Rural Monitor Search Results for: rural referral center
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Date: Jun 13, 2018
The Oregon Washington Health Network and the Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center are addressing behavioral health challenges through peer counselors and heart disease/cancer prevention through community education. In addition, they're collaborating with local healthcare facilities and medical schools to improve recruitment and retention. - The Rural Monitor
...Center. Yellowhawk is owned and governed by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) and serves eligible patients in the rural Oregon counties of Morrow, Umatilla, and Union and the rural Washington county...
Date: Jul 26, 2023
In response to rising rates of overdose death and injection-related disease, rural organizers across the country are testing innovative harm reduction strategies to expand potentially life-saving services to some of the most at-risk members of their communities. - The Rural Monitor
...Center provides free support to harm reduction organizers across the country, including assistance navigating legal barriers. "Don't Be Shy" It's not all barriers and bad news for rural harm reductionists. Despite significant challenges...
Date: Oct 23, 2024
Maternal deaths have increased in the U.S., with half of those deaths occurring in the year after childbirth. In many rural communities, accessing necessary postpartum care has become increasingly difficult. - The Rural Monitor
...centers visit hospitals without maternity units to provide on-site care. In the meantime, the network is turning its attention toward what has emerged as the most pressing concern for perinatal women in rural Maine...
Date: May 31, 2017
Public agencies and private non-profit groups have mutual interests in improving the health of rural Americans. The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy and philanthropy organizations worked together to create a unique funding opportunity, the Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership Program. Two health care organizations and their philanthropy partners share how coordinated efforts benefit patients with diabetes, congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. - The Rural Monitor
...Rural Policy Research Institute (report no longer available online), care coordination is "a deliberate and planned approach to meeting the… needs of patients and families, and when done well, it is built into policies, procedures...
Date: Apr 28, 2015
The Director of the Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health (ORH) discusses the Veterans Choice Program and other VA activities underway to connect rural veterans to the healthcare services they need. - The Rural Monitor
...Centered Community Care and Veterans Access, Choice, & Accountability Act (no longer available online). From my perspective, the ultimate benefit is about veterans having the choice to obtain care in their local community in coordination with...
Date: Nov 14, 2018
Age and health status shouldn't be barriers to advance care planning. Advocates share that proactive discussions now can impact the ease of future decision-making about personal healthcare needs. - The Rural Monitor
...referral for a rural patient," she said. "We had the patient's address and a good map, but even an hour past the appointment time, we still hadn't located the patient's home. Then...
Date: Dec 12, 2018
For many rural Americans, distance to a specialty healthcare center hundreds of miles away makes for a long, uncomfortable, and expensive trip. In the past several decades, dozens of charitable flight services have cropped up to transport rural veterans, cancer patients, the chronically ill, and even abused children to treatment. - The Rural Monitor
...centers in Hays, Kansas, and Glenwood Springs, Colorado, are interested in partnering to provide free flights to patients without insurance. "So, we're close," Langland confirmed. "There is no shortage of air ambulance companies...
Date: Nov 16, 2022
Palliative care, designed to treat the symptoms of a serious illness at any stage of diagnosis, is associated with better outcomes like higher patient satisfaction. Despite these benefits, many people in rural communities cannot access these services or don't know what palliative care is. The South Dakota Palliative Care Network is working to increase knowledge of palliative care among rural healthcare professionals, nursing students, and community members. - The Rural Monitor
...referrals are needed, know where the specialty palliative care providers are located. "In those communities, we've been able to really provide that education around 'What is palliative care?'" Berke said. "It's really hard...
Date: Aug 26, 2020
From decreasing stigma to increasing treatment access and the impact of COVID-19, experts and rural healthcare organizations speak out on alcohol use and misuse in rural America. - The Rural Monitor
...Center created an in-depth toolkit to reduce stigma surrounding substance misuse. Additionally, the National Institute on Drug Abuse offers a language use guide , pointing out that "although some language that may be considered stigmatizing...
Date: Apr 29, 2020
COVID-19 physical distancing measures impact vulnerable populations, including rural children experiencing maltreatment and those living in situations of intimate partner violence. Clinicians and other experts said community awareness, frank discussions, and changing service delivery approaches can make a difference. - The Rural Monitor
...center's work specifically emphasizes the multidisciplinary team approach to child maltreatment. Newlin talked about the power of local voices, such as those of community leaders, during the current restrictions. "Yes, we have...