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MDH & ORHPC NEWS |
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HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE HEALTH WORKFORCE
J-1 VISA WAIVER UPDATE
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ORHPC GRANTS AND LOANS |
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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. | |
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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. 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 Medica Foundation is accepting letters of inquiry for Cycle 2 of its 2013 funding program. This cycle has two funding priorities: early childhood health and organizational core mission support. The core mission support grants are awarded to regional and rural ares of Medica's service area (see the foundation's Giving Guidelines for more information on geographic limitations). Letters of inquiry due June 14. |
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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. The Minnesota Rural Health Association will host a cyber conference titled "Telehealth services at Essentia: A focus on developing rural hospital programs" on May 17 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. To register, email jneppel@umn.edu. Registration is now open for the 2013 Minnesota Stroke Conference to be held June 3 at the University of Minnesota Continuing Education and Conference Center in St. Paul. Registration is now open for the 9th Annual Minnesota e-Health Summit: e-Health: Connecting, Optimizing, Transforming, to be held June 13 in Bloomington, with a joint pre-summit workshop on June 12 on health reform preparedness. The 2013 annual meeting of the Minnesota Public Health Association (MPHA) will take place June 13-14 in Minneapolis. "Health in All Policies: Creating Health Equity" will focus on a systems change approach to policy making and implementation. MDH and the Minnesota e-Health Initiative in conjunction with the Laboratory Interoperability Cooperative (LIC) will present a free workshop June 14 to Minnesota hospitals to provide Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) Laboratory LOINC® Mapping Guidance. To participate in the workshop and access additional LIC online education resources, each facility must complete a Hospital Participation Letter as part of the registration process. The 2013 Age and Disabilities Odyssey Conference will take place June 17-18 at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC). Registration is now open. |
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced the release of enhanced National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS), which it called a "blueprint" for organizations seeking to improve health care quality for diverse communities. The revised standards and supporting resources are available on the Office of Minority Health website. The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) announced that Dr. Donald Hughes, a physician with Riverwood Healthcare Center in Aitkin, is 2013 Family Physician of the Year. An article in the Aitkin Age profiles Dr. Hughes and his many contributions over 20 years as a physician in that community. The collaboration of 10 Community Health Centers known as the Federally Qualified Health Center Urban Health Network (FUHN) was featured in an April 5 Star Tribune article. Under a three-year demonstration project with the Department of Human Services (DHS), FUHN has launched one of the nation's first safety-net clinic attempts at an Accountable Care Organization (ACO). Several hospitals in Northeast Minnesota were featured in a Minnesota Public Radio piece for taking a lead in the fight against obesity. Hospitals in Duluth, Grand Rapids, Grand Marais and Two Harbors have all stopped selling sugar-sweetened beverages at their facilities, a move fewer than 100 of the country's 5,000+ hospitals have made. Interviews with two Minnesota dentists -- Dr. John Powers of Montevideo and Dr. Shiraz Asif of Family Dental Care in Minneapolis -- are featured in Working with Midlevel Providers: Dentists' Perspectives, a project update from the Children's Dental Campaign of the Pew Charitable Trusts. Rural Roads, the online magazine of the National Rural Health Association, profiled Dr. Therese Zink for her work engaging students in rural family medicine. Healthcare Informatics reports that HIMSS Analytics awarded its Stage 7 Ambulatory EMR Adoption Model (A-EMRAM) award to 54 Essentia Health ambulatory facilities in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. Key criteria include use of a patient portal and the ability to share clinical data via health information exchanges. These are the first Level 7 clinic awards in Minnesota. |
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In early April, Will Wilson met with CEOs at Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital in Graceville; Ortonville Area Health Services; Appleton Area Health Services; Johnson Memorial Health Services in Dawson; and Sanford Canby Medical Center. Will also conducted grant site visits at Graceville, Ortonville and Dawson. Angie Secher co-presented “Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to Identify Challenges to Dental Services in Minnesota" at the 2013 National Oral Health Conference in Huntsville, Alabama on April 23-24. Tammy Peterson and Jo-Ann Champagne conducted multiple Trauma Designation site visits in April, including three Level 4 visits (St. Gabriel's Hospital in Little Falls; Montevideo Hospital; and Prairie Ridge Hospital and Health Services in Elbow Lake) and a Level 3 site visit at Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina. Tammy Peterson and Chris Ballard taught trauma system Performance Improvement seminars in April in St. Cloud and Marshall. Tammy also conducted a trauma program manager training in St. Cloud and a trauma registry training in Mankato. All of these educational events were hosted by the Regional Trauma Advisory Councils for those areas. |
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Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative (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 at the University of Minnesota-Morris and group webcast sites. Email wilgarrett@comcast.net for more information. |
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