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Rural Living RSS FeedsTransportation: A Barrier to Successful Employment Outcomes Among Rural VR Clients - Discusses the results of a qualitative research project on rural vocational rehabilitation (VR) service delivery practice, including barriers to successful outcomes. -- Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities...Feed Source: rtc.ruralinstitute.umt.edu Rural Pennsylvania Minority Population - Indicates that rural Pennsylvania is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse, as the number of rural minorities increased 62 percent from 2000 to 2010. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania... Housing Occupancy & Vacancy in Rural America - Presents rural housing data and findings from the 2010 Census and American Community Survey (ACS). -- Housing Assistance Council... Pathways To Prevent Domestic Violence: A Plan for Alaska 2010 2016 - Establishes a framework to organize and coordinate prevention and promotion efforts to end domestic and teen dating violence in Alaska. -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... Pathways To Prevent Domestic Violence: A Plan for Alaska 2010 2016 - Establishes a framework to organize and coordinate prevention and promotion efforts to end domestic and teen dating violence in Alaska. -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... The Affordable Care Act: Real Help for Real Rural People - Documents findings about how many Americans have used or benefited from particular provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and estimates how many rural residents and families have used or benefited from ACA provisions. -- Center for Rural Affairs... Residency Locations in North Dakota - This fact sheet is Number 6 in a series of analyses regarding physicians in North Dakota. -- University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health... Renters More Often Burdened by Housing Costs After Recession: Nearly Half of All Renters Spent Over 30 Percent of Income on Housing by 2010 - Uses data from the 2007 and 2010 American Community Survey to document changes in the proportion of household income spent on rental costs during the Great Recession, by region (Northeast, Midwest, South, and West) and place type (rural, suburban, or central city location). -- Carsey Institute... The Facts Hurt: A State-by-State Injury Prevention Policy Report - Presents data (some specific to rural areas) on incidences and patterns of injuries, while concluding that millions of injuries could be prevented if more states implement and enforce research-based injury prevention policies. Identifies emerging injury threats related to rises in prescription drug abuse, concussions in school sports, bullying, crashes from texting while driving, and an expected increase in the number in falls as the Baby Boomer generation ages. -- Trust for America's Health... A Profile of Colorados Rural Physicians - Provides a snapshot of Colorado's rural physicians, including why they practice in rural areas, what keeps them working in their communities, and the demands placed on their practices. -- Colorado Health Institute... 2012 Flex Coordinator Manual - Contains information on the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program and is a resource for current staff as well as an orientation manual for new staff. -- Technical Assistance and Services Center... Vets Attracted to Rural Counties, Smaller Cities - Shows a map and charts with Census data indicating that Military veterans are more likely to live in rural and exurban communities. And vets who live in cities are much more likely to live in smaller urban areas. -- ... Gulf War Era Vets Not Especially Rural - Presents a map and data on where military veterans from the Gulf War Era (1990 to today) reside. Compares those living in rural or exurban counties versus urban counties. -- ... State Policy Levers for Addressing Preventive Dental Care Disparities for Rural Children: Medicaid Reimbursement to Non-Dental Clinicians for Fluoride Varnish and Dental Hygiene Supervision in Primary Care Safety Net Settings (Key Facts) - Provides keys facts regarding preventive dental care disparities for rural children. -- South Carolina Rural Health Research Center... Demographics of International Medical Graduates in North Dakota - This fact sheet is part of a series of analyses regarding physicians in North Dakota. -- University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health... Health, United States, 2011: With Special Feature on Socioeconomic Status and Health. - Uses tables and narrative to present trends and information regarding the Nation's health status, demographic distribution, health insurance coverage and expenditures, health behaviors and risk factors, and the utilization and access to health care. -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... Promoting a Culture of Safety: Use of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture in Critical Access Hospitals (Briefing Paper) - Discusses the use of patient safety surveys as a means to promote organizational learning and build a culture of safety. -- Flex Monitoring Team... Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Evaluation (Full Report) - Outlines the positive accomplishments of the Frontier Extended Stay Clinics, which are geographically isolated clinics designed to provide primary, emergency, and extended-stay care 24 hours per day when hospital services are not readily available. -- RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis... Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Evaluation (Summary) - Outlines the positive accomplishments of the Frontier Extended Stay Clinic (FESC) Pilot Program. -- RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis... Rural Spotlight: An Interview with Ira Moscovice, Ph.D. - An interview with Ira Moscovice, the director of the Univ. of Minn. Rural Health Research Center, who discusses changes that health reform will bring to rural providers, including new payment structures and quality measures. -- Rural Assistance Center... Around the Country: Local Programs Help Patients Navigate Medical Care - A look at patient navigator programs in four states: a statewide program in Georgia; a program in Kentucky for cervical cancer patients; a promotores program in Texas for chronic conditions; and a coordinated care program for cancer patients in Vermont. -- Rural Assistance Center... Look What's Coming: Managing Your Medical School - Discusses patient-centered care, and the need to pay more attention