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• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded MDH nearly $2 million per year for five years to increase performance management capacity and improve national public health standards. • MDH is an outreach partner for text4baby. This free mobile information service promotes maternal and child health by sending text messages to pregnant women and new moms in English or Spanish. • Health Care Homes Education and Resources HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Critical access and rural hospitals can now receive discounted EHR technical assistance. The Key Health Alliance received $1,488,000 to help facilities convert from paper-based medical records to certified electronic health records. ORHPC is working with REACH to evaluate impact on Minnesota CAHs. Normandale Community College is accepting applications for health information technology training to help health care facilities and medical practices meet the requirements of the newly passed Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH). FAQs (PDF: 292KB/7pgs) and the online application provide further detail, or contact: ncal@normandale.edu. Applications to operate in Minnesota as a Health Information Exchange service provider are now online.
STAFF NEWS Jill Myers participated in the Minnesota Rural Health Association board meeting and the Health Education Industry Partnership meeting. Mark Schoenbaum attended the Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board meeting and led the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health Executive Committee meeting. Jill Myers and Mark Schoenbaum met with the Minnesota Board of Nursing. Working with Minnesota's licensing boards, ORHPC collects practice data for health professionals in conjunction with regular licensing renewals. Karen Welle presented an update to the Health Care Access Commission workforce work group on the Health Workforce Shortage Study Report (PDF: 49pgs/292KB). | |||||||||||
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| Community Clinic Grant pre-applications are due October 1. Loan Forgiveness Programs to health care students or residents are open for application through December 1. | ||
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OTHER GRANTS AND LOANS |
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Applications for the Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant (HRSA-11-085) are due October 8. Applications for the Rural Health Network Development Grant (HRSA-11-089) are due November 12. A technical assistance call is October 7. Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program applications are due October 14. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows applications are due January 18. Web conference is November 5. Applications for the 2011 Minority Nurse Scholarship Program are due February 1. |
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Serve on one of these Minnesota councils/boards seeking members: Contact staff members to participate in Minnesota e-Health Initiative Workgroups. |
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Kevin Croston, M.D., F.A.C.S., received the 2010 Emergency Medical and Trauma Services Star award from the Toward Zero Death program. Dr. Croston served as chair and is currently vice chair of the State Trauma Advisory Council. Minnesota Consortium for Advanced Rural Psychology Training is seeking candidates. Essentia Health announced full integration of member organizations: Brainerd Lakes Health, Essentia Community Hospitals and Clinics, Essentia Institute of Rural Health, Innovis and SMDC Health System. One key initiative is a move toward a single electronic health record that will follow patients across the system. The National Organization of State Office of Rural Health honored Dennis Berens, director of the Nebraska Office of Rural Health, for his $20,000 gift that will enable NOSORH to launch its community leadership program. Lynda Bennett was named executive director of Face to Face. Kittson Memorial Hospital Association received American Recovery ad Reinvestment Act funding to replace water and steam pipes. University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview and breast cancer survivors in Minneapolis joined other North American health care professionals and survivors in the message of hope and support in Pink Glove Dance: The Sequel. The Minnesota Hospital Association awarded Patient Safety Excellence Awards to 53 hospitals for superior performance in preventing adverse health events. North Country Regional Hospital and Tri-County Hospital featured in MPR News article Rural hospitals take unique approach to health care for the poor. | ||
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NOW READ THIS |
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Rural Health Care is the focus of the current issue of Health Progress, Journal of the Catholic Health Association of the United States. Safety Net Activities of Independent Rural Health Clinics and Are Rural Health Clinics Part of the Rural Safety Net? Rural Volunteer EMS: Reports from the Field Health Reform Workforce HIT Hospitals Resources | ||
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The Minnesota Hospice Veteran Partnership Conference: Serving Rural Veterans With Hospice and Palliative Care Needs is October 19-20 at the St. Cloud Civic Center. Many Faces of Community Health 2010 Conference Time of Transformation: Roots & Redesign is October 28-29 in St. Louis Park. Comprehensive Advanced Life Support (CALS) Hospital Conference: Building Resources for Rural Emergency Care is October 29 in Brooklyn Center. The Rural Health Advisory Committee meeting is November 30 in St. Paul. The Flex Program Advisory Committee meeting is December 8 in St. Paul. |
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