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NRHA welcomes 2012 fellows

by Lindsey CoreyJanuary 10, 2012

Jarod Giger is already making the news as one of the National Rural Health Association’s newest Rural Health Fellows. “Issues that individuals in rural states and communities have are very unique, and I oftentimes don’t think those voices are heard, so I hope to give a voice … to make sure those needs are being [...]

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Today at NRHA: Former Census Bureau chief outlines how changing demographics impact health care

by Lindsey CoreyDecember 7, 2011

Former U.S. Census Bureau Director Steve Murdock, PhD, kicked off the National Rural Health Association’s 17th Annual Rural Multiracial and Multicultural Health Conference in Daytona Beach this morning. He discussed the socioeconomic implications of the country’s changing demographics, and said “we have markedly increased inequality in America.” “Education is, of course, the answer,” Murdock told [...]

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This World AIDS Day, NRHA looks back at 30 years of HIV/AIDS and ahead at how 4 rural programs are reducing stigma

by Lindsey CoreyDecember 1, 2011

NRHA’s Rural Roads magazine asked rural providers, educators and researchers how treatment, prevention and perception of the disease have changed over three decades. “Men and women are now infected, and it’s become more of a disease of color, affecting more blacks and Latinos,” says NRHA member Pamela Payne-Foster, MD. “And cities over 500,000 get most [...]

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HHS extends meaningful use of health IT incentive deadline

by Lindsey CoreyNovember 30, 2011

Today, the Department of Health and Human Services announced it will extend, by one year, the deadline for meeting stage 2 meaningful use requirements to providers who qualify as stage 1 meaningful users in 2011. Under current rules for the Medicare portion of the electronic health-record system meaningful use incentive program created by the American [...]

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Sebelius to speak at NRHA event

by Lindsey CoreyNovember 21, 2011

We’ve got good news. Health and Human Services Sec. Kathleen Sebelius has just confirmed that she will speak during the National Rural Health Association’s Rural Health Policy Institute, scheduled for Jan. 30 through Feb. 1. Additional members of the Obama administration and congress will be on the agenda for the 23rd annual education and advocacy [...]

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Today – as always – we honor rural health professionals like you

by Lindsey CoreyNovember 17, 2011

‘Tis the season to celebrate. Join us today as we celebrate the National Rural Health Day. The National Rural Health Association, in its continued efforts to recognize achievements in rural health, joins the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health and others in observing National Rural Health Day. This day honors those who have [...]

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Rural-based crisis hotline reaches veterans in need

by Lindsey CoreyNovember 12, 2011

The woman on the line wouldn’t say her name, only that she was driving to the woods to take some pills. Her husband and kids would be better off without her, she said, and she just wanted them to know she loved them. But the responder – one of 160 mental health professionals who staff [...]

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Med students have new resource in rural residency

by Lindsey CoreyOctober 24, 2011

Are you – or do you know – a medical student interested in rural medicine? At www.traindocsrural.org you’ll find: Residency training options An overview of rural residency and practice Contact information for physicians and residents practicing in rural areas Links to financial support and incentive programs “Medical students have been requesting a resource like this [...]

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Improving rural hospital financial and operational performance

by Lindsey CoreyOctober 4, 2011

As a member of the Flex Monitoring Team, Mark Holmes, PhD, surveyed and interviewed critical access hospital (CAH) administrators on strategies that improved their hospitals’ financial and operational performance. The University of North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center director shared some of the successful initiatives with 650 NRHA members as part of [...]

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Physician facts offered during Rural Health Clinic conference

by Lindsey CoreySeptember 28, 2011

NRHA’s conference designed exclusively for rural health clinic leaders kicked off today in Kansas City, Mo. Craig Hunter told administrators it’s vital that they track patient satisfaction. On recruiting, he said: “Doctors want to walk into an environment that already has electronic records and where patient demand is already pent up. Your contracts need to [...]

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