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HEALTH REFORM As a first step, MDH and DHS are seeking applicants for two new groups that will help guide the initiative. Learn more and consider applying to the Community Advisory Task Force or the Multi-Payer Alignment Task Force. Applications are due by April 23. ORAL HEALTH RADIATION THERAPY STATEWIDE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (SHIP) WORKFORCE SNAPSHOT
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The Clinical Dental Education Innovations grant program has released its FY2014 Request for Proposals. Grants will be awarded to sponsoring institutions and clinical dental training sites for projects that increase dental access for underserved populations and promote innovative clinical training of dental professionals. Application materials are available on the Clinical Dental Education Innovations grant page. Applications are due May 3. Be an ORHPC grant reviewer! Please contact 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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The University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) seeks applications to its 2013 Community Health Collaborative Grant program. Pilot research grants will be awarded in the areas of rural health, child health, population health/health equity, and systems for health improvement. Visit the CTSI website for the Request for Proposals. Letters of interest due April 8 and full applications due May 24. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for grants to expand care coordination through the use of technology-assisted care in targeted areas of need (TCE-TAC). The purpose of the TCE-TAC program is to use technology to expand and/or enhance the capacity of substance abuse treatment providers in underserved communities. Applications are due April 10. The federal Rural Health Information Technology (HIT) Workforce Program seeks applications from rural health networks to provide recruitment, education, training and retention of HIT specialists. The program will also support rural health networks in training current health care staff, local displaced workers, rural residents, veterans and other potential students. Applications are due April 15. The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation, in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, seeks proposals for health impact assessment (HIA) projects in Minnesota. Each grant will fund an HIA that informs an upcoming decision on a proposed local, tribal or state policy, plan or project. The Request for Proposals is available on the Health Impact Project website. Initial applications due May 15. The NURSE Corps Scholarship Program (formerly the Nursing Scholarship Program) invites applications from nursing students (in baccalaureate, graduate, associate degree or diploma programs). Scholarships are awarded in exchange for a minimum two-year, full-time service commitment (or part-time equivalent) at an eligible critical shortage facility. Applications due May 2. |
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Free exhibit space at the HIT Career Fair is available for health organizations recruiting health informatics professionals. The event is hosted by the University Partnership for Health Informatics (UP-HI) and takes place April 12 at the McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus. To request the exhibit space, contact Daniel Chan at chan0876@umn.edu by April 3. A cyber conference titled Community Services Initiatives: Seniors Aging at Home will take place April 12 from noon to 1:00 p.m. Email jneppel@umn.edu at the Minnesota Rural Health Association to register. The Minnesota Hospice and Palliative Care Conference will be held April 14-16 in Bloomington. The Regional Telehealth Forum, hosted by the Great Plains Telehealth Resource & Assistance Center (gpTRAC), will be held April 15-16 in Minneapolis. A post-forum workshop, "Developing Winning Proposals that Support Telehealth and Telemedicine Projects," will take place from 1:00-5:00 p.m. Registration for the workshop is required: call 888-239-7092. The Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Programs seeks presentation proposals for the 2013 Community Mental Health Conference, which will be held September 25-27 in Duluth. Submit your proposed abstract online by April 15. A free webinar, "Pharmacist Relevance in Small and Rural Hospitals Under Healthcare Reform: An Executive Overview," will be presented April 18 at 1:00 p.m. by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Register online on the ASHP website. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a free provider call on preparing for the transition to ICD-10 on April 18 from 12:30-2:00 p.m. Find out more and register on the CMS website. The 2013 Spring Refresher, sponsored by the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians, will be held April 18-19 in St. Paul. A Northeast Minnesota Health Care Forum hosted by the Iron Range Resource & Rehabilitation Board and facilitated by the National Rural Health Resource Center will take place April 23 in Mountain Iron. The forum will include a panel discussion on changes in health professions educational curricula and presentations on provider recruitment and retention. RSVP to Kim Nordin at knordin@ruralcenter.org or 218-727-9390, ext. 237 by April 12. The Minnesota Stroke Registry Program is offering regional workshops in 2013 to help