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Date: Mar 2021
Provides a reference source for Critical Access Hospital (CAH) requirements related to the final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), "Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare and Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers." Includes excerpts from the final rule as well as related CMS interpretive guidelines for CAHs. Addresses the development of an emergency plan, related policies and procedures, communications, training, and more.
...guidelines for CAHs. Addresses the development of an emergency plan, related policies and procedures, communications...
Date: Oct 23, 2026
Announces a new initiative to support recruiting and retaining nurses for rural and higher labor shortage area nursing homes through loan repayment and stipends in exchange for 3 years of employment in qualified facilities. Describes eligibility guidelines for nurses interested in the program. Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
...guidelines for nurses interested in the program. Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. --- CMS and States...
Reviewed: Feb 2026
Offers health services researchers a variety of approaches and products to help communicate research findings to their target audience. Provides general guidelines, as well as advice related to specific product types, such as fact sheets and policy briefs, and to particular methods of communication, including social media.
...guidelines, as well as advice related to specific product types, such as fact sheets and policy...
Date: Oct 2025
Examines adherence to guidelines related to statin prescriptions to treat atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Utilizes medical chart data from 20,923 ASCVD patients according to statin prescribing rates and patient demographics, including rural versus urban residence.
...guidelines related to statin prescriptions to treat atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Utilizes medical chart data...
Reviewed: May 2025
Features a catalog of tools and resources for migrant and community health centers. Includes resources such as healthcare organizations, patient education tools, clinical guidelines, and documents on primary care issues.
...guidelines, and documents on primary care issues. --- Migrant Clinicians Network: Tools and Resources Features a catalog...
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...
Date: Feb 2021
Policy brief providing an overview of challenges rural communities experience preparing for and mitigating the effects of disasters and public health emergencies. Offers guidelines and recommendations to improve rural preparedness.
...guidelines and recommendations to improve rural preparedness. --- Rural Health Preparedness Policy Brief Policy brief providing...
Date: Nov 2020
Describes the Antenatal and Neonatal Guidelines, Education, and Learning System (ANGELS) program, a high-risk pregnancy program based at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science designed to improve the ability of tertiary care facilities in the state to deliver low birthweight babies. Discusses the importance of communication between ANGELS staff and partner clinics and the role of telehealth services for specialty care.
...Guidelines, Education, and Learning System (ANGELS) program, a high-risk pregnancy program based at the University...
Date: Jul 2017
Presents strategies for implementing antibiotic stewardship programs in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Includes examples of improved antibiotic-use strategies and guidelines for the prescribing physician, nurses, and pharmacists.
...guidelines for the prescribing physician, nurses, and pharmacists. --- Implementation of Antibiotic Stewardship Core Elements at Small...
Date: Jul 12, 2017
Colorectal cancer stands out as a cancer with increased incidence and mortality rates in rural areas – rates that are likely influenced by lack of screening. Using different approaches, two rural healthcare organizations in Idaho and Kentucky show how they are saving lives by improving colorectal cancer screening rates in their communities. - The Rural Monitor
...guidelines." Dr. Van Breeding, Director of Clinical Services at Mountain Comprehensive Health Corporation in rural...