Category: Conferences

Registration Now Open for NRHA’s RHC and CAH Conferences

July 12, 2024

Registration Now Open for NRHA’s RHC and CAH Conferences

Your chance to share with rural colleagues, network with partners, and learn from clinic and CAH experts from across the country is the National Rural Health Association’s (NRHA’s) Rural Health Clinic and Critical Access Hospital Conferences September 24 – 27.

These events offer more than 40 educational and networking opportunities designed for clinic and hospital professionals and board members serving rural America.

Rates have been announced and registration is now open so act early to save and reserve your hotel room.

Click Here to Learn More and Register

Register Now: HRSA National Telehealth Conference, July 16

July 10, 2024

Register Now: HRSA National Telehealth Conference, July 16

Navigating the latest in telehealth? Join health care professionals, policymakers, and industry stakeholders at the National Telehealth Conference on July 16 for insights on balancing telehealth solutions and vital in-person services.

Learn how others are integrating telehealth into their practice and working to give patients a choice in how they receive their care.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, July 16, 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET

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Virtual Conference – SAMHSA Rural Recovery: Challenges & Solutions, July 10-11

July 8, 2024

Virtual Conference – SAMHSA Rural Recovery: Challenges & Solutions, July 11

Register for this two-day conference, held online, to learn how peer-based and other SAMHSA recovery support programs are meeting the challenges of providing help to individuals and families facing behavioral problems in Rural, Frontier and Tribal Communities.

The conference is sponsored by the office of Recovery at the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations (SAMSHA).

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, July 10-11, 10:00 a.m. CT

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Missouri Maternal Health Partnership Meetings – St. Joseph and Warrensburg

July 2, 2024

Missouri Maternal Health Partnership Meetings – St. Joseph and Warrensburg

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) IEA Region 7 is hosting two Maternal Health Meetings in Missouri:

  • Joseph, MO –  East Hills Library, 502 N. Woodbine Rd, July 11, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
  • Warrensburg, MO – Trails Regional Library (Warrensburg branch), 432 N. Holden St, August 1, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

In these meetings, you will learn about HRSA’s maternal health programs and resources. You will also discuss maternal health issues, including challenges in serving mothers and families, strategies and models to support maternal health, current technical assistance needs, and opportunities for collaboration.

These meetings are offered in person only; there will not be a virtual option.

Click Here to register for St. Joseph meeting, July 11

Click Here to register for Warrensburg meeting, August 1

National Telehealth Conference – Virtual, July 16

July 2, 2024

National Telehealth Conference – Virtual, July 16

The Health Resources and Services Administration is hosting a virtual National Telehealth Conference to bring public and private sector leaders together to discuss telehealth best practices.

Conference Topics Include:

  • Licensing across state lines to increase access to behavioral health care
  • Implications of health policy to inform telehealth’s future
  • Expanding access to services for underserved and low-income communities
  • Exploring health care innovations and future telehealth technologies
  • Improving health equity through expansion of broadband connectivity and adoption of telehealth

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 CT

Register Here

Registration Now Open for NRHA’s RHC, CAH Conferences

June 27, 2024

Registration Now Open for NRHA’s RHC, CAH Conferences

Your chance to share with rural colleagues, network with partners, and learn from clinic and CAH experts from across the country is NRHA’s Rural Health Clinic and Critical Access Hospital Conferences Sept. 24-27.

These events offer more than 40 educational and networking opportunities designed for clinic and hospital professionals and board members serving rural America. Rates have been announced and registration is now open so act early to save and reserve your hotel room.

Additionally, an awards ceremony is planned to honor the top 20 CAHs in the nation.

Click Here to Learn More

Click Here to Register

CMS Announces First Rural Hackathon

June 27, 2024

CMS Announces First Rural Hackathon

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center announced on June 22 that it will conduct the 2024 Rural Health Hackathon, a three-day series of in-person, collaborative sessions designed to generate and construct creative and actionable ideas to address rural health challenges.

The 2024 Hackathon builds on CMS’ extensive outreach to rural communities through site visits and listening sessions to better understand rural health care issues.

Through these solution-oriented events, the CMS Innovation Center will bring together:

  • Rural health community care providers,
  • Community organizations,
  • Industry and tech entrepreneurs,
  • Funders,
  • Policy experts, and beneficiaries to leverage the wisdom and experience of the crowd.

Hackathon attendees will generate new ideas to address some of the top challenges impacting health care in rural health settings and drive action to improve clinical outcomes, increase access and better care experience for both patients and providers in rural communities.

How to Participate:

  • In-Person at one of the following locations:
    • Bozeman, Montana: August 14
    • Dallas, Texas: August 22
    • Wilson, North Carolina: August 29
      • Individuals interested in attending an in-person session should complete the five-minute Interest Survey by 11:59 p.m. eastern on July 12.
  • Virtual Idea Submission
    • Organizations and individuals that cannot attend the in-person events are invited to submit concepts during a public submission period in August 2024.
    • The public submission option will seek additional ideas to address the same challenge areas and questions for the in-person events
    • More information about the virtual idea submission will be posted by CMS, at a later date.

Click Here to learn More

Click Here to complete Interest Survey

Joint Public Health Conference: Creating the Healthiest Missouri, September 17 – 19

June 24, 2024

Joint Public Health Conference: Creating the Healthiest Missouri, September 17 – 19

This public health conference, hosted by Missouri Public Health Association (MPHA), Missouri Association of Local Public Health Agencies (MOALPHA), Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MODHSS), Missouri Center for Public Health Exchange (MOCPHE) and Missouri Institute for Community Health (MICH) provides attendees opportunities for:

  • Education
  • Networking
  • Involvement

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Conference: National Telehealth Conference, July 16

June 24, 2024

Conference: National Telehealth Conference, July 16

Join HRSA’s Office for the Advancement of Telehealth for an online conference featuring health care professionals, policymakers, and industry stakeholders from around the country.

Conference topics for sessions during the all-day event include:

  • Licensing across state lines to increase access to behavioral health care
  • Implications of health policy to inform telehealth’s future
  • Expanding access to services for underserved and low-income communities
  • Exploring health care innovations and future telehealth technologies
  • Improving health equity through expansion of broadband connectivity and adoption of telehealth

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, July 16, 9:30 a.m. ET

Click Here to Register

Listening Sessions on Maternal & Child Health

June 20, 2024

Listening Sessions on Maternal & Child Health

How do you feel about maternal and child health in your community? Missouri Maternal Child Health (MCH) wants to hear from you!

Your input will help MCH understand what programs and services are needed to improve the health of all Missourians.

The University of Missouri, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Senior Services is hosting three listening sessions. A free meal will be served and attendees will receive a $25 Visa gift card.

Listening sessions are being held in the following locations:

Monday, July 8 @ 5:30 p.m. – Miner, MO (meal served at 5:30, listening session begins at 6 p.m.

  • Miner Convention Center
    • 2610 E. Malone Center

Monday, July 9 @ 10:30 a.m.– Cape Girardeau, MO  (meal served after the listening session)

  • Saint Francis Health Care System, St. John of God Room (Entrance 1)
    • 211 Saint Francis Drive, Cape Girardeau, MO

Monday July 9, 5:30 p.m. – Fredericktown, MO (meal served at 5:30 p.m., listening session begins at 6:00 p.m.

  • Teen Town
    • 601 Park Drive

Registration is required!

Please call: 573 207-2710 to register for the session of your choice.