hospital-based providers build stroke programs and become stroke ready. An upcoming workshop will be held in Fergus Falls on April 23. More information and registration is available on the Minnesota Stroke Registry website. The University of Minnesota School of Public Health's 2013 Health Disparities Roundtable, "Achieving Health Equity: Engaging Communities in Health Research, Practice and Policy," will be held April 26 at Coffman Memorial Union Theater in Minneapolis. Register for the free event at the school's Continuing Education website. The 2013 Teaching and Learning Conference for Minnesota EMS Educators takes place April 25-26 in Minneapolis. The Connecting to Transform Communities: Stakeholders in Health and Wellness conference will be held April 25-26 in Minneapolis. The second CALS (Comprehensive Advanced Life Support) hospital conference, "Rural Emergency Care: Stepping Up to the Challenge," will be held April 26 in Minneapolis. The Fifth Annual Rural Behavioral Health Conference seeks proposals for presentations on recent rural health and practice research, as well as posters on rural research. This year's conference takes place October 11 with the theme "Advances in Rural Practice." Send submissions or questions to Willie Garrett at wilgarrett@comcast.net or 651-646-8594. Presentation proposals due by April 30 and poster submissions by September 1. The Rural Palliative Care Networking Group will feature a special presentation, "Bridging the Gap Toward Smoother Care Transitions," on May 2 from 10:00-noon at PrimeWest Health in Alexandria. To register for in-person attendance or conference call, contact Matt Ellis by April 25 at mellis@stratishealth.org or 952-853-8539. The Health Care Homes Learning Collaborative is hosting a Spring 2013 Health Care Homes Learning Days event May 1-2 at the Marriott Minneapolis Northwest. More information and registration is available on the MDH Health Care Homes website. The 10th Annual South Central Minnesota Emergency Preparedness Conference will take place on May 8 in North Mankato. For more information, contact Lavida Gingrich at gingrich.lavida@mayo.edu or 507-434-1525. |
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From the CMS: Mandatory payment reductions in Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) The 2013 Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) list from iVantage Health Analytics includes nine Minnesota CAHs: New Ulm Medical Center, Riverwood Healthcare Center (Aitkin), Springfield Medical Center - Mayo Health System, Queen of Peace Hospital (New Prague), Redwood Area Hospital, United Hospital District (Blue Earth), St. Joseph's Area Health Services (Park Rapids), Stevens Community Medical Center (Morris) and Essentia Health - Fosston. The Citizen Solutions project issued Health and Health Care in Minnesota, A Public Opinion Poll in February. The statewide survey was conducted by Wilder Research for the Bush Foundation. The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, released the 2013 County Health Rankings. New Health Information Technology (HIT) resources for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and other small rural hospitals are now available from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). Visit the Rural Health Resources page of HealthIT.gov for information on EHR incentives and certification, implementation support and interoperability training. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released a new report on the varying definitions of "rural" in USDA rural development programs and the effects of that variation. It also includes recommendations for ways to better target USDA funds. The Rural Health Resource Center of the Veterans Administration (VA) has issued the "Co-Managed Toolkit" to assist non-VA providers with care coordination of veterans who use both VA and non-VA health care providers (also known as "dual use" veterans). Presentations from the 2013 Minnesota Oral Health Summit are now available on the MDH Oral Health program website, including a keynote presentation on the relationship of oral health to total health and sessions on integration in practice. |
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The national Annual Rural Health Conference will be held May 7-10 in Louisville, Kentucky. The 2013 Minnesota Stroke Conference will be held June 3 at the University of Minnesota Continuing Education and Conference Center in St. Paul. Registration now open. The 2013 Minnesota e-Health Summit will be held June 12-13 in Bloomington. The 2013 Age and Disabilities Odyssey Conference will take place June 17-18 at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC). Registration is now open, with reduced rates available for registration before May 1. The 2013 Cancer Disparities Summit will be held June 19-20 in Minnetonka. The 2013 Minnesota Rural Health Conference will be held June 24-25, 2013 in Duluth. Rural Wisconsin Health Careers (RWHC) will hold two educational sessions in St. Croix Falls in July: Pediatric assessment/emergencies on July 10 and Lateral violence: Empowering staff to stop bad behaviors on July 11. The 2013 Community Mental Health Conference will take place September 25-27 in Duluth. The Fifth Annual Rural Behavioral Health Conference will be held October 11 athe University of Minnesota-Morris and group webcast sites. Email wilgarrett@comcast.net for more information. |
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