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Emerging LTSS Issues in Indian Country: Alzheimer's and Dementia
Presents a report on Alzheimer's disease in Native American communities. Looks at available data and makes recommendations for potential future research. Highlights Wisconsin's Tribal Dementia Care Program as a model for culturally competent memory care.
Date: 05/2016
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Presents a report on Alzheimer's disease in Native American communities. Looks at available data and makes recommendations for potential future research. Highlights Wisconsin's Tribal Dementia Care Program as a model for culturally competent memory care.
Date: 05/2016
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Utilization of Telemedicine Among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries
Demonstrates the trends in the use of telemedicine utilization by rural Medicare beneficiaries between 2004 and 2013. Data is derived from Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes or telemedicine-specific codes, using Medicare's definition for rural. Includes a table comparing patient characteristics for Medicare beneficiaries with and without a telemedicine visit in 2013.
Author(s): Ateev Mehrotra, Anupam B. Jena, Alisa B. Busch, et al.
Citation: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 315(18), 2015–2016
Date: 05/2016
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Demonstrates the trends in the use of telemedicine utilization by rural Medicare beneficiaries between 2004 and 2013. Data is derived from Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes or telemedicine-specific codes, using Medicare's definition for rural. Includes a table comparing patient characteristics for Medicare beneficiaries with and without a telemedicine visit in 2013.
Author(s): Ateev Mehrotra, Anupam B. Jena, Alisa B. Busch, et al.
Citation: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 315(18), 2015–2016
Date: 05/2016
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Pender Community Hospital Surpassing Project Goals
Explains how Pender Community Hospital (PCH), a 21-bed Critical Access Hospital (CAH) located in Pender, Nebraska, improved its financial and operational performance through the Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project. Focuses discussion on relocating the clinic, enhancing retail pharmacy and swing bed services, increasing marketing efforts, and restructuring therapy programs.
Date: 05/2016
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Explains how Pender Community Hospital (PCH), a 21-bed Critical Access Hospital (CAH) located in Pender, Nebraska, improved its financial and operational performance through the Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project. Focuses discussion on relocating the clinic, enhancing retail pharmacy and swing bed services, increasing marketing efforts, and restructuring therapy programs.
Date: 05/2016
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Assessing Fidelity of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Rural VA Clinics: Design of a Randomized Implementation Effectiveness (Hybrid Type III) Trial
Reports on a study to redesign the CALM (coordinated anxiety learning and management) tool for cognitive behavioral therapy to meet the needs of mental health clinicians working in Veteran Affairs (VA) community-based outpatient clinics (CBOC) treating rural veterans. Also assesses the best method for future implementation of the CALM tool among mental health providers in rural VA CBOCs.
Author(s): Michael A. Cucciare, Geoffrey M. Curran, Michelle G. Craske, et al.
Citation: Implementation Science, 11(65)
Date: 05/2016
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Reports on a study to redesign the CALM (coordinated anxiety learning and management) tool for cognitive behavioral therapy to meet the needs of mental health clinicians working in Veteran Affairs (VA) community-based outpatient clinics (CBOC) treating rural veterans. Also assesses the best method for future implementation of the CALM tool among mental health providers in rural VA CBOCs.
Author(s): Michael A. Cucciare, Geoffrey M. Curran, Michelle G. Craske, et al.
Citation: Implementation Science, 11(65)
Date: 05/2016
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How Are Migrant Health Centers and Their Patients Faring Under the Affordable Care Act?
An analysis of the population characteristics of migrant and seasonal agricultural workers (MSAW) and their dependents, the changes over time in the MSAW population served by federally funded community health centers, and the effect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid expansion on federally funded migrant health centers.
Author(s): Jessica Sharac, Rachel Gunsalus, Chi Tran, Peter Shin, Sara Rosenbaum
Date: 05/2016
Sponsoring organizations: Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health, RCHN Community Health Foundation
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An analysis of the population characteristics of migrant and seasonal agricultural workers (MSAW) and their dependents, the changes over time in the MSAW population served by federally funded community health centers, and the effect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid expansion on federally funded migrant health centers.
