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Added June 28, 2024
Identifying Challenges and Solutions for Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Rural Youth: Insights from Adult Community Members
Presents a study on the barriers to accessing mental healthcare for rural youth in Washington State. Bases finding on interviews with community members, parents, teachers, and healthcare providers and discusses ways to overcome perceived barriers.
Author(s): Janessa M. Graves, Demetrius A. Abshire, Elissa Koontz, Jessica L. Mackelprang
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(6), 725
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
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Presents a study on the barriers to accessing mental healthcare for rural youth in Washington State. Bases finding on interviews with community members, parents, teachers, and healthcare providers and discusses ways to overcome perceived barriers.
Author(s): Janessa M. Graves, Demetrius A. Abshire, Elissa Koontz, Jessica L. Mackelprang
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(6), 725
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
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Minnesota Trauma System Hospitals
An interactive map depicting trauma hospitals in Minnesota, with information such as address, designation level, and trauma program contact. Includes additional links to look up system hospitals and contacts.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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An interactive map depicting trauma hospitals in Minnesota, with information such as address, designation level, and trauma program contact. Includes additional links to look up system hospitals and contacts.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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Nurse Staffing Estimates in US Nursing Homes, May 2024
Provides an overview of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 2024 final rule that established minimum nurse staffing requirements for nursing homes. Analyzes May 2024 data from Nursing Home Care Compare to examine current staffing levels in U.S. nursing homes relative to specific minimum staffing requirements in the final rule. Includes an illustrative example of a 100-bed facility to explore how many nurse staff would need to be added per shift during the final rule's implementation phase to meet or exceed the final rule's minimum requirements. Presents data by facility characteristics, including ownership type, rural or urban location, and bed size.
Author(s): Martin Blanco, Iara Oliveira, Marie Squillace, Damian Da Costa
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Provides an overview of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 2024 final rule that established minimum nurse staffing requirements for nursing homes. Analyzes May 2024 data from Nursing Home Care Compare to examine current staffing levels in U.S. nursing homes relative to specific minimum staffing requirements in the final rule. Includes an illustrative example of a 100-bed facility to explore how many nurse staff would need to be added per shift during the final rule's implementation phase to meet or exceed the final rule's minimum requirements. Presents data by facility characteristics, including ownership type, rural or urban location, and bed size.
Author(s): Martin Blanco, Iara Oliveira, Marie Squillace, Damian Da Costa
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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RPM for FQHCs and RHCs: 10 Things to Consider
Details issues related to remote patient monitoring (RPM) and remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) in Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). Covers reimbursement and billing, implementation, and quality of care.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Southeastern Telehealth Resource Center
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Details issues related to remote patient monitoring (RPM) and remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) in Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). Covers reimbursement and billing, implementation, and quality of care.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Southeastern Telehealth Resource Center
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Rural Non-Congregate Summer Meal Programs: Understanding the Caregiver Experience
A recorded webinar that discusses participant feedback from 3 non-congregate summer meal programs that used various meal distribution models: grab-and-go, mobile meals, and delivery. Provides findings and recommendations from participant feedback and program site visits. Transcript available below description.
Additional links: Overview, Report
Date: 05/2024
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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A recorded webinar that discusses participant feedback from 3 non-congregate summer meal programs that used various meal distribution models: grab-and-go, mobile meals, and delivery. Provides findings and recommendations from participant feedback and program site visits. Transcript available below description.
Additional links: Overview, Report
Date: 05/2024
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Added June 27, 2024
The Appalachian Region: A Data Overview from the 2018-2022 American Community Survey Chartbook
State- and county-level information on population, age, race and ethnicity, housing occupancy, education, labor force, employment, transportation, income, health insurance coverage, disability, and veteran status, for the 13 Appalachian states. Features statistics with breakdowns by 5 levels of population density. Includes data explorer options for Appalachian categories such as population and age, education, income and poverty, computer and broadband access, rural Appalachia versus rural America, and employment and commuting.
Additional links: Full Report
Author(s): Sara Srygley, Nurfadila Khairunnisa, Diana Elliott
Date: 06/2024
Type: Website
Sponsoring organizations: Appalachian Regional Commission, Population Reference Bureau
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State- and county-level information on population, age, race and ethnicity, housing occupancy, education, labor force, employment, transportation, income, health insurance coverage, disability, and veteran status, for the 13 Appalachian states. Features statistics with breakdowns by 5 levels of population density. Includes data explorer options for Appalachian categories such as population and age, education, income and poverty, computer and broadband access, rural Appalachia versus rural America, and employment and commuting.
Additional links: Full Report
Author(s): Sara Srygley, Nurfadila Khairunnisa, Diana Elliott
Date: 06/2024
Type: Website
Sponsoring organizations: Appalachian Regional Commission, Population Reference Bureau
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Ending Unequal Treatment: Strategies to Achieve Equitable Health Care and Optimal Health for All
Examines racial and ethnic health inequities in health and healthcare, including discussion of enablers and barriers of health equity, changes in healthcare systems over time, approaches to health equity interventions and research, and health equity policy. Mentions rural, tribal, and indigenous populations throughout. Pages 229-233 highlight successful Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and American Indian initiatives and partnerships.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Board on Health Care Services
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Examines racial and ethnic health inequities in health and healthcare, including discussion of enablers and barriers of health equity, changes in healthcare systems over time, approaches to health equity interventions and research, and health equity policy. Mentions rural, tribal, and indigenous populations throughout. Pages 229-233 highlight successful Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and American Indian initiatives and partnerships.
Additional links: Read Online
Author(s): Board on Health Care Services
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Health Subcommittee Hearing on Improving Value-Based Care for Patients and Providers
Recording of a June 26, 2024, House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health hearing on the challenges and opportunities associated with delivering better health outcomes and Medicare savings through value-based care. Features testimony from Sarah Chouinard, Chief Medical Officer of Main Street Health, regarding value-based care delivery in rural areas.
Additional links: Sarah Chouinard, Main Street Health - Testimony
Date: 06/2024
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on Health
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Recording of a June 26, 2024, House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health hearing on the challenges and opportunities associated with delivering better health outcomes and Medicare savings through value-based care. Features testimony from Sarah Chouinard, Chief Medical Officer of Main Street Health, regarding value-based care delivery in rural areas.
Additional links: Sarah Chouinard, Main Street Health - Testimony
Date: 06/2024
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on Health
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Illinois County Cancer Incidence Projections 2022-2025
Provides projected incidence for various types of cancer by Illinois county, with data grouped according to 5-year projection counts: 2018-2022, 2019-2023, 2020-2024, and 2021-2025.
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Department of Public Health
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Provides projected incidence for various types of cancer by Illinois county, with data grouped according to 5-year projection counts: 2018-2022, 2019-2023, 2020-2024, and 2021-2025.
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Department of Public Health
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Illinois County Cancer Statistics Review Incidence, 2017-2021
Provides cancer incidence rates from 2017-2021 for individual counties in Illinois, utilizing data from the Illinois Department of Public Health and Illinois State Cancer Registry. Includes data and statistics broken down by sex, race, ethnicity, and cancer site.
Author(s): Stephen Roy, Kyle Garner, Lori Koch, Jane Fornoff
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Department of Public Health
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Provides cancer incidence rates from 2017-2021 for individual counties in Illinois, utilizing data from the Illinois Department of Public Health and Illinois State Cancer Registry. Includes data and statistics broken down by sex, race, ethnicity, and cancer site.
Author(s): Stephen Roy, Kyle Garner, Lori Koch, Jane Fornoff
Date: 06/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Department of Public Health
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