Websites and other tools on rural health and human services topics, with information provided via the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2012 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/ Designed to improve the safety, quality and consistent delivery of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). -- http://event.clirems.org/Home.aspx Mon, 14 May 2012 13:08:30 CST http://event.clirems.org/Home.aspx Webinar, presented by Joe Wivoda, provides examples of effective project structure for rural and critical access hospital electronic health record (EHR) projects. -- Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/webinars/ Fri, 11 May 2012 11:45:32 CST http://www.raconline.org/webinars/ Provides competency-based training for the public health workforce, especially those workers in underserved areas of Florida, to enhance public health services and decrease disparities in access to services in medically underserved areas. Hosts free distance courses for free continuing education credits for public health workers. Limited number of scholarships available for graduate courses for public health workers in Florida who serve rural, medically underserved populations. -- University of Florida College of Public Health & Health Professions http://ruralsouthphtc.phhp.ufl.edu/about-us/ Mon, 07 May 2012 10:23:45 CST http://ruralsouthphtc.phhp.ufl.edu/about-us/ Searchable database on bills from 2011 and 2012 legislation filed in response to the Affordable Care Act by state, year, topic, keyword, status, and/or primary sponsor. -- National Conference of State Legislatures http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/health/health-reform-database-2011-2012-state-legislation.aspx Fri, 04 May 2012 09:48:46 CST http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/health/health-reform-database-2011-2012-state-legislation.aspx Designed to help health care professionals better understand and more effectively respond to the growing needs of Pacific Islanders in the United States. Includes resources on cultural competency, challenges to health and well-being, and the population's strengths and protective factors. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=5.4.8.htm&module=provider&language=English Thu, 03 May 2012 11:08:30 CST http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=5.4.8.htm&module=provider&language=English Presents annual Medicare and Medicaid Statistical Supplement reports from 2001 to the present. Provides detailed statistical information on Medicare, Medicaid, and other Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) programs. -- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/MedicareMedicaidStatSupp/index.html?redirect=/MedicareMedicaidStatSupp/ Wed, 02 May 2012 10:20:16 CST http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/MedicareMedicaidStatSupp/index.html?redirect=/MedicareMedicaidStatSupp/ Outlines the leading causes of death among Asian/Pacific Islander men and women. -- American Heart Association http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@sop/@smd/documents/downloadable/ucm_319570.pdf Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:58:09 CST http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@sop/@smd/documents/downloadable/ucm_319570.pdf Access demographic information for American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. -- U.S. Census Bureau http://2010.census.gov/news/press-kits/island-areas/island-areas.html Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:48:18 CST http://2010.census.gov/news/press-kits/island-areas/island-areas.html Provides information on Iowa's Rural Health Clinics including location eligibility, application and certification, and contact information. -- Iowa Department of Public Health http://www.idph.state.ia.us/hpcdp/rural_health_clinics.asp Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:16:39 CST http://www.idph.state.ia.us/hpcdp/rural_health_clinics.asp Provides an array of services to hospital labs to enable submission of reportable lab results to public health agencies. -- American Hospital Association http://labinteroperabilitycoop.org/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:20:37 CST http://labinteroperabilitycoop.org/ This blog serves as a tool for conversation between the National Rural Health Resource Center and its customers and partners. Contributions from staff focus on performance improvement, health information technology, recruitment and retention, community health assessments, and networking. -- National Rural Health Resource Center http://www.ruralcenter.org/blog Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:30:26 CST http://www.ruralcenter.org/blog Presents several frequently asked questions regarding setting up a FQHC. -- Illinois Primary Health Care Association http://www.iphca.org/CHCFAQs/StartingaFederallyQualifiedHealthCenter.aspx Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:58:05 CST http://www.iphca.org/CHCFAQs/StartingaFederallyQualifiedHealthCenter.aspx Offers a clearinghouse of information and training for stakeholders in the fight against methamphetamine. Includes statistical details for each state, plus strategies and resources related to the epidemic, recovery, and law enforcement. -- http://www.nationalmethcenter.org/ Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:42:03 CST http://www.nationalmethcenter.org/ Helps counties throughout the U.S. mobilize and take action to create healthier places to live, work, and play. Includes a checklist of various tools to help groups work together. -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/roadmaps Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:53:37 CST http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/roadmaps An interactive mapping, networking, and learning utility for the broad-based healthy, sustainable, and livable communities movement. -- Advancing the Movement http://initiatives.communitycommons.org/About.aspx Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:32:19 CST http://initiatives.communitycommons.org/About.aspx Includes a collection of reports that rank the health of nearly every county in the nation on their overall health. Each county is ranked within the state on how healthy people are and how long they live. They also are ranked on key factors that affect health such as: smoking, obesity, binge drinking, access to primary care providers, rates of high school graduation, rates of violent crime, air pollution levels, liquor store density, unemployment rates, fast-food restaurants, physical inactivity, and number of children living in poverty. -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/#app/ Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:25:00 CST http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/#app/ Provides current and past poverty guidelines, poverty thresholds, and other related information. