Comments on: About http://www.worh.org/hit What "Meaningful Use" Means to Rural Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:52:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Laura Smith http://www.worh.org/hit/about/comment-page-1/#comment-7497 Laura Smith Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:56:58 +0000 http://www.worh.org/hit/?page_id=2#comment-7497 Dear Louis, Our website is www.thehitcommunity.org. Best, Laura Dear Louis,
Our website is http://www.thehitcommunity.org.
Best,
Laura

]]> By: Laura Smith http://www.worh.org/hit/about/comment-page-1/#comment-7496 Laura Smith Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:52:10 +0000 http://www.worh.org/hit/?page_id=2#comment-7496 Dear Louis, I am a Community Manager for the HIT Community, a new online presence for small and medium-sized healthcare organizations to learn about Meaningful Use of EHRs. We have become aware of your site, and are grateful for all of the resources you have posted. We are also looking for guest bloggers, and wonder if you would consider checking out our site and contributing/cross linking, etc. Warm regards on a wintry day in Boston, Laura Smith Dear Louis,
I am a Community Manager for the HIT Community, a new online presence for small and medium-sized healthcare organizations to learn about Meaningful Use of EHRs.

We have become aware of your site, and are grateful for all of the resources you have posted. We are also looking for guest bloggers, and wonder if you would consider checking out our site and contributing/cross linking, etc.

Warm regards on a wintry day in Boston,
Laura Smith

]]> By: Mary Matzke http://www.worh.org/hit/about/comment-page-1/#comment-5642 Mary Matzke Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:57:54 +0000 http://www.worh.org/hit/?page_id=2#comment-5642 I would like to share your most recent post about EHR incentives with our Kansas HIT hospital contacts. I would give credit to your authorship and source. Please let me know. Thanks Mary I would like to share your most recent post about EHR incentives with our Kansas HIT hospital contacts. I would give credit to your authorship and source. Please let me know.
Thanks
Mary

]]> By: Bytes Land http://www.worh.org/hit/about/comment-page-1/#comment-3260 Bytes Land Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:54:43 +0000 http://www.worh.org/hit/?page_id=2#comment-3260 The major workforce problem facing rural locations is policy. Rural locations are primary care dependent for workforce and also depend upon health care spending in rural locations as well as health care spending in underserved locations - simple common sense. The United States policy designs insure that primary care revenues are not enough to keep up with the rising cost of delivering primary care. Only 5 percentage points of annual health spending go to primary care spending. Less than 5 percentage points each go to rural areas with 20% of the population (9% of workforce) and to underserved areas with 21% of the population in rural or urban areas with 7% of the workforce. The major workforce problem facing rural locations is policy. Rural locations are primary care dependent for workforce and also depend upon health care spending in rural locations as well as health care spending in underserved locations – simple common sense. The United States policy designs insure that primary care revenues are not enough to keep up with the rising cost of delivering primary care. Only 5 percentage points of annual health spending go to primary care spending. Less than 5 percentage points each go to rural areas with 20% of the population (9% of workforce) and to underserved areas with 21% of the population in rural or urban areas with 7% of the workforce.

]]> By: Supplemental “Rural Hospital” REC Funding May Not Reach Most Rural Hospitals | HITECH Answers http://www.worh.org/hit/about/comment-page-1/#comment-694 Supplemental “Rural Hospital” REC Funding May Not Reach Most Rural Hospitals | HITECH Answers Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:47:24 +0000 http://www.worh.org/hit/?page_id=2#comment-694 [...] Technology and the Chief Information Officer of the RWHC Information Technology Network. Learn more about this [...] [...] Technology and the Chief Information Officer of the RWHC Information Technology Network. Learn more about this [...]

]]> By: carol flagg http://www.worh.org/hit/about/comment-page-1/#comment-332 carol flagg Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:01:36 +0000 http://www.worh.org/hit/?page_id=2#comment-332 Hi Louis, I'm partners in a site dedicated to educating health care providers on the impact of the HITECH Act on ehr adoption and implementation. I'd like permission to re-post your latest post -- Supplemental “Rural Hospital” REC Funding May Not Reach Most Rural Hospitals -- on our HITECH Updates blog. As with any guest post, we duly note authorship, source, etc. Please let me know. I can be reached at: carol@hitechanswers.com Thanks much! Hi Louis,
I’m partners in a site dedicated to educating health care providers on the impact of the HITECH Act on ehr adoption and implementation. I’d like permission to re-post your latest post — Supplemental “Rural Hospital” REC Funding May Not Reach Most Rural Hospitals — on our HITECH Updates blog. As with any guest post, we duly note authorship, source, etc. Please let me know. I can be reached at: carol@hitechanswers.com
Thanks much!

]]> By: Kathleen Mintari http://www.worh.org/hit/about/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Kathleen Mintari Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:17:46 +0000 http://www.worh.org/hit/?page_id=2#comment-40 As a tobacco coalition coordinator of a rural I must say that I believe that the Smoke-Free Wisconsin Law that will take effect on July 5, 2010 will do great things for rural health. Smoking is the single most preventable cause of death and disease in this country, this state, and in each of our counties. This law will do much for changing our social norm and therefore our health. It may be the best thing that has ever happened to rural health! As a tobacco coalition coordinator of a rural I must say that I believe that the Smoke-Free Wisconsin Law that will take effect on July 5, 2010 will do great things for rural health. Smoking is the single most preventable cause of death and disease in this country, this state, and in each of our counties. This law will do much for changing our social norm and therefore our health. It may be the best thing that has ever happened to rural health!

]]> By: Christine Stineman http://www.worh.org/hit/about/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Christine Stineman Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:26:57 +0000 http://www.worh.org/hit/?page_id=2#comment-2 Louis - I follow you on Twitter. I work with www.broadbandforamerica.com, BfA is a large group of organizations with the mission to offer high speed internet access to every business and individual in America. I am specifically helping to educate and share the many benefits of hi-speed internet access to the health and medical industry and for patients. I asked a question on @theearlyshow yesterday morning about these issues during the ask @drjashton segment. I wanted to connect to see if you'd be interested in having a guest blog post on our site and also posted on your's specifically about the health benefits of broadband access for rural and underserved areas. I can be reached at cstineman@broadbandforamerica.com or on Twitter @cstineman. Thanks! Chris Louis – I follow you on Twitter. I work with http://www.broadbandforamerica.com, BfA is a large group of organizations with the mission to offer high speed internet access to every business and individual in America. I am specifically helping to educate and share the many benefits of hi-speed internet access to the health and medical industry and for patients.

I asked a question on @theearlyshow yesterday morning about these issues during the ask @drjashton segment. I wanted to connect to see if you’d be interested in having a guest blog post on our site and also posted on your’s specifically about the health benefits of broadband access for rural and underserved areas.

I can be reached at cstineman@broadbandforamerica.com or on Twitter @cstineman.

Thanks!
Chris

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