Rural health and human services resources for Wisconsin, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2009 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/states/ Describes how a projected shortage of primary care providers is changing health care and how this affects rural Wisconsin. http://www.madisonmagazine.com/Madison-Magazine/November-2009/Disappearing-Docs/# Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:45:11 CST http://www.madisonmagazine.com/Madison-Magazine/November-2009/Disappearing-Docs/# The Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded a three year, $1.1 million grant to the University of Minnesota for the Great Plains Telehealth Resource and Assistance Center (GPTRAC). http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12409 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:07:32 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12409 Illustrates how Marshfield Clinic serving rural Wisconsin can improve patient outcomes andreduce costs by undertaking a population-based approach to ambulatory care managementsupported by information technology. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Case%20Study/2009/Aug/1293_McCarthy_Marshfield_case_study.pdf Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:03:55 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Case%20Study/2009/Aug/1293_McCarthy_Marshfield_case_study.pdf Demonstrates that high levels of health system performance are achievable and sustainable, and provides useful examples of policies and practices in Vermont, Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and Delaware that may be associated with health system improvement. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Fund%20Report/2009/Oct/Profile%20of%20Seven%20States/1329_Aiming_Higher_State_Profiles_Complete_Report_1016.pdf Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:04:58 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Fund%20Report/2009/Oct/Profile%20of%20Seven%20States/1329_Aiming_Higher_State_Profiles_Complete_Report_1016.pdf Study that compares alcohol-related motor vehicle accident fatalities in rural versus urban Wisconsin. Also addresses such accidents where alcohol was not a factor. Displays county-level data. -- Wisconsin Medical Society http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/201b2323#/201b2323/24 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:45:11 CST http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/201b2323#/201b2323/24 Annual publications of health and demographic information about the state of Wisconsin and its counties. Separate PDF files are available on this webpage for state-wide, regional, and county-level profiles. -- Wisconsin Department of Health Services http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/localdata/pubhlthprofiles.htm Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:34:35 CST http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/localdata/pubhlthprofiles.htm Web page offers access to video and audio recordings of a presentation given at the 2009 Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine (WARM) Symposium. -- Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=9926 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:07:53 CST http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=9926 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 13:41:45 CST http://www.extension.iastate.edu/iowaconcern/seedsofhope.html Works to respond to the agricultural safety and health needs of Wisconsin farming communities. http://www.wiscash.uwex.edu/Pages/Index.htm Mon, 04 May 2009 11:39:21 CST http://www.wiscash.uwex.edu/Pages/Index.htm Wisconsin Dells WI January 20, 2010 http://www.megawisconsin.com/ Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:40:22 CST http://www.megawisconsin.com/ Summarizes strategies that may work to assure all Wisconsins residents have access to primary health care services. Addresses the role of workforce development and of Community Health Centers (CHCs) in closing gaps in the current health care delivery system. -- Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association http://www.wphca.org/images/stories/Access1-28reducedsize.pdf Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:02:18 CST http://www.wphca.org/images/stories/Access1-28reducedsize.pdf Compiles mortality, health status, health care, health behavior, socioeconomic, and environmental data on the state of Wisconsin and displays it by county name. http://www.pophealth.wisc.edu/UWPHI/pha/wchr/2008/rankings.pdf Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:04:48 CST http://www.pophealth.wisc.edu/UWPHI/pha/wchr/2008/rankings.pdf Discusses healthcare workforce shortage issues affecting primary care in rural Wisconsin. Features interviews from rural health care advocates and presents strategies to address and reverse the shortage problem. -- Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative http://www.rwhc.com/eoh09/February.pdf Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:50:27 CST http://www.rwhc.com/eoh09/February.pdf Serves as the primary point of contact on minority health for the Department of Health Services and develops initiatives to advance the health of racial and ethnic minority communities in Wisconsin. http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/health/MiNorityHealth/index.