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/12poverty.shtml Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:13:39 CST http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/12poverty.shtml Promotes success in agriculture for Ohios farmers and farm families coping with a disability or long term health condition. Provides education, resources, and technical assistance to rural Ohio farmers and farm families coping with a disability or long term health condition. Includes fact sheets on injury, illness, or disabilities. Part of the Ohio State University, who has partnered with Easter Seals. -- U.S. Department of Agriculture http://agrability.osu.edu/ Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:22:44 CST http://agrability.osu.edu/ Each of the twenty GRECCs contain a research, an education, and a clinical component that work together to provide care to the aging Veteran population and train health care professionals. They sponsor the Geriatric Scholars Program for Rural CBOCs and Rural Interdisciplinary Team Training. -- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov/GRECC/ Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:09:01 CST http://www.va.gov/GRECC/ Charts the number of primary, dental, and mental health professional shortage areas (HPSA) for each state and how many health care providers would be required to remove the shortage designation. Includes the percentage of designations located in rural vs. urban areas. Data is updated several times a month. -- Bureau of Health Professions http://ersrs.hrsa.gov/ReportServer?/HGDW_Reports/BCD_HPSA/BCD_HPSA_SCR50_Smry&rs:Format=HTML3.2 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:32:03 CST http://ersrs.hrsa.gov/ReportServer?/HGDW_Reports/BCD_HPSA/BCD_HPSA_SCR50_Smry&rs:Format=HTML3.2 Presents resources which examine the dual eligible population, their health care needs and spending, and ongoing efforts to coordinate care across the two programs. -- Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured http://www.kff.org/medicare/resources-dual-eligibles.cfm Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:14:30 CST http://www.kff.org/medicare/resources-dual-eligibles.cfm Provides information on the J-1 Visa Exchange Visitor program for participants, sponsors, and for host families or employers. -- Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs http://j1visa.state.gov/ Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:28:20 CST http://j1visa.state.gov/ Part of HUD's Sustainable Communities Resource Center, this topic area describes strategies that communities are developing to improve their environmental, economic, and social sustainability. Offers publications and reports, tools and toolkits, plus sample programs and initiatives for rural, tribal and small town sustainability. -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development http://www.huduser.org/portal/sustainability/resources_rural_sustainability.html Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:53:26 CST http://www.huduser.org/portal/sustainability/resources_rural_sustainability.html Provides answers to some basic questions related to Medicare coverage. Includes a state-by-state list of key agencies that can answer specific questions about Medicare, Medicaid, supplemental health insurance, the Medicare prescription drug benefit, and long-term care. -- Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/medicare/talkingaboutmedicare/index.cfm Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:35:28 CST http://www.kff.org/medicare/talkingaboutmedicare/index.cfm Supplies data on small businesses in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and limited data on the U.S. territories. Topics covered include: the number of firms, demographics of business ownership, small business income, banking, business turnover, industry composition, and employment gains and losses by size of business. -- Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov/advocacy/848/41391 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:49:24 CST http://www.sba.gov/advocacy/848/41391 Recorded webinar during which participants will learn how to develop and work with logic models as a program management and evaluation tool. Designed to assist Flex Program Coordinators with developing workplans for the upcoming noncompetitive continuation progress report. -- National Rural Health Resource Center http://www.ruralcenter.org/tasc/events/webinar-using-logic-models-flex-program-planning-management-evaluation-and-reporting Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:54:54 CST http://www.ruralcenter.org/tasc/events/webinar-using-logic-models-flex-program-planning-management-evaluation-and-reporting Access information on federal technology initiatives, policies, news and reports. -- Office of Management and Budget http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/e-gov Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:59:08 CST http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/e-gov Describes successful programs involving states within the coverage region of the Southern Rural Development Center: stories currently feature Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Texas. -- Southern Rural Development Center http://srdc.msstate.edu/publications/other/success.html Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:04:52 CST http://srdc.msstate.edu/publications/other/success.html Helps organizations better understand the requirements of the HIPAA Security Rule and implement those requirements. -- U.S. Department of Commerce http://scap.nist.gov/hipaa/ Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:21:46 CST http://scap.nist.gov/hipaa/ Connects workforce development agencies, transportation providers, and other stakeholders with transportation-to-work solutions. Website offers transportation strategies, materials to support workers, virtual presentations, and a newsletter. -- Community Transportation Association of America http://www.ctaa.org/joblinks Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:13:58 CST http://www.ctaa.org/joblinks