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Added November 15, 2024

Minnesota Capacity of Nursing Facilities that Close
Discusses bed availability and capacity of nursing home facilities in rural Minnesota. Provides data on both open and closed nursing home facilities according to entirely rural, town/rural mix, urban/town/rural mix, or entirely urban location.
Author(s): Kelly Asche
Date: 11/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
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National Pediatric Readiness Quality Initiative
Offers resources to measure and improve pediatric emergency care delivery, focusing on community, rural, and Critical Access Hospitals and free-standing emergency departments. Allows participating organizations to compare their performance to similar facilities. Free registration is required to participate.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Pediatric Readiness Project
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Oklahoma Maternal Health Morbidity and Mortality Annual Report 2024
Report of maternal morbidity and mortality outcomes in Oklahoma including an overview of Oklahoma women's health. Highlights recent trends and breaks down data by demographics such as race and ethnicity, educational attainment, age, rurality, and more. Offers recommendations to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality statewide. Appendix discusses challenges with accurate data for American Indian and Alaska Native people.
Date: 2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Oklahoma Maternal Health Task Force, Oklahoma State Department of Health
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Rural Health Clinic: 2025 National Patient Safety Goals
Identifies National Patient Safety Goals for the Joint Commission's Rural Health Clinic Accreditation Program. Covers patient identification, medication safety, infection prevention, and more. Effective January 1, 2025.
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Joint Commission
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Rural Health Success Stories
Highlights USDA Rural Development-funded programs in each region of the United States. Highlights healthcare facilities and other uses of community development funding in Arizona, Maine, Louisiana, and South Dakota.
Date: 11/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Rural Development
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Tele-Collaborative Outreach to Rural Patients with Chronic Pain: Pragmatic Effectiveness Trial Protocol for the CORPs Study
Presents a trial protocol to examine the effectiveness of the Tele-Collaborative Outreach to Rural Patients (CORPs), a remote collaborative care intervention to improve pain interference among rural veterans with high-impact chronic pain. The intervention will be delivered through Veterans Health Administration (VA) system and will include pain education, care coordination, and navigation support provided by a nurse care manager (NCM). Discusses program implementation, evaluation, and cost-effectiveness.
Author(s): Benjamin J Morasco, Natassja Pal, Sarah S Ono, et al.
Citation: Pain Medicine, 25, S91-S98
Date: 11/2024
Type: Document
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Telehealth: 2025 National Patient Safety Goals
Identifies National Patient Safety Goals for the Joint Commission's Telehealth Accreditation Program. Covers patient and resident identification, caregiver communication, medication safety, suicide prevention, healthcare equity, and more. Effective January 1, 2025.
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Joint Commission
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Telemedicine Use Among Adults With and Without Diagnosed Prediabetes or Diabetes, National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2021 and 2022
Examines telemedicine usage among adults with prediabetes, diabetes, or no diabetes diagnosis. Utilizes 2021-2022 National Health Interview Survey data to examine telemedicine usage and diabetes diagnoses according to sex, age, race/ethnicity, education, family income, health insurance, rural versus urban residence, and U.S. Census region.
Author(s): Ibrahim Zaganjor, Ryan Saelee, Stephen Onufrak, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 11/2024
Type: Document
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USDA Rural Development Rural Health: What We Do
Presents an overview of USDA Rural Development funding for rural health in fiscal year 2024. Covers telehealth and broadband, rural facilities, economic development, housing, infrastructure, mental health and substance use, and emergency medical services.
Date: 11/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Rural Development
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USDA Rural Health Liaison
Provides an overview of the USDA Rural Health Liaison (RHL) position and details RHL accomplishments in 2024, including contributions to USDA Rural Development outreach, coordination, and collaboration with partners and communities.
Date: 11/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Rural Development
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