Website Search Results for: guidelines
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Date: Feb 2022
Results of a study examining the extent to which EMS professionals perform skills that correspond to their credential levels, and determining whether there are variations in adherence to guidelines between agencies serving rural or urban populations and agencies with unpaid versus paid staffing models. Examines credentials for emergency medical responders, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs, and paramedics, and uses data from EMS encounters in 2018 from 1,056 EMS agencies nationally. Features statistics on various procedures and predictors of performing a procedure within the scope of practice model, with breakdowns by 4 levels of population density.
...guidelines between agencies serving rural or urban populations and agencies with unpaid versus paid staffing...
Reviewed: Oct 2025
Presents interpretive guidelines clarifying statutory and regulatory requirements for home health agencies.
...guidelines clarifying statutory and regulatory requirements for home health agencies. --- State Operations Manual Appendix B - Guidance...
Date: Aug 2020
Presents the National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care Best Practices Toolkit and a number of companion papers on crisis care. Toolkit highlights best practices for crisis care and the papers discuss a number of related topics, including homelessness, substance use, opioid-related deaths, and rural and frontier areas, among other issues.
...Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care Best Practices Toolkit and a number of companion papers...
Date: Jan 2022
Profiles St. Charles Madras Hospital, a Critical Access Hospital in Jefferson County, Oregon. Discusses the hospital's efforts to establish cultural competence through the implementation of components of evidence-based guidelines to improve the American Indian and Hispanic or Latino patient experiences.
...guidelines to improve the American Indian and Hispanic or Latino patient experiences. --- Advancing Transcultural Care...
Date: Jul 2021
Results of a study of 10,246 physicians to compare the association of clinical knowledge with opioid prescribing from the years 2009-2011 with 2015-2017, when guidelines shifted away from opioid prescribing. Features demographic statistics with breakdowns by rural location.
...guidelines shifted away from opioid prescribing. Features demographic statistics with breakdowns by rural location. --- Clinical...
Date: Jan 2025
Examines trends in prescription opioid use among Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas, utilizing 2010-2017 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) data. Provides data on receipt of opioid prescriptions among community-dwelling and facility-dwelling beneficiaries, associations between prescribing and chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPCs), and prescriptions exceeding CDC guidelines. Includes rural-urban comparisons.
...guidelines. Includes rural-urban comparisons. --- Opioid Use among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Examines trends in prescription...
Reviewed: Oct 2025
Provides details and interpretive guidelines clarifying the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) survey and certification processes.
...guidelines clarifying the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) survey and certification processes. --- State Operations Manual Appendix...
Reviewed: Feb 2026
Provides an overview of the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designation scoring criteria, as well as Maternity Care Target Areas (MCTAs). Covers additional criteria and guidelines specific to each of the three types of designations: primary care, dental and mental health. Also covers scoring criteria for the Medically Underserved Area and Medically Underserved Population (MUA/P) designation.
...guidelines specific to each of the three types of designations: primary care, dental and mental...
Date: Aug 2017
Discusses elements needed for a rural transportation voucher program. Identifies key players and examines ways to develop partnerships, acquire funding, develop policies, and publicize programs. Includes appendices with statistics on sample programs in 10 states, policy guidelines, a sample workbook, and transportation resources.
...guidelines, a sample workbook, and transportation resources. --- Toolkit for Operating a Rural Transportation Voucher Program...
Date: Feb 2015
Presents an analysis of a survey of low-income uninsured patients in rural and urban areas who received financial help for a colonoscopy in a primary care clinic to identify any significant relationships between limited health literacy, communication skills, and adherence to colorectal cancer screening guidelines.
...guidelines. --- The Role of Health Literacy and Communication Habits on Previous Colorectal Cancer Screening among...