Rural Health
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Minnesota Chartbook Section 8A Health Care Providers and Service Availability: Hospitals
Provides data on Minnesota hospital capacity, services offered and their utilization, and hospital financials and community benefit. Includes information on hospital location and bed availability by region as well as rural versus urban comparisons of average length of stay, hospital admissions, inpatient days, and sources of revenue.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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Provides data on Minnesota hospital capacity, services offered and their utilization, and hospital financials and community benefit. Includes information on hospital location and bed availability by region as well as rural versus urban comparisons of average length of stay, hospital admissions, inpatient days, and sources of revenue.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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Rural Communities Leading the Way: Spreading the Word through Creative Communications
Describes the communication strategies used by Kern County Libraries in California to educate rural audiences about meal service programs, such as direct communications with families, community promotion, and online promotion.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Describes the communication strategies used by Kern County Libraries in California to educate rural audiences about meal service programs, such as direct communications with families, community promotion, and online promotion.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Interventions for Increasing Digital Equity and Access (IDEA) Among Rural Patients Who Smoke: Study Protocol for a Pragmatic Randomized Pilot Trial
Examines digital access and literacy interventions that facilitate online evidence-based smoking cessation treatment (EBCT) for rural adults. Provides methodology and components of 3 different EBCT interventions aimed at participants in a Midwestern community-based health system. Includes feedback from a rural community advisory committee (CAC) on the study protocol.
Author(s): Christi Patten, Tabetha Brockman, Sydney Kelpin, et al.
Citation: Contemporary Clinical Trials, 119, 106838
Date: 08/2022
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Examines digital access and literacy interventions that facilitate online evidence-based smoking cessation treatment (EBCT) for rural adults. Provides methodology and components of 3 different EBCT interventions aimed at participants in a Midwestern community-based health system. Includes feedback from a rural community advisory committee (CAC) on the study protocol.
Author(s): Christi Patten, Tabetha Brockman, Sydney Kelpin, et al.
Citation: Contemporary Clinical Trials, 119, 106838
Date: 08/2022
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Coroner/Medical Examiner Services in Pennsylvania
Provides information about Pennsylvania coroner/medical examiners (C/MEs), including office caseloads, funding, facilities, forensic capacity, vehicles and equipment, and staffing and training resources. Assesses how the opioid epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic affected county C/ME offices in urban and rural areas. Features statistics including deaths from COVID-19 and drug overdose from 2015-2021, with breakdowns by urban and rural counties.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Author(s): Harry D. Holt, Ramona Stone, Christina VandePol
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Pennsylvania
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Provides information about Pennsylvania coroner/medical examiners (C/MEs), including office caseloads, funding, facilities, forensic capacity, vehicles and equipment, and staffing and training resources. Assesses how the opioid epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic affected county C/ME offices in urban and rural areas. Features statistics including deaths from COVID-19 and drug overdose from 2015-2021, with breakdowns by urban and rural counties.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Author(s): Harry D. Holt, Ramona Stone, Christina VandePol
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Pennsylvania
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Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages (ACICBL) Meeting Minutes, August 26, 2022
Summarizes the Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages (ACICBL) meeting held on August 26, 2022. Includes updates from the Bureau of Health Workforce and a discussion on the Geriatric Academic Career Award program (GACA) and Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP). Includes rural references throughout.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages
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Summarizes the Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages (ACICBL) meeting held on August 26, 2022. Includes updates from the Bureau of Health Workforce and a discussion on the Geriatric Academic Career Award program (GACA) and Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP). Includes rural references throughout.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages
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Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD) Meeting Minutes, August 2, 2022
Summarizes the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD) meeting held August 2, 2022. Features updates from the Bureau of Health Workforce on the Title VII Dental Faculty Loan Repayment Program (DFLRP) and Title VII and preventive medicine, including information on the shortage of preventive medicine physicians in rural areas.
Additional links: Presentations
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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Summarizes the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD) meeting held August 2, 2022. Features updates from the Bureau of Health Workforce on the Title VII Dental Faculty Loan Repayment Program (DFLRP) and Title VII and preventive medicine, including information on the shortage of preventive medicine physicians in rural areas.
Additional links: Presentations
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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Experience in the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model: Barnes-Kasson County Hospital
Profiles Barnes-Kasson County Hospital, a Critical Access Hospital with three hospital-based Rural Health Clinics and a skilled nursing facility in Pennsylvania. Discusses the CAH's experience participating in the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model (PARHM). Describes the Barnes-Kasson transformation plan, challenges of the global budget model, peer learning and networking opportunities, and next steps.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Profiles Barnes-Kasson County Hospital, a Critical Access Hospital with three hospital-based Rural Health Clinics and a skilled nursing facility in Pennsylvania. Discusses the CAH's experience participating in the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model (PARHM). Describes the Barnes-Kasson transformation plan, challenges of the global budget model, peer learning and networking opportunities, and next steps.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Association of Rurality, Race and Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status With the Surgical Management of Colon Cancer and Postoperative Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Results of a study of 57,710 fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries 65 years or older diagnosed with colon cancer between April 2016, and September 2018, with follow-up until December 2018. Features demographics and statistics with breakdowns by metropolitan, micropolitan, or small town/rural location.
Author(s): Niveditta Ramkumar, Carrie H. Colla, Qianfei Wang, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 5(8), e2229247
Date: 08/2022
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Results of a study of 57,710 fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries 65 years or older diagnosed with colon cancer between April 2016, and September 2018, with follow-up until December 2018. Features demographics and statistics with breakdowns by metropolitan, micropolitan, or small town/rural location.
Author(s): Niveditta Ramkumar, Carrie H. Colla, Qianfei Wang, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 5(8), e2229247
Date: 08/2022
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Integrating Employment Services with Substance Use Treatment and Recovery: The Experiences of Five Programs
Reports on the experiences of 5 treatment and recovery programs that integrated employment services into their program structure. Presents key findings that highlight program differences, organizational partnerships, and necessary accommodations for people in recovery from substance use disorder (SUD). Includes case study of a community recovery program situated in rural Virginia.
Author(s): Hannah Betesh, Deena Schwartz, Shelley Rappaport, Karin Martinson
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organizations: Administration for Children and Families, Building Evidence on Employment Strategies
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Reports on the experiences of 5 treatment and recovery programs that integrated employment services into their program structure. Presents key findings that highlight program differences, organizational partnerships, and necessary accommodations for people in recovery from substance use disorder (SUD). Includes case study of a community recovery program situated in rural Virginia.
Author(s): Hannah Betesh, Deena Schwartz, Shelley Rappaport, Karin Martinson
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organizations: Administration for Children and Families, Building Evidence on Employment Strategies
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Rural Road to Recovery in Indiana: Impacts
Provides an overview of how the Indiana economy was impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergency. Discusses the impact of The Rural Road to Recovery Initiative that provided assistance to broadband, arts, housing, and agriculture sectors in rural counties of Indiana.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor
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Provides an overview of how the Indiana economy was impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergency. Discusses the impact of The Rural Road to Recovery Initiative that provided assistance to broadband, arts, housing, and agriculture sectors in rural counties of Indiana.
Date: 08/2022
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor
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