Date: July 6, 2022
Monthly Infection Control and Prevention Webinar Series: What you need to know to keep you, your patients and community safe
Date: July 14, 2022
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
Title: Recommendations for Change in Infection Prevention: What you need to know
Presenter: Taylor Nelson, DO, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, MU Health Care, Columbia
If you have registered for a previous webinar in this series, you do not need to register again.
Date: July 6, 2022
This study examines the intersections of sexual orientation, geographic context, and race/ethnicity and their associations with self-rated health. The Rural Health Research & Policy Centers leveraged three nationally representative and population-based datasets in this brief; the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), and the Health Information National Trends Survey.
Key Findings
Carrie Henning-Smith, PhD, MPH, MSW
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Phone: 612.626.4512
henn0329@umn.edu
Date: July 5, 2022
InQuiseek, North American HMS, Rural Advantage ACO, and The Compliance Team would like to announce “RHC Navigator 2023” on August 25-26, 2022. Federally Qualified Health Centers are welcome, too! This event will be held at North American HMS Corporate Headquarters, located at 1921 South 9th St., St. Louis, MO 63104. The theme is “envisioning the path ahead” for RHCs. Providers, Administrators, Quality Managers, and anyone else interested in the future of RHCs is welcome to attend. Topics will include:
There is no registration cost for North American clients, InQuiseek clients, or Rural Advantage participants. Otherwise, registration is $379 per person. An event will be scheduled for Thursday evening, so attendees can have a bit of fun. A more detailed agenda will be announced in the coming weeks.
Date: July 5, 2022
New Community Guide in Action Story
BuchananCares Program: A Team-based Care Pilot led by a Rural Community Hospital and Local Pharmacist.
A team of clinical health professionals from the Appalachian College of Pharmacy, Buchanan General Hospital, and the Virginia Department of Health, developed the program, BuchananCares, to reduce patient readmissions and improve health outcomes. Led by Randall Cole, PharmD, the team built the program using recommendations from the Community Preventive Services Task Force and CDC resources.*
As reported by Dr. Cole, the BuchananCares program helped “prevent 30-day readmissions for patients with COPD, diabetes, heart failure, and pneumonia.” The BuchananCares program has been established as usual care at Buchanan General Hospital, and patient education has been expanded beyond the five disease conditions in the program pilot to include all disease conditions.
Read the full Community Guide in Action Story.
* The BuchananCares team used a Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (DHDSP) website as a resource while developing the program.
The Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide) is a website that is a collection of all the evidence-based findings and recommendations of the Community Preventive Services Task Force.
Despite the similar challenges that rural residents and lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals face in accessing health care and achieving positive health outcomes, few studies focus on the intersection of rurality and sexual orientation. This policy brief addresses that gap using nationally representative data to examine rates of chronic conditions by rurality and sexual orientation.
Key Findings
Carrie Henning-Smith, PhD, MPH, MSW
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Phone: 612.626.4512
henn0329@umn.edu
