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421. Williamson Health and Wellness Center (WHWC): Community Health Worker Care Coordination Program, West Virginia - Resources - Archive
Date: 2019

Brief overview of a care coordination program using a team of community health workers, a registered nurse, and a nurse practitioner. Discusses the program's sustainability efforts, as well as key takeaways about the program. The program was funded under the Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership Grant Program from 2015-2018 and received additional philanthropic funding through a public-private partnership.

...Policy Cardiovascular disease · Care coordination · Chronic respiratory conditions · Community health workers · Diabetes · Kentucky · West Virginia...

422. Small Healthcare Provider Quality Improvement: Sourcebook, 2016-2019 - Resources - Archive
Date: Feb 2020

Detailed descriptions of 32 rural quality improvement initiatives funded through the Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement grant program during the 2016-2019 grant period. Initiatives focused on enhancing chronic disease management, increasing patient and caregiver engagement, improving quality of care, and better health outcomes.

...Office of Rural Health Policy Cardiovascular disease · Chronic disease management · Chronic respiratory conditions · Diabetes · Healthcare quality...

423. Community Paramedics Team Up with Hospitals to Reduce Readmissions - Resources
Date: Jan 2017

Describes community paramedicine pilot projects in California, one of which is rural, that are providing follow-up calls and visits to patients between 24-72 hours after hospital discharge. Features statistics including number of patients and number of readmissions within 30 days, with breakdowns by 6 diagnoses and site.

...Diabetes · Emergency medical technicians and paramedics · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

424. HIV Telehealth Collaborative Care (HIV TCC) Program - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Oct 1, 2024

The HIV Telehealth Collaborative Care (HIV TCC) program connects rural veterans living with HIV to specialists via telehealth.

...diabetes, high cholesterol, and tobacco smoking; checking bone density and renal function; and ensuring immunizations...

425. Promising Approaches to Integrating Community Health Workers into Health Systems: Four Case Studies - Resources
Date: Dec 2013

Identifies the scope of practice, supervision, financing, and the workforce standards implemented by states and employers in the development of community health worker (CHW) programs. Four case studies that include rural counties illustrate the challenges and opportunities for integrating CHWs into health systems.

...Diabetes · Health workforce education and training · Home and community-based services · Medicaid · Wellness, health promotion...

426. Chronic Disease Risk Factors Among Alaska Native and American Indian People, Alaska, 2004-2006 - Resources
Date: Jul 2010

Summary of data collected from a large population of adult American Indian/Alaska Native people in 26 Alaska communities, and comparison with U.S. overall population. Includes statistical breakdowns by sex, age group, ethnicity, weight status, and levels of cholesterol, blood glucose, and blood pressure.

...Disease, 7(4) 07/2010 Cardiovascular disease · Diabetes · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Alaska...

427. Hawai'i Island Family Medicine Residency - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Jan 29, 2024

The Hawai'i Island Family Medicine Residency (HIFMR) program uses an interprofessional team-based approach so residents learn how to care for many types of patients in many different healthcare settings.

...diabetes groups, and provide education on pharmacology. The psychology post-doc learners commit to the clinic...

428. Building Rural Environments for Active Living - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Jul 27, 2016

Built environments significantly influence community health and individual behaviors of physical activity. Rural communities may face infrastructure barriers to active living, but a little innovation can get an entire town moving. - The Rural Monitor

...diabetes and obesity, you see a growing motivation and number of grant programs for young...

429. Telehealth Brings Important Services to Rural Long-Term Care Facilities - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
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

...diabetes and their heart disease. But it's also the people that were homeless and couldn...

430. In a Maternity Desert, a New Kind of Home Visitation Program Brings Care to At-Risk Mothers - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Aug 9, 2023

Project Swaddle uses community paramedics to bring wrap-around care to pregnant and postpartum patients. - The Rural Monitor

...diabetes during visits. Since then, Project Swaddle has expanded into a mobile integrated healthcare program...