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HEALTH REFORM Health Care Home certification informational conference call December 16. A draft of the health care home certification assessment tool is online. Potential applicants are encouraged to use this. When clinicians are implementing all the standards listed in this tool, they are ready to apply for certification. Health Care Homes Mini Grant Program applications due December 15. Up to $2,000 is available to help clinics improve their ability to be patient-centered health care homes. Provider Peer Grouping System contract available. MORE MDH News Minnesota e-Health Initiative has updated its Web site to provide easier access for Advisory Committee and Work Group participants, policymakers and elected officials, hospitals and providers, and consumers on specific topics of interest. See Hot Topics in the left navigation bar. Three new Health Economics Program reports are online showing: ORHPC NEWS AND RESOURCES The ORHPC Successful Models site is a resource to tell your program's story. Workforce Snapshot
Staff News Jill Myers completed the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health Leadership Institute. Anne Schloegel visited LifeCare Medical Center and Altru Clinic in Roseau to discuss their electronic health record implementation. Mark Schoenbaum begins a term as president of the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) in January. NOSORH is the membership organization of the 50 State Offices of Rural Health. Its mission is to promote the capacity of state offices of rural health to improve health care in rural America through leadership development, advocacy, education and partnerships. Amy Vallery exhibited at the American Student Dental Association annual vendor fair, providing University of Minnesota Dental Students with an opportunity to learn about the dental loan forgiveness program. | |||||||||
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Nurse Education, Practice and Retention Indian Health Service Dental Externships |
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Research Analysis Specialist position open in ORHPC. Apply online by December 9 using posting number 09HEAL000431. For more information contact Jill Myers at jill.myers@state.mn.us. ORHPC needs Rural Hospital Capital Improvement grant reviewers in January. Contact Doug Benson at doug.benson@state.mn.us or (651) 201-3842 or Cindy LaMere at cindy.lamere@state.mn.us or (651) 201-3852. Forty-three health-related openings on state councils and boards are in the November 2009 Open Appointments on the Secretary of State site. Rural Voices Leadership and Policy Program applications are due December 22 (PDF: 15KB/2pgs) |
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The Rural Telemental Health Network Center at the University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth is among 12 international finalists in the Robert Wood Johnson and Ashoka's Changemakers Competition, Rethinking Mental Health: Improving Community Wellbeing. Information and a chance to vote is online. Lakewood Health System’s medical home with a pharmacist featured in Health System Views Pharmacist as Vital to Coordinated Care article. Mahnomen Health Center received USDA Rural Development’s Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program funding to increase access to health care services in rural areas. MeritCare and Sanford Health Merger Complete Fremont Community Clinic executive director Steve Knutson hopes for more incentives for patients to improve their health. Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids and Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park were ranked in Thomson Reuters’ 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals. Minneapolis-based MinuteClinic expanded to become a participating provider with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma. Marty Witrak, College of St. Scholastica School of Nursing dean and chair of the Rural HIT Coalition, is quoted in Preparing for an IT Talent Squeeze article. | ||
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Articles Rural pharmacies are the focus of the fall issue of the Rural Monitor. With big city jobs limited, some nursing grads are choosing rural hospitals. Rural communities need more than doctors to be healthy Pennsylvania program to help rural veterans Expanding the primary care workforce Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services publishes new rules Tools Workforce Technology | ||
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Financial management workshops through Nonprofits Assistance Fund. Online registration is available for University of Minnesota School of Public Health Education and Outreach courses. Great Lakes Regional Stroke Network Quality of Care Call: Stroke Care on the /Neurosurgery Side is December 10 at noon. The Relationship of Quality and Electronic Health Record Informatics is a webinar presented by Minnesota Healthcare Quality Professionals, HealthForce Minnesota and Winona State University on December 17. Contact Skip Valusek at skipvalusek@comcast.net. Minnesota’s Birth-to-Three Conference: Engaging Fathers: Strengthening Families is January 13-15 in Alexandria. Rural Health Policy Institute is January 25-27 in Washington, D.C. Wipfli-sponsored Annual Critical Access Hospital Workshop and Rural Health Clinic Forum is February 2-4 in Bloomington. Minnesota Critical Access Hospital and Rural Health Conference is June 28-29 in Duluth. |
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