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FEBRUARY 2011

 

 

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Submit your presentation proposal by February 9.

Gov. Mark Dayton appointed Edward Ehlinger, MD, MSPH, to serve as Minnesota Commissioner of Health.

NewsBite is the new MDH oral health promotion newsletter.

Minnesota to apply for federal health insurance exchange funds.

HEALTH REFORM
Health Care Homes-January 2011 Webinar slides are online.

Health Care Homes 2010 Legislative Report on implementation is available.

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
REACH Clinic Meaningful Use Boot Camp: Understanding the EHR Incentive Final Rule is February 15.

REACH Webinar Total Cost of Ownership: What an EHR really costs is February 8 for clinics and February 22 for hospitals.

New ORHPC HIT website resources to:
  • Minnesota Medicaid EHR Provider Incentives on the Minnesota Department of Human Services site.
  • Incentives Offered for Meaningful Use of EHR Technology PowerPoint presentation from the ORHPC chief financial officer roundtable seminar.

MDH certifies the Community Health Information Collaborative as a Health Information Organization.

Comments sought on draft Stage 2 Meaningful Use Objectives for Minnesota coordinated response (PDF: 188KB/19pgs). Contact Kari Guida at kari.guida@state.mn.us or 651-201-4136 by February 2.

HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE

SNAPSHOT of Family and General Practitioners

“Having an adequate health care workforce is the lynchpin for reforming our health care system to ensure greater access…”1 The Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development expects the need for family and general practitioners will continue to grow in every of region of Minnesota given the projected number of replacement openings due to retirements and the new primary care jobs created.

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Source: Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development
1 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

For more information and data on Minnesota's health workforce, visit the ORHPC Health Care Workforce Analysis Program site or contact Angie Sechler at angie.sechler@state.mn.us or 651-201-3862.

STAFF NEWS

Craig Baarson visited Southside Community Health Services in Minneapolis.

Judy Bergh traveled to Sanford Medical Center in Tracy.

Jill Myers attended the Minnesota Rural Health Association board meeting.

Mark Schoenbaum participated in the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. and met with legislative health care staff from the offices of Reps. Chip Cravaack, Erik Paulsen, Collin Peterson and from the offices of Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar.
 

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ORHPC GRANTS AND LOANS

 

Electronic Health Record loan funds will be available in early 2011.

Minnesota Primary Care Loan Funds available.
 

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OTHER GRANTS AND LOANS

Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program application due February 8.

University of Minnesota Community Health Collaborative Grant Letter of Interest due February 22.

Rural Access to Emergency Devices Grant application due February 28.

Health Center Planning Grant application due March 18.
 

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OPPORTUNITIES

Openings for the Boards of Optometry and Psychology, and the e-Health Advisory Committee (January 2011 vacancy notice) and the Rural Health Advisory Committee (November 2010 vacancy notice) are listed on the Secretary of State website.

Minnesota Campus Compact's College Health Corps is accepting host site applications until February 18.

Summer Medical and Dental Education Program, a free six-week program for freshman and sophomore college students, is accepting applications until March 1.

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NEWS OF OUR PARTNERS

 

The Central Minnesota Area Health Education Center and the Rural Physician Associate Program promote local workforce efforts.

NorthPoint is the first federally qualified health center to become a certified health care home and the first certified health care home to integrate community health workers.

Countryside Public Health Nurse-Family Partnership for vulnerable first-time mothers has expanded from Big Stone and Yellow Medicine counties to Chippewa, Laq qui Parle and Swift counties.

Creating a Culture of Health will feature Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center in Wabasha as one of three case studies in a free American Hospital Association webinar.

The new Rural Family Medicine, Native American and Minority Medical Scholars Program expands University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth student experiences.

Virginia Regional Medical Center and the Minnesota Wilderness Health Care Coalition are featured in Let’s talk about rural health care on Minnesota Public Radio’s Minnesota Today.

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NOW READ THIS

 

Hospital
  • 7 Ways Community and Rural Hospitals Can Achieve Meaningful Use
  • Evaluation of the Flex CAH HIT Network Implementation Program (PDF: 2MB/210pgs)
  • Is Your Hospital’s Board Prepared to Govern? Rural Acute Care Hospital Boards of Directors: Education and Development Needed

Health Care Home  
  • Continuous and Team-Based Healing Relationships (PDF: 2MB/12pgs)
  • Home Health Face-to-Face Encounter Requirement (PDF: 78KB/4pgs)

Mental Health 
Air Force 'encouraged' by new behavioral telehealth technology

Workforce 
  • Recruitment & Retention of Clinicians (PDF: 324KB/28pgs)
  • Rural Health Workforce Recruitment and Retention: A View From the Field
  • Training Physicians for Rural Practice (PDF: 711KB/5pgs)

HIT
  • AHRQ to Determine Meaningful Use Barriers in Medicaid Program
  • Telemedicine: The Next Big Thing?

Tools/Resources
  • Collaboration among safety net providers (PDF: 392KB/52pgs)
  • How to use HealthyPeople.gov
  • Designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) Statistics
  • Think Cultural Health provides culturally competency programs with continuing education credits for physicians, pharmacists and nurses

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SAVE THE DATE

Minnesota Healthcare Quality Professionals is hosting monthly webinars.

Great Ideas for Minnesota: Primary Care Regional Strategic Input Planning Meetings are scheduled across the state in February.

Oral Health Summit: Answering the Call to Action is February 11 in St. Paul.

Northeast Minnesota Healthcare Forum is February 18, 9 a.m.-noon, in Mt. Iron.

Falls and Aging Farmers: Prevalence and Prevention AgriSafe Network Webinar is February 24

National Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Summit is March 9-11 in Washington, D.C. or online.

Bridging the Transition to Life after Cancer Treatment is April 29-30 in Bloomington.

Minnesota e-Health Summit is June 15-16 in Brooklyn Park.

Minnesota Rural Health Conference is June 27-28 in Duluth.

 

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to promote access to quality health care for rural and underserved urban Minnesotans. From our unique position within state government, we work as partners with communities, providers, policymakers and other organizations. Together, we develop innovative approaches and tailor our tools and resources to the diverse populations we serve.