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Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategies for Rural Public Health Agencies Seeking Accreditation
Explains how public health infrastructure may dictate rural health departments' approaches to seeking accreditation.
Author(s): Michael Meit, Karen Harris, Jessica Bushar, Bhumika Piya, Maria Molfino
Date: 06/2008
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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MedPAC Report to the Congress: Reforming the Delivery System
Describes a direction for Medicare payment and delivery system reform, makes recommendations to promote primary care, and examines hospital–physician collaborative relationships. Includes rural/urban data related to skilled nursing facilities and hospice.
Date: 06/2008
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Challenges for Rural Emergency Medical Services: Medical Oversight
Examines the challenges faced by rural emergency medical service agencies in recruiting a medical director and providing medical direction for EMS personnel.
Author(s): Victoria Freeman, Rebecca Slifkin, Daniel Patterson
Date: 05/2008
Sponsoring organization: The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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Perceptions Regarding Electronic Health Record Implementation Among Health Information Management Professionals in Alabama: A Statewide Survey and Analysis
Summarizes results of a study that assessed the factors, benefits, and barriers associated with implementing an electronic health records system in Alabama's rural and urban hospitals.
Author(s): Shannon H. Houser, Lucretia A. Johnson
Citation: Perspectives in Health Information Management, 5
Date: 05/2008
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Developing Indicators to Document the Community Impact of Critical Access Hospitals
Provides an overview of a project to help Critical Access Hospitals strategically manage, monitor, and report their community impact activities.
Author(s): John A. Gale, Jennifer Lenardson, Andrew Coburn, Melanie Race
Date: 05/2008
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Rural-Urban Differences in Characteristics of Local EMS Agencies
Describes the characteristics of local rural EMS agencies and important ways that they differ from the characteristics of agencies located in urban areas.
Author(s): Victoria Freeman, Rebecca Slifkin, Daniel Patterson
Date: 05/2008
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Issues in Staffing Emergency Medical Services: A National Survey of Local Rural and Urban EMS Directors
Explores rural-urban differences in medical oversight and the recruitment and retention of emergency medical technicians and paramedics as reported by a survey of 1,425 local EMS directors.
Author(s): Victoria Freeman
Date: 05/2008
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Far From the City: Community Orientation and Responsiveness of Rural Hospitals
Reports the findings of a national study focused on variation in hospital community orientation and responsiveness across differing rural contexts.
Date: 05/2008
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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A Longitudinal Analysis of the General Surgery Workforce in the United States, 1981-2005
Examines the supply of general surgeons per capita from 1981-2005. Includes information by rural/urban location, age, and sex.
Author(s): Dana Christian Lynge, Eric H. Larson, Matthew J. Thompson
Citation: Archives of Surgery, 143(4), 345-350
Date: 04/2008
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Michigan Strategic Opportunities for Rural Health Improvement: A State Rural Health Plan 2008-2012
Assessed the health status in Michigan's rural areas based on the Michigan Rural Health Profile, Delphi Survey results, and the Michigan Strategic Opportunities for Rural Health Improvement: April 2008 - April 2012: Final Report. Identified three key rural health issues to be addressed which include: availability and accessibility to healthcare services; recruitment and retention of healthcare providers (nurses, physician assistants, dentists, physicians, and allied health); and healthy lifestyles.
Author(s): John Barnas, Lonnie Barnett, Traci Wightman, et al.
Date: 04/2008
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Center for Rural Health
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