to the percentages of medical school graduates practicing what is needed and where they are needed. -- Rural Assistance Center... Challenges for Human Services: The Intimacy of Place: Lessons for Philanthropy - Rural areas generally receive fewer charitable donations than urban, but the TLL Temple Foundation in Texas proves that rural giving is easier and more efficient when it is housed there. -- Rural Assistance Center... Sidebar: HITECH Programs Help CAHs Fund IT Conversion - The federal government offers funding and other support for electronic health record implementation through several programs including Regional Extension Centers. -- Rural Assistance Center... HIT Workforce a Growing Concern for Critical Access Hospitals - Addresses some of the challenges of implementing health information technology (HIT) in rural hospitals. Highlights difficulties related to HIT workforce recruitment and the benefits of rural information technology networks. -- Rural Assistance Center... Active Recruitment Pays Off for Small Town Clinics - Looks at ways rural communities are working to actively recruit primary care providers and to train and establish HIT staff. Discusses the National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network (3RNet). -- Rural Assistance Center... Non-Direct Patient Care Physicians in North Dakota - This fact sheet is Number 4 in a series of analyses regarding physicians in North Dakota. -- University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health... Type of Employment for Physicians in North Dakota - This fact sheet is Number 3 in a series of analyses regarding physicians in North Dakota. -- University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health... Demographics of Direct Patient Care Physicians in North Dakota - This fact sheet is Number 2 in a series of analyses regarding physicians in North Dakota. -- University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health... Recommended Core Measures for Evaluating the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Cost, Utilization, and Clinical Quality - Describes how more than 70 researchers came together as part of the Patient-Centered Medical Home Evaluators Collaborative to identify a set of standardized measures to assess patient-centered medical homes. -- Commonwealth Fund... The Rural Hospital Advantage - Daily Yonder article tells of a recently released report by National Rural Health Association that compares the effectiveness of rural and urban hospitals and shows that on most measures, rural hospitals compare quite favorably with their urban counterparts.... More Than Half of Americans With Individual Health Plans Could Gain Better Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act - More than half of Americans with individual market health insurance coverage in 2010 were enrolled in so-called "tin" plans, which provide less coverage than the lowest "bronze"-level plans in the Affordable Care Act, and therefore would not be able to be offered in the health insurance exchanges that are being created under the law, according to a Commonwealth Fundsupported study published today as a Web First in the journal Health Affairs.... Health Care Law Saved People with Medicare Over $3.5 Billion on Prescription Drugs - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released data today showing that, due to the Affordable Care Act, in the first four months of 2012 alone, more than 416,000 people saved an average of $724 on the prescription drugs they purchased after they hit the prescription drug coverage gap or donut hole, for a total of $301.5 million in savings.... Affordable Care Act Supports Families of Children with Special Health Care Needs - Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced $4.9 million in Affordable Care Act funding to support Family-to-Family Health Information Centers, primarily non-profit organizations run by and for families with children with special health care needs.... Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces New and Expanded Access to Credit for America's Farmers and Ranchers - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has made substantial, year-over-year gains in expanding credit opportunities for farmers and ranchers across the United States.... Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rules Sharply Criticized by Physicians - American Medical News article discusses how The American Medical Association and state and specialty societies are calling for less aggressive criteria in the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive program.... Medicares New Approach to Familiar Diseases - American Medical News article tells how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in 2010 approved coverage of the Ornish program under the new benefit category of intensive cardiac rehabilitation. It is believed to be the first time Medicare has covered such a so-called integrative medicine program.... Eat Healthful Food...If You Can Find It - HealthLeaders Media article discusses how for those who embrace the wellness movement, two federal departments have just issued two separate reports that hearten and frustrate for the same reason.... The Affordable Care Act: Real Help for Real Rural People - Report Examines how many Rural Americans Benefit from Provisions of the Affordable Care Act - The Center for Rural Affairs has released a new report that documents findings about how many Americans have used or benefited from particular provisions of the Affordable Care Act... HHS Launches National Campaign to Educate Older Adults on Registering as Organ Donors - An effort to educate adults 50 and older about the importance of registering to be organ, eye, and tissue donors was launched today by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in observance of Older Americans Month.... A National Model in Rural Healthcare - Fredericksburg Standard, (TX) article interviews Hill Country Memorial Hospitals CEO, Michael Williams, MD, who leads what was recently named one of the Top 100 Hospitals in the U.S., as ranked by Thomson Reuters.... Rural Health Systems Benefit from Remote Pharmacy Technician Supervision - PRNewswire article reports that telepharmacy is helping pharmacies extend services to more patients, improve medication safety, and alleviate staffing shortages experienced by many rural health care and emergency facilities across the United States.... SAMHSA is Accepting Applications for up to $45.8 Million in Project LAUNCH Grants - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for Linking Actions to Unmet Needs in