und.edu/maps/mapfiles/hpsa_rhc.png Provides travel support for individuals or small groups to meet with similar entities from other areas of the state and share information, ideas, and successful approaches to improving quality and access to healthcare services. -- University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2256 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:05:47 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2256 IPAT is North Dakota's Statewide Assistive Technology (AT) program that delivers services so people with disabilities can get the AT they need for work, school, and home. Website offers access to equipment loan and swap programs, plus news, events, and publications. http://www.ndipat.org/ Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:02:59 CST http://www.ndipat.org/ Describes the path of the Health Information Technology (HIT) initiative in North Dakota. -- University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences http://www.ndmedicine.org/article.cfm?articleid=316 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:04:23 CST http://www.ndmedicine.org/article.cfm?articleid=316 Authors commentate on the implications of health reform on rural North Dakota including: critical rural health issues such as health workforce, rural facility survivability, and the need for flexibility and innovation in rural health. http://www.ndfu.org/data/upfiles/unionFarmer/ufaug2009.pdf#page=4 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:13:59 CST http://www.ndfu.org/data/upfiles/unionFarmer/ufaug2009.pdf#page=4 Provides three-page profiles for the state, regions, and counties that are organized according to six categories of data representing multiple indicators of child well-being. A four-page summary of this report is available at http://www.ndkidscount.org/publications/closeup/FactBook_4pageSummary2009.pdf -- Annie E. Casey Foundation http://www.ndkidscount.org/factbook/NDKCFactBook_2009.PDF Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:47:33 CST http://www.ndkidscount.org/factbook/NDKCFactBook_2009.PDF Compares child well-being ranking factors of North Dakota to those of the entire United States. Shows graphs and data on children's overall well-being, child death rates, teen death rates, percent of children in single-parent families, and teen birth rates. http://www.ndkidscount.org/publications/misc/ND_well-beingimprovement_2009.pdf Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:33:58 CST http://www.ndkidscount.org/publications/misc/ND_well-beingimprovement_2009.pdf Highlights the findings of the 2009 national Kids Count Data Book and North Dakota's national 7th place ranking for child well-being. -- Annie E. Casey Foundation http://www.ndkidscount.org/publications/misc/ND_natlcomp_2009.pdf Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:43:29 CST http://www.ndkidscount.org/publications/misc/ND_natlcomp_2009.pdf Provides behavioral health services to uninsured, underinsured and other at-risk farm and ranch families and agricultural workers in seven states: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin -- AgriWellness, Inc. http://www.extension.iastate.edu/iowaconcern/seedsofhope.html Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:41:15 CST http://www.extension.iastate.edu/iowaconcern/seedsofhope.html The foundation supports the arts, social welfare/human services, education, youth recreation, civic projects and health issues for the benefit of the greater Fargo-Moorhead area. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2210 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:12:39 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2210 Highlights efforts of the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) program in North Dakota that work to encourage youth to consider entering health care fields, which may ultimately increase access to health care in underserved areas of North Dakota. This article describes program models for elementary students, such as Dickinsons "Medical Explorers" and Park Rivers "Inspector Wellness Program". -- University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences http://www.ndmedicine.org/article.cfm?articleid=185&page=1 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:44:57 CST http://www.ndmedicine.org/article.cfm?articleid=185&page=1 Supports endeavors to include the arts and humanities, education, human services, medical sciences and health, and the social sciences. http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2204 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:59:27 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2204 Defines Health Information Technology (HIT), how it is used throughout North Dakota, makes recommendations for improving HIT in the state, and describes the state's HIT Steering Committee. http://ruralhealth.und.edu/projects/sorh/files/hit_factsheet.pdf Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:09:02 CST http://ruralhealth.und.edu/projects/sorh/files/hit_factsheet.pdf Works as an integrated health care delivery network whose members include both Catholic and other partners that provide a vehicle to ensure the continuation of value-based healthcare in the Dakotas. http://www.northlandhealth.com/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:59:24 CST http://www.northlandhealth.com/ Serves as a common place for North Dakotas critical access hospitals (CAHs) to share best practices, tools, and resources related to providing quality of care. Supports improvement activities of CAH Network members and assists them with the Medicare Conditions of Participation. Strives to improve information sharing and networking at the regional and state level among tertiary facilities and stakeholders to help prevent duplication of efforts. http://ruralhealth.und.edu/projects/cahquality/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:55:31 CST http://ruralhealth.und.edu/projects/cahquality/ Dedicated to promoting physician leadership in ethics and advocacy, helping North Dakota physicians provide high quality and safe medical care for their patients, and ensuring that physicians have a strong, independent voice on issues that impact them and their patients. http://www.ndmed.org/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:51:32 CST http://www.ndmed.org/ Coordinates health career awareness activities with 25 school systems and 15 rural hospitals in Eastern North Dakota from its location at Union Hospital in Mayville, N.D. http://www.ndahec.org/eastern/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:48:10 CST http://www.ndahec.org/eastern/ Works to improve the distribution, diversity, supply and quality of health care personnel in the health care services delivery system. Strives to increase access to health care services in medically underserved areas. http://ruralhealth.und.edu/projects/ahec/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:45:21 CST http://ruralhealth.und.edu/projects/ahec/ Explains trends involving elementary school enrollments, the number of students in special education programs, high school drop-out instances, the number of home-schooled children, and higher education enrollments in North Dakota. Presents solutions for securing the future of the state and its children including solutions that specifically apply to rural areas. -- North Dakota KIDS COUNT http://www.ndkidscount.org/publications/closeups/CloseUp_Education2009.pdf Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:18:59 CST http://www.ndkidscount.org/publications/closeups/CloseUp_Education2009.pdf Grand Forks ND April 13, 2010 -- University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health http://ruralhealth.und.edu/dakotaconference/ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:55:40 CST http://ruralhealth.und.edu/dakotaconference/ Overviews health and health care issues in North Dakota. Includes data and information on population characteristics and demographics, economic and social characteristics, health-related behaviors, leading causes of death, common health problems, health care organizations and infrastructure, quality of and access to health care, and financing health services, plus perspectives on these issues. -- University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health http://ruralhealth.und.edu/projects/escan/publications.php Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:55:07 CST http://ruralhealth.und.edu/projects/escan/publications.php