Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Emergency medical services
State Initiatives Funded by the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program
Explores activities funded by the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex Program) in the previous two years to strengthen the rural health care infrastructure. Discusses which activities were considered most successful by State Flex Coordinators.
Additional links: Policy Brief, December 2007
Author(s): John Gale, Jennifer Lenardson, Walt Gregg, et al.
Date: 10/2007
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Explores activities funded by the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex Program) in the previous two years to strengthen the rural health care infrastructure. Discusses which activities were considered most successful by State Flex Coordinators.
Additional links: Policy Brief, December 2007
Author(s): John Gale, Jennifer Lenardson, Walt Gregg, et al.
Date: 10/2007
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Ambulance Providers: Costs and Expected Medicare Margins Vary Greatly
Examines the differences in providers' costs of ambulance transports in 2004 and factors that contributed to these differences. Includes information for urban, rural, and super-rural areas.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 05/2007
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Examines the differences in providers' costs of ambulance transports in 2004 and factors that contributed to these differences. Includes information for urban, rural, and super-rural areas.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 05/2007
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Future of Emergency Care: Dissemination Workshop Summaries
Summarizes the proceedings of three one-day regional dissemination workshops, conducted in Salt Lake City, UT; Chicago, IL; and New Orleans, LA. Topics include pediatric emergency care and care in rural areas; workforce issues and hospital efficiency; and EMS issues and disaster preparedness.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2007
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Summarizes the proceedings of three one-day regional dissemination workshops, conducted in Salt Lake City, UT; Chicago, IL; and New Orleans, LA. Topics include pediatric emergency care and care in rural areas; workforce issues and hospital efficiency; and EMS issues and disaster preparedness.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2007
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Community-Based Needs Assessment: Assisting Communities in Building a Stronger EMS System
Outlines a community planning process for rural EMS systems that that engages local stakeholders to facilitate appropriate planning and decision-making at the local level.
Date: 2007
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Outlines a community planning process for rural EMS systems that that engages local stakeholders to facilitate appropriate planning and decision-making at the local level.
Date: 2007
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Future of Emergency Care Series: Emergency Medical Services: At the Crossroads
Part one in a series of three reports from the Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System. Examines pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS). Discusses issues specific to rural EMS and the rural EMS workforce.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2007
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Part one in a series of three reports from the Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System. Examines pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS). Discusses issues specific to rural EMS and the rural EMS workforce.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2007
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Future of Emergency Care Series: Emergency Care for Children: Growing Pains
Part two in a series of three reports from the Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System. Examines pediatric emergency and trauma care. This report is also a follow-up to the 1993 report Emergency Medical Services for Children. Discusses issues related to rural pediatric emergency and trauma care.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2007
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Part two in a series of three reports from the Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System. Examines pediatric emergency and trauma care. This report is also a follow-up to the 1993 report Emergency Medical Services for Children. Discusses issues related to rural pediatric emergency and trauma care.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2007
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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A Review of State Flex Program Plans, 2004-2005
Examines the objectives and project activities proposed by states in their Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex Program) grant applications for Fiscal Year 2004 to strengthen the rural healthcare infrastructure in their states.
Author(s): Stephenie Loux, John Gale, Anush Yousefian, Andrew Coburn, Walter Gregg
Date: 03/2006
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Examines the objectives and project activities proposed by states in their Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex Program) grant applications for Fiscal Year 2004 to strengthen the rural healthcare infrastructure in their states.
Author(s): Stephenie Loux, John Gale, Anush Yousefian, Andrew Coburn, Walter Gregg
Date: 03/2006
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Model Trauma System Planning and Evaluation
Designed to provide trauma care direction to trauma care professionals, including public health officials and health care policy experts, when developing and evaluating trauma systems.
Additional links: Trauma System Self-Assessment Supplemental Tool: Benchmarks, Indicators, and Scoring
Date: 02/2006
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Designed to provide trauma care direction to trauma care professionals, including public health officials and health care policy experts, when developing and evaluating trauma systems.
Additional links: Trauma System Self-Assessment Supplemental Tool: Benchmarks, Indicators, and Scoring
Date: 02/2006
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Rural Health Research in Progress in the Rural Health Research Centers Program, 10th Edition
Summarizes rural health services research conducted by the Rural Health Research Centers Program of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.
Date: 02/2006
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Summarizes rural health services research conducted by the Rural Health Research Centers Program of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.
Date: 02/2006
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Activities Funded by the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
Describes the EMS-related projects that states proposed to conduct in fiscal year 2004-2005 as part of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program.
Date: 02/2006
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Describes the EMS-related projects that states proposed to conduct in fiscal year 2004-2005 as part of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program.
Date: 02/2006
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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