Children's Health (Project LAUNCH) grants, a program that will promote the wellness of young children from birth to eight years by addressing the physical, social, emotional cognitive and behavioral aspects of their development.... New Mexico Has Highest Rate of Injury Deaths in the U.S.; Nearly Half of States Score 5 or Lower out of 10 on Injury Prevention Report Card - In a new report, The Facts Hurt: A State-By-State Injury Prevention Policy Report, released by the Trust for Americas Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, found that 24 states scored a five or lower on a set of 10 key indicators of steps states can take to prevent injuries.... CDC Recommends Testing all Baby Boomers for Hepatitis C - AHA News Now article reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has proposed that all baby boomers get a one-time test for the hepatitis C virus. The agency estimates more than 2 million people born between 1945 and 1965 are infected with hepatitis C, which causes serious liver diseases including cancer and can damage the liver for many years with few noticeable symptoms.... Secretaries Duncan and Sebelius Remind Graduating Students of New Health Coverage Options under Health Care Law - Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius are reaching out to campus leaders to remind graduating high school, college and university seniors about their new health insurance options under the Affordable Care Act the health care law.... Poll: Many Sick Americans Experience Significant Financial Problems and Report their Care is not Well-Managed - Many Americans who have experienced a serious illness or injury within the past 12 months are concerned about the financial costs of medical care, and struggle to ensure that their care is appropriate, according to a new poll released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), NPR and Harvard School of Public Health... Fate of 'Uninsurables' Hinges on Supreme Court - Seattle Times, (WA) article reports that State officials who administer the federal pre-existing condition plan in 27 states are trying to make fallback arrangements in case the law is invalidated and coverage suddenly terminates.... New Life for Old Cabinets - Daily Yonder article tells how in the old chairs and cabinets people no longer had a use for, David Rolo finds art, and in the process he gives trees back the life they once knew.... CMS Eases Rules to Cut Doctors Regulatory Burdens - American Medical News article reports that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized two regulations that eliminated rules deemed to have adversely affected those participating in Medicare. In one regulation, billing privileges for physicians will be protected from unjust revocations. In another rule, CMS increased flexibility on governance boards at hospitals but protected the autonomy of medical staff at each facility.... Regional Rural Development Centers to Spearhead New National Agricultural and Rural Development Policy Center - Southern Rural Development Center article reports that the nations four Regional Rural Development Centers were recently chosen by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture/United States Department of Agriculture to establish the National Agricultural and Rural Development Policy Center (or NARDeP).... Joint VA/Labor Department Program Launches to Retrain 99,000 Unemployed Veterans - Unemployed veterans between the ages of 35 and 60 can now apply for new benefits to cover education costs for up to one year through a joint U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Labor program that focuses on retraining 99,000 veterans for high-demand jobs.... Want Rural Docs? Just Ask - Daily Yonder article by Wayne Myers, former director of the federal Office of Rural Health Policy, discusses how we know what forecasts whether a medical student will go into family practice or set up shop in a rural community, but what we need now are medical school admissions officers who will care to ask the right questions.... More States Work to Implement Health Care Law - Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced yesterday that Illinois, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee and Washington will receive more than $181 million in grants to help implement the new health care law by establishing Affordable Insurance Exchanges.... Webinar on "Screening for Developmental and Psychosocial Risks in Rural Family Medicine Practice: Implementation of Best Practices" - The University of Washington Maternal and Child Public Health Leadership Training Program invites you to join a Webinar on "Screening for Developmental and Psychosocial Risks in Rural Family Medicine Practice: Implementation of Best Practices" on Tuesday, May 29th, 2012.... HUD Makes Available $85 Million to Fund Housing for Extremely Low-Income Persons with Disabilities - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has made $85 million available to state housing agencies to provide affordable supportive housing for extremely low-income persons with disabilities.... Country is Separating by Education - Daily Yonder article discusses how when it comes to education, the rich are getting richer, as people with college degrees flock to a small number of U.S. counties, a demographic divide with serious economic consequences.... Obama Administration Presents National Plan to Fight Alzheimers Disease - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius yesterday released an ambitious national plan to fight Alzheimers disease that outlines research funding, tools for health care providers, an awareness campaign and a new website.... HHS Launches New Web-Based Tool to Track Performance of Nations Health Care System - Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius yesterday announced the launch of a new web-based tool that will make it easier for all Americans to monitor and measure how the nations health care system is performing.... Medicare and Medicaid Program; Regulatory Provisions to Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction; Final Rule - This final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) identifies reforms in Medicare and Medicaid regulations that CMS has identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on health care providers and beneficiaries. This rule increases the ability of health care professionals to devote resources to improving patient care, by eliminating or reducing requirements that impede quality patient care or that divert provid... Copyright © 2012, Golf Information 4 U. All Rights Reserved. |