October 29, 2024
Licensure Compacts: Increasing Access to Behavioral Health Care
Telehealth plays a significant role in meeting the need for behavioral health services and behavioral health professionals are subject to state licensure regulations, including for telehealth.
Learn how licensure compacts can improve access to behavioral health care.
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October 29, 2024
Health Equity Webinar Series
Rural America faces disproportionate social and economic disparities compared to urban settings, often leading to poor health outcomes for rural patients and their communities. Achieving health equity and addressing the needs of rural populations requires systematic, community-wide change.
Stroudwater Associates has developed a three-part webinar series that speaks to the challenges of rural healthcare and the newly adopted MBQIP health equity quality measures.
The Office of Rural Health and Primary Care (ORHPC) invites you to join us this webinar series on Health Equity. You can register for each meeting using the links provided, below.
October 29, 2024
New FMT Policy Brief: CAH Perspectives on Collection and Use of Demographic and Social Drivers of Health Data
The Flex Monitoring Team (FMT) recently released a new policy brief, CAH Perspectives on Collection and Use of Demographic and Social Drivers of Health Data. The brief explores the experiences of nine Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), in collecting and using demographic and/or social drivers of health (SDOH) data.
Challenges faced by CAHs during data collection:
Despite these challenges, CAHs described being able to use the demographic and/or SDOH data in various ways:
Staff training, involvement with community partnerships, and collaboration with State Flex Programs will facilitate the best and standard practices of demographic and/or SDOH data collection, as well as data usage for CAHs.
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October 28, 2024
RHIhub Topic Guide: Finding Statistics and Data Related to Rural Health
This Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub) Topic Guide will help you locate and accurately use statistics and data to:
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Many providers of rural-relevant data rely on the same small number of federal data sets for their data products.
Click Here to Access Data Sources & Tools Relevant to Rural Health
October 28, 2024
AHRQ Examines Diagnostic Errors in Rural Healthcare Settings
A new issue brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) emphasizes disparities in access to high-quality diagnostic care and underscores the importance of community engagement, bolstering care coordination, and screening patients for social determinants of health.
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October 28, 2024
New Funding Opportunity: Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Professionals – HRSA-25-068
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to improve access to behavioral health services.
The purpose of the Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals and improve the distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce. The program has a specific focus on understanding the needs of children, adolescents, and young adults at risk for mental health, trauma, and behavioral health disorders.
The BHWET Program for Professionals prepares the workforce by emphasizing interprofessional team-based models of care, integrating behavioral health training in primary care settings and recruiting a diverse workforce interested in serving high need and high demand areas. The program also invests increasing the number of clinical supervisors.
Eligible Applicants
Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. ET on January 21, 2025
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October 28, 2024
Jab Gab Webinar Series: Childhood and Adolescent Vaccination Updates for Health Professionals
Don’t miss the next session on childhood and adolescent vaccination updates for Health Professionals.
Webinars will also be recorded and available On-demand a week following the live event.
Registration allows you to participate in the live Zoom webinar or watch the recorded video. You must be registered to claim credit and may claim only once for each session. Recorded videos will be available until May 31, 2025. You may not claim credit after May 31, 2025.
By the end of the series, participants will be able to:
Webinar Schedule:
Cost: Free
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October 28, 2024
Register Now: Missouri Rural Health Conference, November 6-7
The Missouri Rural Health Conference, jointly hosted by the Missouri Rural Health Association and the Missouri Association of Rural Health Clinics, will take place on November 6-7, 2024, at the beautiful Lodge at Old Kinderhook in Camdenton, Missouri. This event promises to bring together healthcare professionals, policymakers, and advocates to discuss critical issues and innovations in rural health.
Key Highlights of the Conference
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Registration Fee: $200
When: November 6 -7, 2024
Where: Old Kinderhook, Camdenton, MO
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October 25, 2024
New Funding Opportunity: Graduate Psychology Education Program
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to increase access to behavioral health services in high demand areas.
The Graduate Psychology Education Program (GPE) -HRSA-25-067 provides training to doctoral health service psychology students, interns, and post-doctoral residents in integrated, interdisciplinary behavioral health. The program will prepare trainees to provide behavioral health services in community-based primary care settings. The program also supports faculty development in health service psychology.
HRSA will award approximately $22.8 million to up to 50 grantees over a period of three years through this opportunity.
Eligible Applicants:
Applications are due by January 21, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. ET
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October 22, 2024
NRHA Now Accepting Applications – Rural Health Community Capacity Academy, Apply by November 1
The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) is now accepting applications for the association’s Rural Health Community Capacity Academy.
The Academy is designed to support rural organizations in addressing local community health challenges by building their capacity for community engagement and development. Selected organizations will work with rural health development coaches who provide personalized guidance to assess strengths and develop strategies to overcome challenges.
This program is aimed at established rural health organizations with a demonstrated need for capacity-building support.
Assistance may focus on improving operations, such as:
Application Process:
Costs:
Participation in the Rural Health Community Capacity Academy is fully funded. There are no fees for participants.
Please contact Courtney Glover at CGlover@ruralhealth.us with any questions.
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