Author(s): Jessica Sharac, Rachel Gunsalus, Chi Tran, Peter Shin, Sara Rosenbaum
Date: 05/2016
Sponsoring organizations: Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health, RCHN Community Health Foundation
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The Communities That Care Coalition Model for Improving Community Health through Clinical-Community Partnerships: A Population Health Case Report
Discussion paper featuring a community coalition in rural western Massachusetts focused on supporting youth well-being and reducing youth substance use. Describes the initiative and the partners involved, including clinicians and public health. Discusses how the Communities That Care Coalition works within a network of local coalitions, including acting as the prevention arm of the region's Opioid Task Force.
Author(s): Jeanette Voas, Katherine Allen, Ruth Potee
Date: 05/2016
Sponsoring organization: National Academy of Medicine
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Discussion paper featuring a community coalition in rural western Massachusetts focused on supporting youth well-being and reducing youth substance use. Describes the initiative and the partners involved, including clinicians and public health. Discusses how the Communities That Care Coalition works within a network of local coalitions, including acting as the prevention arm of the region's Opioid Task Force.
Author(s): Jeanette Voas, Katherine Allen, Ruth Potee
Date: 05/2016
Sponsoring organization: National Academy of Medicine
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Food Security Among Hispanic Adults in the United States, 2011-2014
Analyzes the magnitude of food insecurity across diverse Hispanic adults in the U.S. using 2011-2014 data derived from the Current Population Survey's Food Security Supplement, an annual survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. Provides demographic data regarding ethnicity, immigration status, income, employment, educational attainment, and metropolitan/nonmetropolitan residence status.
Additional links: Report Summary
Author(s): Matthew P. Rabbitt, Michael D. Smith, Alisha Coleman-Jensen
Date: 05/2016
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Analyzes the magnitude of food insecurity across diverse Hispanic adults in the U.S. using 2011-2014 data derived from the Current Population Survey's Food Security Supplement, an annual survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. Provides demographic data regarding ethnicity, immigration status, income, employment, educational attainment, and metropolitan/nonmetropolitan residence status.
Additional links: Report Summary
Author(s): Matthew P. Rabbitt, Michael D. Smith, Alisha Coleman-Jensen
Date: 05/2016
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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2015 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Chartbook on Access to Health Care
Summarizes and illustrates trends across measures of access to healthcare using data from the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report. Includes a chart displaying the distribution of trauma center utilization by geographic location, including rural areas.
Date: 05/2016
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Summarizes and illustrates trends across measures of access to healthcare using data from the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report. Includes a chart displaying the distribution of trauma center utilization by geographic location, including rural areas.
Date: 05/2016
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Innovation in Rural Health Care: Contemporary Efforts to Transform into High Performance Systems
Provides themes and strategies focused on reducing the challenges related to healthcare innovation in rural areas based on discussions with rural and frontier innovators held September 2013 and July 2015. Includes a brief summary of programs and interventions developed by the rural and frontier organizations participating in these discussions.
Date: 05/2016
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Provides themes and strategies focused on reducing the challenges related to healthcare innovation in rural areas based on discussions with rural and frontier innovators held September 2013 and July 2015. Includes a brief summary of programs and interventions developed by the rural and frontier organizations participating in these discussions.
Date: 05/2016
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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How the Great Recession Changed U.S. Migration Patterns
Examines changes in county-level net migration due to the recession and housing crisis. Compares net migration during the pre-recession years, 2004-2007, to those during the recession, 2007-2010. Also compares the recession period to the post-recession years, 2010-2014. Includes maps showing migration trends by county. Figure 4 looks at migration by metro/non-metro status. Part of the publication series Population Trends in Post-Recession Rural America.
Author(s): Kenneth M. Johnson, Katherine J. Curtis, David Egan-Robertson
Date: 05/2016
Sponsoring organization: Applied Population Laboratory
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Examines changes in county-level net migration due to the recession and housing crisis. Compares net migration during the pre-recession years, 2004-2007, to those during the recession, 2007-2010. Also compares the recession period to the post-recession years, 2010-2014. Includes maps showing migration trends by county. Figure 4 looks at migration by metro/non-metro status. Part of the publication series Population Trends in Post-Recession Rural America.
Author(s): Kenneth M. Johnson, Katherine J. Curtis, David Egan-Robertson
Date: 05/2016
Sponsoring organization: Applied Population Laboratory
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