Category: Webinar

NRHA Webinar: Building a Culture of Excellence Nine Principles® Framework, June 27

June 3, 2024

NRHA Webinar: Building a Culture of Excellence Nine Principles® Framework, June 27

Join the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) for a transformative webinar designed specifically for rural health executives.

Tad Hunt, Huron’s Market Segment Leader for Rural/Critical Access Hospitals, and Rudy Martinez, a Senior Healthcare Leader, will share their extensive expertise in driving significant improvements in clinical operations and patient care.

Learning Objectives:

  • Implement the Nine Principles® of excellence to create and sustain a high-performance culture in your organization
  • Leverage real-world examples of sustained success tailored to the unique challenges and opportunities in rural healthcare settings
  • Improve operational performance and patient care, specifically in Critical Access Hospitals, enhancing both patient outcomes and staff engagement

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, June 27, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. CST

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NRHA Webinar – Swing Bed Culture and Attention to Wellness Vital to Rural Healthcare, A Transitional Care Model, June 13

June 3, 2024

NRHA Webinar – Swing Bed Culture and Attention to Wellness Vital to Rural Healthcare, A Transitional Care Model, June 13

Allevant, a joint venture between Mayo Clinic and Select Medical, helps Critical Access Hospitals by developing post-acute Transitional Care programs using available Swing Beds.

Focused on helping patients transition to their highest level of independence, Transitional Care is a program that involves the patient and family, makes available the full resources of the Critical Access Hospital and focuses on measured outcomes and evidence-based processes to ensure patients get the best care.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, June 13, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. CT

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MRHA Webinar – Poisonings: The Rural and Urban Divide, June 6

May 28, 2024

MRHA Webinar – Poisonings: The Rural and Urban Divide, June 6

Is there a rural and urban divide when it comes to poisonings and overdoses? During this lunch-and-learn webinar, the Missouri Poison Center will discuss the urban-rural differences in exposure to poisonous substances and drug overdoses.

In addition, they will address how all residents in the state of Missouri can use the poison center as a first-line resource for first-aid information and questions regarding household products, medication, substances of abuse and other potential poisons.

 

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, June 6, 12:00 P.M.

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Webinar: Why Housing is a Rural Social Driver of Health – May 29

May 24, 2024

Webinar: Why Housing is a Rural Social Driver of Health – May 29

Rural Health Research Gateway is hosting a webinar at noon CDT May 29 on understanding housing as a social driver of health for rural residents, including research on rural/urban differences in housing cost burden and quality.

Presenters will share recent research findings on rural/urban differences in housing cost burden and quality of housing stock.

The webinar will also include results from a series of key informant interviews on challenges and opportunities to support housing and improve health for rural residents.

After attending, participants will:

  • Be able to describe differences between rural and urban residents in basic housing access and quality measures
  • Be able to identify opportunities to improve housing as a social driver of health through policy and programming

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, May 29, 12:00 p.m. CT

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NRHA Webinar: Swing Bed Culture and Attention to Wellness Vital to Rural Healthcare, A Transitional Care Model

May 24, 2024

NRHA Webinar: Swing Bed Culture and Attention to Wellness Vital to Rural Healthcare, A Transitional Care Model

Allevant is hosting a webinar on Swing Bed culture and attention to wellness vital to rural health care.

Learn how transitional care makes available the full resources of the CAH and focuses on measured outcomes and evidence-based processes.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, June 13, 1:00 p.m. CT

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2024 Rural Resilience Lecture Series – May 28

May 24, 2024

2024 Rural Resilience Lecture Series – May 28

Community Health Engagement and Outreach invites you to the 2024 summer Rural Resilience Lecture Series.

The first lecture in the series will focus on tobacco/nicotine and vaping with guest lecturers Dr. Li-Shiun Chen, Washington University School of Medicine’s Professor Psychiatry and Christy Inskip, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ Youth Tobacco Use Prevention Specialist discussing the interconnection between tobacco/nicotine use prevention and resilience.

The goal of the series is to increase capacity for professionals and community-based organizations serving rural or marginalized communities to be responsive to behavioral health and substance misuse needs and provide prevention and resilience education to youth, adults and communities.

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Questions? Contact Michelle McDowell at mcdowellm@missouri.edu 

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, May 28, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

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Health Workforce Resource Showcase: The Rural Telementoring Training Center (RTTC) – May 30

May 20, 2024

Health Workforce Resource Showcase: The Rural Telementoring Training Center (RTTC) – May 30

The Rural Telementoring Training Center (RTTP) provides free training, tools and technical assistance to support the implementation and evaluation of Telementoring programs for rural and remote health care workers.

This showcase is intended to introduce attendees to the RTTC and help them consider how the RTTC can support work in addressing public health priorities including maternal health, mental health and substance use, and health workforce.

Attendees will have an opportunity to hear from the RTTC leadership and partners.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, May 30, 1:00 p.m. CT

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Free Webinar: Healthcare Supply Chain Risk Management Webinar, June 12

May 20, 2024

Free Webinar: Healthcare Supply Chain Risk Management Webinar, June 12

Information and operational technology (IT/OT) rely on a complex, globally distributed, and interconnected supply chain ecosystem to provide highly refined, cost-effective and reusable solutions.

This ecosystem is composed of various entities with multiple tiers of outsourcing, diverse distribution routes, assorted technologies, laws, policies, procedures and practices, all of which interact to design, manufacture, distribute, deploy, use, maintain and manage IT/OT products and services.

This webinar will cover:

  • Importance of vendor vetting & supply chain risk management
  • Understanding supply chain risks in healthcare
  • Key components of vendor vetting
  • Implementing a risk management framework

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, June 12, 12:00 p.m. CT

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Assistance for Rural Emergency Hospital Conversion Webinar and Fireside Chat

May 20, 2024

Assistance for Rural Emergency Hospital Conversion Webinar and Fireside Chat

During this session, the Rural Health Redesign Center (RHRC) will provide attendees with an overview of the REH provider type and the no-cost technical assistance for hospitals considering a conversion, available through the Rural Emergency Hospital Technical Assistance Center.

This session will include a Fireside Chat where attendees will have the opportunity to hear directly from a hospital CEO that worked with the Technical Assistance Center throughout their assessment of the REH designation and one CEO who went through the process and decided against converting.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, June 6, 2:00 p.m. ET

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Health Workforce Resource Showcase: The Rural Telementoring Training Center, Thursday May 30

May 20, 2024

Health Workforce Resource Showcase: The Rural Telementoring Training Center, Thursday May 30

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s), Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs (IEA) invites you to a one-hour showcase of the Rural Telementoring Training Center (RTTC) with 15 minutes of Q&A to follow.

The RTTC provides free training, tools and technical assistance to support the implementation and evaluation of Telementoring programs for rural and remote health care workers. By using a “train-the-trainer” approach, the RTTC aims to provide the tools organizations need to develop or expand their own Telementoring programs.

The RTTC’s overarching goal is to support the delivery of evidence-based, high-quality Telementoring programs that expand access, build cultural proficiency, and improve the quality of health care in rural and remote America.

This showcase is intended to introduce you to the Rural Telementoring Training Center and help you consider how the RTTC can support your work in addressing public health priorities including maternal health, mental health and substance use, and health workforce.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, May 30, 1:00 p.m. CT

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