RHIhub This Week - October 30, 2024
Upcoming Webinar
Introducing the Rural Chronic Disease Management ToolkitJoin us Thursday, November 7th at 1:00 p.m. Central for the next RHIhub webinar introducing the new Rural Chronic Disease Management Toolkit. Two programs, the Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) Initiative at the Great Mines Health Center in Missouri and the Lake County Tribal Health Consortium in California, will discuss their experiences and lessons learned operating and sustaining rural chronic disease management programs. Register today! |
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Oct 28, 2024 -- Highlights the Rural Physician Associate Program, a University of Minnesota Medical School program placing students in rural Minnesota and Wisconsin communities. Discusses the benefits of rural placements including later recruitment for rural communities and more hands-on experience. Source: The Minnesota Daily Share Your Rural Health Story in Honor of National Rural Health Day Oct 28, 2024 -- Announces partnership between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and StoryCorps to record stories related to rural health triumphs and challenges in honor of National Rural Health Day. Conversations will be recorded virtually in early November and archived at the Library of Congress. Registration is open now and recording slots are available on a first come, first served basis. Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Rural Telepsychology Program Spanning Across Iowa Oct 23, 2024 -- Discusses a telepsychology program at the University of Iowa that aims to work with rural Iowans and train psychologists. Discusses the benefits of telehealth in increasing access to care in workforce shortage areas, the culture of rural, and overcoming stigma. Source: The Daily Iowan Federal RegisterACF: Request for Information: Administration for Children and Families Development of Interoperability Standards for Human Service ProgramsOct 28, 2024 -- Notice from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) seeking comments to inform the use or adoption of interoperability standards for human services programs. Specifically, ACF is seeking information on the most effective approaches, technical standards, and technological tools that currently or could promote interoperability between health and human services programs. Comments are due within 60 days of this notice. Source: Federal Register |
Funding to support climate change and health adaptation initiatives at local organizations. Small and rural health departments will be given preference. Geographic coverage: Nationwide Application Deadline: Dec 5, 2024 Sponsors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Association of County and City Health Officials Environmental Health Disparities Centers [P50 Clinical Trial Optional] Grants to support multidisciplinary research, research capacity building, and community-engaged research activities focused on on environmental health disparities and environmental justice research for populations and communities experiencing health disparities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories Letter of Intent (Optional): Nov 5, 2024 Application Deadline: Dec 5, 2024 Sponsors: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NLM Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities and Promote Health Equity (G08 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Funding for projects that use information technology to improve the organization and management of health-related information for consumers and their healthcare providers experiencing health disparities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories Letter of Intent (Optional): Nov 13, 2024 Application Deadline: Dec 13, 2024 Sponsors: National Institutes of Health, Office of Research on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. National Library of Medicine Administration for Community Living Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Phase I Funding for research and/or development that improves the abilities of individuals with disabilities to perform activities of their choice in the community, with an emphasis on community living and participation, health and function, and employment. The program places particular emphasis on helping women, socially/economically disadvantaged individuals, and applicants from underrepresented or rural areas compete in the Small Business Innovation Research program. Geographic coverage: Nationwide Letter of Intent (Optional): Nov 21, 2024 Application Deadline: Dec 16, 2024 Sponsors: Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Bill Finerfrock Health Policy Fellowship A 4-week fellowship in Alexandria, Virginia for mid-career professionals to learn leadership skills for becoming grassroots advocates and champions for rural health. Geographic coverage: Nationwide Application Deadline: Jan 6, 2025 Sponsor: National Association of Rural Health Clinics Farm to School Grant Program Grants to plan, establish, and/or sustain a Farm to School program that improves access to local foods and nutrition/agriculture resources in schools. Geographic coverage: Nationwide Application Deadline: Jan 10, 2025 Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Food and Nutrition Service Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship Program Scholarships for medical students approaching their final year of medical school. Scholarship awards are made under national and regional categories, including scholarships for students underrepresented in medicine (such as Native Americans/Native Hawaiians/Alaska Natives) and students committed to addressing health equity for underserved populations and economically disadvantaged areas. Geographic coverage: