Toolkits Search Results for: community health workers
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Added: Jul 16, 2020
Describes community paramedicine programs that focus on high utilizers and other patients who are not well-served by emergency medical service transportation to the emergency department.
...health hospitals. First responders conduct a detailed evaluation in the field to determine what type of care is needed and then transport that patient to the ED or to other partner agencies who can best...
Reviewed: Jun 4, 2019
This page provides an overview of demographic changes in the U.S. related to aging, including the percentage of older adults in rural communities.
...workers, and family caregivers often work together to provide tailored and coordinated care to older adults. Access to health care is critical for older adults to age in place. Because many retirees are choosing...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Describes how Methodist Fremont Health, a hospital in rural Dodge County, Nebraska, responded to flooding that left all roads in and out of the city inaccessible in March of 2019.
...Community Response What Happened Fremont, Nebraska On March 11, 2019, Winter Storm Ulmer, a record-breaking “bomb cyclone,” moved out of the Central Rockies, bringing hurricane-force winds with large amounts of snow and rain...
Reviewed: Jun 8, 2023
Introduction to telehealth models that help develop the rural workforce, especially through recruitment and retention.
...communities to implement alternative staffing models. Many telehealth programs allow advanced practice clinicians, technicians, and other healthcare workers to practice at the top of their license while receiving remote supervision from a physician or other...
Reviewed: May 15, 2024
Describes Sinnissippi Centers, Inc.'s program in Illinois addressing rural children's mental health.
...community presentations. In 2023, Sinnissippi Centers reported performing over 1,500 crisis evaluations for youth and adults. Most referrals were self-reported with 28% of patients reaching out personally for services. Models represented by this...
Reviewed: May 9, 2022
Provides information specific to population groups at high risk in rural areas, such as veterans, tribal communities, and farmers.
...workers. By understanding the unique challenges these groups face, rural communities and partners can tailor programs to effectively prevent suicide. Veterans Rural veterans are more likely than urban veterans to die by suicide. One reason...
Reviewed: Jun 8, 2023
Learn how rural communities are sustaining telehealth programs through reimbursement and other strategies.
...Health Resources and Services Administration's Medicare Telehealth Payment Eligibility Analyzer tool can also help communities determine their eligibility for Medicare reimbursements. CMS provides guidance to clarify reimbursement policies for Medicare fee-for-service providers...
Reviewed: May 9, 2022
Learn about school-based suicide prevention programs and how they can be used in rural communities.
...workers, or special education aides, as well as school mental health staff, should be trained in validated screening and identification measures and implement a standardized procedure for screening students for suicide risk. Individualized Interventions Individualized...
Reviewed: May 9, 2022
Learn how workforce retention can be used to help sustain a rural suicide prevention program.
...health employers often lose their trained and qualified staff to higher-paying jobs in more populated and resource-rich areas. To combat these challenges and retain both paid employees and volunteers, job satisfaction and fulfillment...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Describes how a rural hospital in Alamosa, Colorado handled an extended power outage in the middle of winter in 20201.
...workers worried about outpatient needs as well. Many community residents required electricity to power healthcare equipment used in their homes such as oxygen concentrators. Frequent communication with emergency medical services (EMS) was initiated during...