Medication Safety and Senior Care
This is Medication Safety Week and I’ve come across several conferences and other related resources. This website has some good ideas on medication safety programming and activities. Access to medication—as in pharmacies—is a growing problem; I discuss that below. Medication safety is a special concern among the elderly-I’ve found some senior/caregiver resources, too. Here are [...]
April 5, 2010
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Tags: Caregivers, Children's Health, Conferences, Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Mental Health & Substance Abuse, Rural Hospitals & Clinics, Senior Health · Posted in: Conferences and Webinars, Grant Advice, Reports and Studies
Health Care Workforce Woes
In case it wasn’t obvious to anyone who lives in or works with rural communities, an article in the Sunday WI State Journal describes what I believe is the most significant crisis in rural health care: workforce. Life and Death in Park Falls describes the difficulty in recruiting providers in rural communities and the impact [...]
March 9, 2010
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Tags: Caregivers, Loan Repayment, Minority Health, Office of Rural Health, Rural Hospitals & Clinics, Webcasts, Workforce · Posted in: Conferences and Webinars, Program Updates, Provider Loan Repayment
Federal Grants
I’ve posted many times about federal grants and I usually mention that the proposals require more work than most other funding sources. Here are a few federal grants and some sources to help you navigate the federal grant system.  All federal grants are officially announced on Grants.gov. Here you can search for grant opportunities [...]
January 26, 2010
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Tags: EMS, Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Mental Health & Substance Abuse, Rural Hospitals & Clinics · Posted in: Grant Advice
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
A Few Upcoming Conferences and Grant Proposal Deadlines
The American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management is one of the sponsors of the 2010 MEGA Health Conference January 20-22 in Wisconsin Dells. The theme is Health Care Excellence Through Collaboration and will include sessions on compliance risk assessments and HIPAA updates. WIPFLi hosts the annual Critical Access Hospital Workshop and Rural Health Clinic Forum [...]
December 17, 2009
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Tags: Children's Health, Conferences, Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Minority Health, Oral Health, Rural Hospitals & Clinics · Posted in: Conferences and Webinars, Grant Advice
Grants and Conferences-November/December
Here are several conferences and grant opportunities coming up in the next month.  MetaStar, Wisconsin’s Quality Improvement Organization (QIO), will host the Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Reduction Learning Session Outcomes Congress on December 2 in Stevens Point. You’ll learn best practices for pressure ulcer prevention and treatment. Continuing Education units are available. Â
November 20, 2009
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Tags: Children's Health, EMS, Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Minority Health, Public Health, Rural Hospitals & Clinics · Posted in: Grant Advice
Catching Up With Conferences
I’m still catching up on posts; here are some conferences. Sorry that some of these are kind of last minute. The good news is that many of these are right here in Wisconsin.  August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month; VSP, a vision insurance plan, funds Sight for Students to provide free eye exams [...]
August 28, 2009
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Tags: Children's Health, Conferences, Grant Opportunities & Assistance, Mental Health & Substance Abuse, Rural Hospitals & Clinics, Wellness, Workforce · Posted in: Conferences and Webinars, Grant Advice
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
