Website Search Results for: guidelines
309 webpages matched your search. Here are matches 181 - 190:
Reviewed: Mar 27, 2026
Provides resources and information on the impact of chronic disease in rural areas, as well as prevention and treatment strategies. Highlights specific chronic diseases, including heart disease and stroke, diabetes, chronic respiratory conditions, arthritis, HIV/AIDS, and obesity.
...guidelines for providers, and educational materials for patients. In recent years, clusters/outbreaks of HIV related...
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Scholarships for nurse practitioners working to pursue a post-master's certificate as a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner.
...guidelines is available on the program website . Applicants should contact the VHCF program manager to start...
Reviewed: May 9, 2022
Learn about school-based suicide prevention policies and procedures and how they can be used in rural communities.
...guidelines schools can use to develop suicide prevention policies. The model policy covers topics such...
Date: Aug 31, 2022
A skilled nursing facility in New Hampshire and national experts share the benefits telehealth services can bring to the residents and staff of rural long-term care facilities as well as the challenges some facilities face in providing these services. - The Rural Monitor
...guidelines, toolkits, and best practices for using telehealth with older adults. Archbald-Pannone said it's important...
Date: Aug 11, 2021
"Swing bed" is that oft-heard phrase describing not a physical hospital bed, but post-acute care for the rural patient who is well enough to leave the acute care hospital but not well enough to be safe at home. In this 2-part story, experts and hospital administrators review the swing bed program's historical implementation and provide stories and examples of the value this over 40-year-old healthcare delivery and reimbursement model brings to patients, to the hospitals providing their care, and ultimately to rural communities. - The Rural Monitor
...guidelines for swing beds in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), "a 'swing-bed' is a change...
Date: Oct 4, 2023
Rural hospitals are becoming increasingly vulnerable to attempts to penetrate information systems to create havoc, steal data, or hold information "hostage" for a monetary ransom. Two Critical Access Hospital leaders discuss attacks at their organizations and how they are working to prevent future attacks. An information technology compliance expert also highlights actions organizations can take to better protect themselves from cyber-attacks. - The Rural Monitor
...guidelines, practices, and methodologies to strengthen the healthcare and public health (HPH) sector's cybersecurity...
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
...guidelines on the topic. While practicing in rural South Dakota in a group of six family...
Added: Mar 3, 2026
Building Resilient Families Project was a five-year initiative to help FQHCs and home visiting programs in rural Yuba County, California, reduce smoking rates.
...guidelines Supported adoption of comprehensive tobacco-free policies for campus operations, human resources procedures, and patient...
Date: May 3, 2017
From over-the-counter medication use, to decisions about personal or family disease treatments, health literacy impacts the most everyday of health decisions. But, distance and internet connectivity challenges make it difficult for rural residents to get health information. To navigate health information gaps, school nurses, newspapers, public libraries, churches, public health departments, and hub-and-spoke academic institutions are working in creative ways. - The Rural Monitor
...guidelines about word choice and plain language are now second nature to patient care at their...
Reviewed: May 21, 2024
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center created Health Extension Regional Offices (HEROs) whose agents link people in rural communities to local health and social services.
...guidelines in cardiovascular disease prevention. HERO agents are paid, full-time employees. Their payment source...