Rural Monitor Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: Jul 24, 2024
For decades, community health workers (CHWs) provided their services outside usual healthcare reimbursement models. In recent years, with research supporting CHWs as professionals effectively assisting patients with navigating health-related social determinants, federal and private payers are exploring reimbursement mechanisms. Four rural healthcare organizations share both the impact and the continued sustainability challenges — and successes — of their CHW programs. - The Rural Monitor
...health screenings and topic-specific health education Outreach and enrollment specialist Provides information for needed resources and program enrollment assistance Community organizer/capacity builder Provides community coordination for designated issues Source: Community Health Workers...
Date: Mar 15, 2017
Oral health training programs are equipping Community Health Workers on Navajo Nation, Texas colonias, and Maryland's Appalachian communities to improve access to dental care and teach people how to take care of their teeth. - The Rural Monitor
...Community Health Workers Get Trained to Reduce Oral Health Disparities - The Rural Monitor --- Oral health...
Date: Jan 10, 2018
Dr. Art Kaufman discusses the Health Extension Rural Offices (HEROs) model, how he is helping promote the use of community health workers, and his work with the University of New Mexico's World Health Organization Collaborating Center. - The Rural Monitor
...Health. Today, public health is becoming a stronger ally as we both struggle to address health inequities in our state. How are community health workers...
Date: Feb 21, 2024
CommHIT, a nonprofit based at the Kennedy Space Center, has worked at the intersection of rural health and technology for over a decade. Now, as an awardee of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network (RPHWTN) grant program, the organization is assisting Florida partners with workforce development initiatives and technology-related training programs. - The Rural Monitor
...health organizations address workforce shortages, and bolster digital literacy and security by focusing on the development of health technology, community paramedicine, and community health workers...
Date: Aug 17, 2022
A partnership between a Federally Qualified Health Center and the local ambulance district in Washington County, Missouri lets chronically ill patients access preventive care from the comfort of home. - The Rural Monitor
...health center, the county's ambulance district, and a nearby community college lets community paramedics and community health workers...
Date: May 16, 2018
Across the country, recruitment and retention challenges are common for rural healthcare entities providing post-acute care. Healthcare leaders share practical examples that have created incentive for staff to join, and stay on, their healthcare teams. - The Rural Monitor
...Health Care Association Staffing Report (no longer available online). Recruitment and retention challenges are common across rural healthcare entities providing PAC. Empowering and training staff, maximizing community partnerships, involving community health workers...
Date: Mar 17, 2021
With federal funds supporting its implementation in Oklahoma's Marshallese community, a Community Health Worker model exemplifies how culturally sensitive education can improve healthcare access, health literacy, and health outcomes. - The Rural Monitor
...Community - The Rural Monitor --- With federal funds supporting its implementation in Oklahoma's Marshallese community, a Community Health Worker...
Date: Oct 23, 2019
A new diagnosis of cancer? Of a rare disease? Or a chronic medical problem with seemingly no new treatment? The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences is supporting investigators and ensuring that their cutting-edge science gets to the people who need it. Translational science teams in Arkansas, Florida and Washington are making that happen in the rural areas of their states. - The Rural Monitor
...communities, rural and urban alike, the team has developed longstanding relationships with community leaders, non-profit organizations, and with rural health organizations, including the Tri County Rural Health Network and the Arkansas Community Health Worker...
Date: Oct 20, 2021
A common health condition, epilepsy impacts rural populations in many ways, including the ability to drive. Medical and public health experts join an advocacy organization to review the condition's impact and outline rural management approaches — including seizure first aid. - The Rural Monitor
...Community Health Worker Curriculum Understanding the rural role of community health workers (CHWs) in addressing...
Date: Dec 27, 2017
The year's most-read list includes articles on the health literacy, tick-borne diseases, COPD, American Indian health disparities, and a variety of innovative rural health approaches. - The Rural Monitor
...Community Health Workers Get Trained to Reduce Oral Health Disparities Oral health training programs are equipping...