Rural Clinic and Hospital Opportunities and Resources
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is funding planning and implementation grants in the area of Medical Liability Reform and Patient Safety. According to AHRQ, “between 44,000 and 98,000 people die each year in hospitals from medical errors.  Systems errors cause the majority of these casualties, rather than poor performance by individual practitioners.” Health [...]
January 14, 2010
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Tags: Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Health Information Technology, Reports and Studies, Rural Hospitals & Clinics · Posted in: Grant Advice, Reports and Studies
I Know I Should Do Something About HIT, But How Do I Pay For It??
Health information technology projects can be expensive, which is a reason many rural providers are lagging behind urban areas in implementing HIT. Here are some resources to assist you.  As I’m sure you’ve heard, the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, also known as the stimulus package) has money for all kinds of [...]
July 16, 2009
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Tags: Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Health Information Technology, Reports and Studies, Wellness · Posted in: Grant Advice, Reports and Studies
A Few Random Resources-Grants, Seminars, etc.
No theme today. Just a few grants and other resources  I will host a one day seminar, How to Succeed in Securing Grants, on August 26 in Sauk City. Boris Frank will lead the seminar and cover topics such as building relationships with funders and how to design a well organized proposal. Mr. Frank [...]
June 26, 2009
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Tags: Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Health Information Technology, Office of Rural Health · Posted in: Grant Advice, Program Updates, Training and Tools
Computer Based Health Care Resources
Why travel? When you can get training, participate in seminars and access other resources from your own office. Or kitchen. Or wherever you use your computer! This post is all about computer based resources. It’s becoming increasingly important to find ways to reduce costs and computer based meetings and resources are a great way to [...]
June 5, 2009
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Tags: Children's Health, Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Health Information Technology, MediCare, Office of Rural Health, Recruitment, Rural Hospitals & Clinics, Webcasts, Wellness · Posted in: Conferences and Webinars, Program Updates, Training and Tools
Resources for Senior Health and Wellness Programs
Not all of these resources are exclusively for senior health and wellness programming, but they can all be used or accessed for that purpose. The Great Lakes Regional Stroke Network will sponsor a conference call, Rural Stroke Systems of Care, on June 11. The call is designed specifically for rural and Critical Access Hospitals. Call [...]
June 2, 2009
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Tags: Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Health Information Technology, Public Health, Rural Hospitals & Clinics, Senior Health, Webcasts · Posted in: Conferences and Webinars, Grant Advice, Reports and Studies, Training and Tools
Grants for Children’s Health and Wellness Programs
This post is all about grants: The Saucony Athletic Footwear corporation sponsors the Run for Good program. Run for Good encourages active lifestyles for children, with a goal of combating obesity. They will consider proposals for programs that work towards this goal; applications that involve running programs will be given priority consideration. Applications are due [...]
May 29, 2009
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Tags: Children's Health, Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Health Information Technology, Wellness · Posted in: Grant Advice
National Rural Health Association Conference
Last week I was in Miami (!!!) for the annual NRHA conference. I attended some great presentations by people working in a variety of rural health care fields. Among the most interesting was a great presentation on putting together a workable (and working!) rural coalition (Session 1C: Rural Best Practices). Another described how the Community [...]
May 12, 2009
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Tags: Community Development, EMS, Health Information Technology, Workforce · Posted in: Training and Tools
Health IT Funding
The federal economic stimulus plan includes money for many projects that will impact rural communities, including funds for health IT and broadband access (necessary in some cases to fully implement IT applications). It’s a good idea to develop a plan for how your hospital, clinic, EMS agency or community could use these funds, so you’re [...]
March 3, 2009
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Tags: Conferences, Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Health Information Technology, Reports and Studies · Posted in: Conferences and Webinars, Grant Advice, Reports and Studies, Training and Tools
