Website Search Results for: social determinants of health
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Added: Nov 14, 2022
Describes how the Petersburg Medical Center Caldwell, a Critical Access Hospital on Mitkof Island in southeastern Alaska, activated crisis standards of care due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the fall of 2021.
...determined decision about how they would use emergency COVID relief funding. As Hofstetter explained: “We took our COVID funds that we were able to get, and we just directly extended it out to our services...
Date: Jul 15, 2020
Advance care planning — planning for decision-making in times of medical crisis — has always been intended for all people, all ages, with or without a chronic disease. Clinicians talk about the challenges of these conversations now that COVID-19 has nudged planning from the realm of the theoretical future to current reality. - The Rural Monitor
...determine what medical problems are happening and what's going on in that respect." Dr. William Vandivier. Dr. William Vandivier, a pulmonologist and critical care physician at the University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus, shared...
Reviewed: Sep 12, 2023
Provides resources and answers frequently asked questions regarding the requirements and benefits of the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) program. Addresses how to become a RHC, reimbursement, staffing requirements, patient characteristics, the differences between RHCs and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and more.
...Determined . Can Rural Health Clinics be certified as Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs)? Yes, RHCs are eligible to pursue PCMH recognition. The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is a healthcare delivery model that requires...
Date: Apr 17, 2019
Wildfires. Child abuse. Sexual assault. The negative and ongoing effects of these experiences are the reason communities and medical providers are using an approach called trauma-informed care. This article features ways trauma is understood and treated in a rural community, a Wyoming pediatrician's clinic, and for nurses providing assault exams. - The Rural Monitor
...social services, and other agencies across the county, the Health Leadership Network made sure entities with the potential of treating trauma victims were on the same page. In addition, healthcare facilities across the county have...
Reviewed: Jun 5, 2024
Provides an overview of EMS and trauma services in rural areas. Answers frequently asked questions about funding, equipment, training, recruitment, continuing education, trauma systems, trauma care, and other topics relating to rural EMS.
...determine the level of EMS response wanted by the community and how those services would be financially supported by the community. The 2023 document A Consensus Panel Approach to Estimating the Start-Up and Annual...
Reviewed: Jan 10, 2025
Examines policy, economics, planning challenges, health professional shortage areas, and other issues related to the rural healthcare workforce. These include supply and demand, distribution and characteristics of the workforce, licensure, certification, and scope of practice issues, and policies that can be used to improve the rural healthcare workforce.
...determine HPSAs. Where are HPSAs located in rural areas? According to State of the Primary Care Workforce, 2024 , 66.5% of primary care HPSAs are in rural areas. The following maps show designated HPSAs for primary...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Shares how a rural community in Nebraska responded to an ethanol plant disaster that released toxic chemical waste into the environment in 2021.
...determine whether they have detectable amounts of neonic-related toxins in their bloodstream or urinalysis results. This data will be collected for broader analysis, and it will also be reported back to individuals for their...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Describes how the Caldwell County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management responded to a hot air balloon crash resulting in mass fatalities in Maxwell, Texas in July of 2016.
...determined the response would need additional resources. He contacted a private autopsy firm located in the county seat, Lockhart, which is 10 minutes away from Maxwell. The private ME arrived at the accident site...
Date: Apr 8, 2020
In the past five years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delivered two reports to Congress concerning traumatic brain injury. Concussions, or mild traumatic brain injuries, are common. With perspectives gained from their varied roles, five experts share information on concussions in rural America. - The Rural Monitor
...determine an injury's severity. Typically, for a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), the loss of consciousness will be less than 30 minutes and memory loss for around 24 hours or less. Brain injury...
Date: May 4, 2022
A new library initiative in Texas and an established crisis line in Georgia are bringing mental health services directly to rural residents through teams of lay mental health workers and mental health professionals. - The Rural Monitor
...social capital and creativity. Two programs — a new library initiative in Texas and an established crisis line in Georgia — are employing strategies to bring mental health services directly to the people in need by building...