April 25, 2024
RHIhub This Week
The Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub) This Week keeps you informed of the latest rural news, funding opportunities.
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January 31, 2024
RHIhub This Week – Now Available
RHIhub This Week keeps you informed on:
- latest rural news
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January 17, 2024
RHIhub This Week – Now Available
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RHIhub This Week
January 12, 2024
RHIhub This Week
The Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub) keeps you informed of the latest rural news, funding opportunities, publications and events.
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RHIhub This Week
NRHA Today Weekly Newsletter
October 16, 2023
NRHA Today Weekly Newsletter
The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) has posted the latest copy of NRHA Today.
In this issue:
- What rural health providers need from Washington
- NRHA now accepting Health Equity Conference presentations
- Legislative error derails millions for struggling hospitals
- What does CEO Alan Morgan see as the future of rural health?
- Louisiana hospital leading in midwife care – more is needed
- University establishes center for health care cybersecurity
- Is the health care industry selling telemedicine short?
- Ways for Congress to tackle rural health care shortages
- How has your rural community changed in your lifetime?
- JRH publishes new article on rural mammography services
- Wondering where you can find qualified rural health pros?
- Throwback: NRHA CEO on top rural health, hospital concerns
- NRHA webinars on wound care, leadership succession planning
- What parking lot mobile clinics say about rural health care
- Rural child hunger summit, primary care ECHO upcoming
- Participate in NRHA’s latest rural health advocacy campaigns
- University receives grant to combat rural physician shortage
- Rural emergency rooms take on health care challenges
- Study examines health, other factors in happiest states
- Rural youths who drink heavily more likely to carry a gun
Access to Jobs, Economic Opportunities, and Education in Rural Areas
October 6, 2023
Access to Jobs, Economic Opportunities, and Education in Rural Areas
This National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) research report provides an overview of the challenges experienced in rural communities such as connectivity issues; access to goods, social services, and healthcare; and a lack of educational and economic opportunities. Includes implementation strategies for rural communities to evaluate, plan for, and improve accessibility, along with related case studies.
New in Rural Monitor – Recovering from a Cybersecurity Attack and Protecting the Future in Small, Rural Health Organizations
October 6, 2023
New in Rural Monitor – Recovering from a Cybersecurity Attack and Protecting the Future in Small, Rural Health Organizations
The Rural Monitor is a publication of the Rural Health Information Hub. Its focus is on healthcare and population health in rural communities. Recovering from a Cybersecurity Attack and Protecting the Future in Small, Rural Health Organizations discusses how rural hospitals are becoming increasingly vulnerable to attempts to penetrate information systems to create havoc, steal data, or hold information “hostage” for a monetary ransom. Two Critical Access Hospital leaders discuss attacks at their organizations and how they are working to prevent future attacks. An information technology compliance expert also highlights actions organizations can take to better protect themselves from cyber-attacks.
2023 Now Available! MBQIP Monthly – September
September 1, 2023
Now Available! MBQIP Monthly – September 2023
MBQIP Monthly is an e-newsletter that highlights current information about the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP) and provides critical access hospitals (CAHs) information and support for quality reporting and improvement. MBQIP Monthly is produced through the Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance program by Stratis Health.
September 2023 Content:
- CAHs Can! QI Mentor Stories – Improving Swing Bed Quality
- Data: CAHs Measure Up – Collaborative Impact
- Tips: Robyn Quips – Antibiotic Use and Resistance Module Submissions
- Tools and Resources – Helping CAHs succeed in Quality Reporting & Improvement
Rural Monitor Article – Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities Project
August 24, 2023
Rural Monitor Article – Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities Project
A new article – RPHWTN Grantees Help Rural Healthcare Facilities Keep Local Talent – has been published in the Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub). The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network works to expand public health capacity in rural and tribal areas through job development, training, and placement. Three grantees – a career ladder program in Missouri, a respiratory therapy program in Texas, and a health IT program in Virginia – share stories of changing individuals’ lives as well as keeping local talent in their healthcare facilities and communities.