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HEALTH REFORM Statewide Health Improvement Program website remodel includes resources, results and success stories from the community. HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Health information exchange (HIE) guidance for Minnesota providers is a new resource to help providers assess their readiness for HIE.
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STAFF NEWS Judy Bergh is participating in a panel presentation February 24 at the Northeast Minnesota Health Care Forum in Mountain Iron: Building a Healthy Community: Community Health Assessments and Planning. Tim Held accompanied Judy Bergh as she conducted a mock survey at Minnesota Valley Health Center in Le Sueur. Critical Access Hospitals may request a mock survey to help prepare for the Medicare resurvey. Paul Jansen is presenting to the Southwest Minnesota Regional Trauma Advisory Committee (SMRTAC) on February 29 at Avera Marshall (Marshall). Paul Jansen and Kristen Tharaldson met with a group of first-year medical students at the University of Minnesota-Duluth for a round table discussion as part of the Rural Health Advisory Committee Obstetrics Workgroup. Leslie Nordgren participated in the Dental Therapist Impact Check In at the University of Minnesota. Mary Ann Radigan is retiring. In the interim Rebecca Johnson, from the MDH Office of Health Information Technology, is helping our office with communications. Mohamed Samaha joined ORHPC in February to manage the Loan Forgiveness Programs. He can be reached at 651-201-3870 or mohamed.samaha@state.mn.us. Mark Schoenbaum will participate in the annual Minnesota Rural Health Association Day at the Capitol February 29. Contact jneppel@umn.edu for complete information. |
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ORHPC GRANTS AND LOANS |
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Clinical Dental Education Innovations applications will be available March 5 and due April 23. The Minnesota Primary Care Loan Fund offers loans to clinics, hospitals, networks and others for equipment, working capital, expansion, startup and other needs. Be an ORHPC grant reviewer. Please 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 with your name, profession, place of employment and contact information. | |
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OTHER GRANTS AND LOANS |
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Community Based Care Transition Program applications are being accepted for pilot projects to reduce hospital readmissions, test sustainable funding streams for care transition services, maintain or improve quality of care, and document savings to Medicare. Community Collaborative Pilot Grants from the University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute applications are due April 16. Pilot research grants include health disparities, systems for health improvement and rural health. National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program applications are being accepted until May 15. Preconception Health in Minnesota Grant Program is requesting proposals to improve preconception health and care for non-pregnant, reproductive age women in Minnesota. Grant awards will be for the time period begining June 15, 2012 and ending June 30, 2014. |
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Openings listed in the Secretary of State's February press release include the Council on Disability, Minnesota Board of Nursing, Minnesota Board on Aging, and Subcommittee on Children's Mental Health. Six positions on the Rural Health Advisory Committee are described in the Secretary of State's November press release. The National Rural Health Association will accept presentation submissions for the 2012 Rural Health Clinic and Critical Access Hospital Conferences March 1-April 27. Help create a detailed map of broadband coverage across Minnesota. Connect Minnesota is collecting information about schools, libraries, hospitals and emergency medical facilities and public safety facilities through the Community Anchor Institutions in Minnesota survey. |
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