Nationwide Application Deadline: Feb 17, 2025 Sponsor: American Medical Association National Association of Community Health Centers New Board Chair Leadership Program A 5-part virtual leadership training program for new health center board chairs or those about to step into the board chair role. Training addresses the role of the board chair, board chair-CEO partnership, board meeting facilitation, navigating conflict, and board chair succession planning. Geographic coverage: Nationwide Application Deadline: Apr 1, 2025 Sponsor: National Association of Community Health Centers Affordable Housing Loans for Low-Income Rural Communities Short-term loans at below market interest rates to local nonprofits, for-profits, and government entities that are working to develop affordable housing for low-income, rural communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide Applications accepted on an ongoing basis Sponsor: Housing Assistance Council Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants Grants for eligible communities to prepare for or recover from an emergency that threatens the availability of safe, reliable drinking water. Geographic coverage: Nationwide Applications accepted on an ongoing basis Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Development Primary Care Development Corporation Financing and Technical Assistance Primary Care Development Corporation is a Community Development Financial Institution that provides loan products, training, resources, and technical assistance/business development services for healthcare providers in under-resourced communities with the goal of transforming and expanding primary care. Rural providers are encouraged to apply. Geographic coverage: Nationwide Applications accepted on an ongoing basis Sponsor: Primary Care Development Corporation |
Summarizes findings from 24 focus groups of Medicare beneficiaries, Medicare and Medicaid (dual eligible) beneficiaries, and clinicians conducted between May and June 2024, including three virtual focus groups of rural Medicare beneficiaries. Highlights themes that emerged across the focus groups covering Medicare coverage options, access to care, telehealth, organization of care, and prescription drugs. Sponsoring organizations: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, NORC at the University of Chicago Date: 10/2024 CAH Perspectives on Collection and Use of Demographic and Social Drivers of Health Data Describes how collecting information about social drivers of health (SDOH) can help hospitals inform treatment and discharge planning decisions and identify local health disparities. Summarizes findings from interviews with nine Critical Access Hospital (CAH) staff regarding their experiences collecting demographic and SDOH data. Highlights themes related to challenges CAH staff face in collecting this data and how CAHs utilize the data they collect. Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team Date: 10/2024 CMS-Approved Waivers Break New Ground for Medicaid Coverage of American Indian and Alaska Native Traditional Health Care Practices Provides an overview of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved 1115 waivers that allow Medicaid agencies to cover American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) traditional healthcare practices in four states: Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Oregon. Describes who can access traditional healthcare practices under these waivers, where traditional healthcare services can be provided, who will be certified to provide these services, and implementation support. Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies Date: 10/2024 Compendium of Best Practices for Rural Age-Friendly Care Offers best practices, models of care, policies, and more related to offering age-friendly care in rural settings. Covers care coordination, caregiving support, behavioral health, community programming, community health workers, the 4Ms, and state-level priorities. Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Association, The John A. Hartford Foundation Date: 2024 Daily Screen Time Among Teenagers: United States, July 2021–December 2023 Discusses the prevalence of screen time among teenagers and the correlation to heath issues such as poor sleep, fatigue, anxiety, and depression. Utilizes data from the July 2021-December 2023 National Health Interview Survey–Teen (NHIS–Teen) to examine daily screen time among teenagers aged 12-17 according to screen time amounts, age group, sex, race/ethnicity, household poverty, parental education, mental health, and metro versus nonmetro location. Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics Date: 10/2024 Frontier Community Health Integration Project (FCHIP) Demonstration Extension Fact Sheet Provides an overview of the Frontier Community Health Integration Project (FCHIP) Demonstration Extension, which tests new healthcare delivery models in the most sparsely populated rural counties. Identifies participating Critical Access Hospitals and models tested. Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Date: 10/2024 The Impact of Primary Care Physician Capacity on Preventable Hospitalizations: Identifying Bright Spots in the Appalachian & Mississippi Delta Regions Results of a study to determine whether the association of primary care capacity with preventable hospitalizations is different in the Appalachian and Mississippi Delta regions compared with the rest of the U.S. Also explores primary care capacity in counties with lower-than-expected preventable hospitalization rates. Features statistics with breakdowns by rural and nonrural areas. Author(s): Michael Topmiller, Peter J. Mallow, Hoon Byun, Mark Carrozza, Yalda Jabbarpour Location: Journal of Appalachian Health, 6(3), 66-78 Date: 10/2024 Increasing Digital Equity to Promote Online Smoking Cessation Program Engagement among Rural Adults: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial Evaluates 3 digital access interventions for a smoking cessation program among 90 rural adults. Discusses trial engagement among the 3 intervention types, smoking cessation-related outcomes, and patient experience. Author(s): Sydney Kelpin, Tabetha A. Brockman, Paul A. Decker, et al. Location: Communications Medicine, 4, 194 Date: 10/2024 Key Themes of Community-Oriented Primary Care Projects from a Longitudinal, Rural Interprofessional Health Professions Curriculum (1997–2023) Examines Community Oriented Primary Care Project Model (COPC) projects implemented between 1997 and 2023 as part of rural medical and pharmacy health professions curricula in the University of Illinois system. Categorizes COPC project types and target populations, and discusses how COPC supports rural, community-engaged research. Author(s): Hana E. Hinkle, A. Brianna Sheppard, Kara Fess, Heidi R. Olson, Elizabeth Squires Location: BMC Medical Education, 24, 1215 Date: 10/2024 Regional Variation in Deescalated Therapy in Older Adults With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Results of a study to determine how much geospatial variation in locoregional therapy can be attributed to region or patient characteristics. Features demographics including breakdowns by urban or rural status. Author(s): Christina A. Minami, Tanujit Dey, Yu-Jen Chen, et al. Location: JAMA Network Open, 7(10):e2441152 Date: 10/2024 Strengthening Indigenous America: Building Resilience Through Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief Summarizes key concepts from a July 2024 workshop that explored how to support the capacity of Indigenous American and tribal communities and nations to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and public health emergencies. Discusses tribal sovereignty; emergency management capacities and capabilities; relationships with partners and jurisdictions; Indigenous knowledge, best practices, and translation; and data and research. Additional links: Read Online Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Date: 10/2024 Strengthening Rural Health: The Role of HPV Vaccination Recording of an October 1, 2024, webinar regarding trends in HPV-related cancers in rural areas and the importance of HPV vaccination to cancer prevention. Features Heather Brandt, Director of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's HPV Cancer Prevention Program. Discusses the hospital's efforts to increase HPV vaccinations in rural communities. Part of the Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Series. Additional links: Presentation Slides Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics Date: 10/2024 Trends in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates: Fiscal Year 2020 and Fiscal Year 2022 Presents information on eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) alongside actual participation in SNAP. Presents information on households, children, elderly, refugees, low-income families, persons with disabilities, and other groups enrolled in the program. Tables A.3 and B.3 show rural versus urban participation. Additional links: Summary Sponsoring organization: USDA Food and Nutrition Service Date: 10/2024 USDA Rural Development: Rural Emergency Health Care Grants Story map explaining the investments and reach of the USDA Rural Emergency Health Care Program, which expanded rural vaccination, healthcare services, and food assistance availability in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides data on overall investments and economic relief provided, and highlights healthcare facilities that benefited from USDA Rural Development grants and loans. Sponsoring organization: USDA Rural Development Validation of Prognostic Scales for Functional Outcome in Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated with Intravenous Thrombolysis in a Rural Setting Examines the efficacy of prognostic tools for stroke recovery in a rural setting, utilizing data of 279 stroke patients who received thrombolytic therapy at the Southern Illinois Healthcare Stroke Network from July 2017 to June 2024. Provides data on the performance of the DRAGON, MRI-DRAGON, and S-TPI tools in predicting positive and negative patient outcomes. Author(s): Andrea Loggini, Faddi G Saleh Velez, Jonatan Hornik, et al. Location: Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra, 14(1), 148-157 Date: 10/2024 VHA 2024 State of Innovation Report Reports on innovative programs and services in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration. Highlights pilot projects, projects being planned, and projects already implemented at local VA facilities. Discusses rural projects related to physical therapy, telehealth for podiatry and dentistry, and social connection. Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Date: 2024 Weight Status Underestimation and Weight Management Goals among Adults in the Rural South of the United States Analyzes weight status, underestimation, and management goals among residents in rural South Carolina. Analyzes survey data among 185 respondents according to accuracy of weight reporting, weight loss/management goals, and related demographic factors. Discusses accuracy of weight perceptions among residents and the impact on weight management in the rural South. Author(s): Haakim A. Waraich, Michael D. Wirth, Serge Wandji, Janessa M. Graves, Demetrius A. Abshire Location: Journal of Rural Health Date: 10/2024 |
Deadline: Apr 11, 2025 National Association of State EMS Officials Event Dates: May 12 - 16, 2025 Grand Rapids, MI Conference Website |
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