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:58:58 CST http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/health/MiNorityHealth/index.htm Offers stories and insights by Wisconsin physicians and families on creating a Medical Home Partnership. They provide key steps of quality improvement and the small steps that can make big differences for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs. http://wimedicalhometoolkit.aap.org/toolkit/index.cfm Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:36:47 CST http://wimedicalhometoolkit.aap.org/toolkit/index.cfm Grant program for veterans that provides limited financial assistance to those in need and who have exhausted all other sources of aid. -- Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1857 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:09:14 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1857 Provides information and resources to Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to help them strengthen and improve rural emergency medical services (EMS) capacity in local communities. Covers infrastructure, human resources, funding sources, legislation and regulation, and more. -- Wisconsin Office of Rural Health http://www.worh.org/hospitals_clinics#ems Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:43:54 CST http://www.worh.org/hospitals_clinics#ems Set of maps showing the geographic coverage provided by 9 different rural definitions for the state. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruraldefinitions/WI.pdf Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:25:00 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruraldefinitions/WI.pdf Provides access to information on Federally Qualified Health Centers for the state. Includes a map of FQHC locations, as well as information on the populations served by health centers, services provided, staff, patient visits, costs of care, and use of electronic health information. http://www.nachc.com/state-healthcare-data.cfm?State=WI Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:00:00 CST http://www.nachc.com/state-healthcare-data.cfm?State=WI Reports findings of a phone survey that explores the opinions and experiences of Wisconsin residents age 18 to 64 on healthcare issues in their State. -- AARP http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/health/wi_healthcare_07.pdf Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:26:04 CST http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/health/wi_healthcare_07.pdf Serves as a comprehensive rural medical education program dedicated to improving the supply of physicians in rural Wisconsin and improving the health of rural Wisconsin communities. A program within the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health MD Program. http://www.med.wisc.edu/education/md/warm/main/187 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:53:48 CST http://www.med.wisc.edu/education/md/warm/main/187 Profiles the states health information technology (HIT) issues. Contains sections on demographics, HIT legislation, telemedicine, Health Information Exchanges (HIE) & Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO), grant funded HIT projects, and HIT survey information. -- Rural Health Resource Center http://www.ruralcenter.org/hit_profiles/wi/ Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:40:40 CST http://www.ruralcenter.org/hit_profiles/wi/ IFF is a nonprofit community development lender providing affordable, flexible and accessible loans to nonprofits serving low-income or special-needs populations. -- IFF http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1007 Wed, 23 May 2007 15:49:09 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1007 Provides links to a collection of indicators of child well-being in the State of Wisconsin. Information available by county and state totals. http://www.wccf.org/kidcount_wiskid2005.php Fri, 04 May 2007 15:13:16 CST http://www.wccf.org/kidcount_wiskid2005.php A program to develop leaders to strengthen Wisconsin communities. -- University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1537 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:44:55 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1537 Summarizes programs and services that can help Wisconsin women. Includes a county-by-county list of health services. http://www.wiawh.org/media/whg/WHG%20FINAL.pdf Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:53:50 CST http://www.wiawh.org/media/whg/WHG%20FINAL.pdf Works to link Wisconsin residents and communities with affordable housing and economic development opportunities. http://www.wheda.com/root/ Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:44:01 CST http://www.wheda.com/root/ Provides development assistance in Wisconsin in the areas of marketing, business and community finance, exporting, small business advocacy, and manufacturing assessments. http://www.commerce.state.wi.us/ Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:38:54 CST http://www.commerce.state.wi.us/ Reports the results of a study evaluating the retention and acceptance of J-1 Visa Waiver physicians in rural Wisconsin. -- Wisconsin Medical Society http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/_WMS/publications/wmj/issues/wmj_v105n7/crouse.pdf Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/_WMS/publications/wmj/issues/wmj_v105n7/crouse.pdf Explores Wisconsin's potential for economic and sustainable growth through agriculture. -- Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters http://www.wisconsinacademy.org/idea/ Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.wisconsinacademy.org/idea/