Website Search Results for: guidelines
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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...
Reviewed: May 15, 2024
Learn how the crisis response systems model can improve access to rural mental health services.
...Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care identify three core elements of a crisis response system...
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: 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: Dec 2012
Discusses the short-term policy implications of proposed changes to the designation and payment guidelines for small rural hospitals. Focuses on proposed changes to rural Medicare payments for hospitals and physicians, as well as a proposal to change the CAH distance requirements.
...guidelines for small rural hospitals. Focuses on proposed changes to rural Medicare payments for hospitals...
Date: Apr 2015
Provides guidelines for the integration of community health workers (CHWs) into community based chronic disease prevention programs. Includes examples from a variety of CHW programs, some of which serve rural communities.
...guidelines for the integration of community health workers (CHWs) into community based chronic disease prevention...
Reviewed: Dec 12, 2025
Outlines prevention and early intervention models for rural substance use disorder programs.
...Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain outlines the risks and benefits of prescription opioids and offers...
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...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Learn about legal and ethical issues to consider related to emergency preparedness and response in rural areas.
...guidelines for handling controlled substances and medical countermeasures, including registration with the U.S. Drug Enforcement...
Date: Sep 2004
Describes quality improvement efforts in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) based on a 2004 survey of 474 CAH administrators. Includes data on the use of clinical guidelines and quality measures in CAHs, and the role of Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs).
...guidelines and quality measures in CAHs, and the role of Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs...