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CT-ORH Releases Anual Report
November 2, 2009
Download the CT-ORH Annual Report
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HRSA - Free Online Training
September 3, 2009
The Unified Health Communication (UHC) course is a free, online interactive
training course designed to help health care providers improve
patient communication skills and increase their awareness and knowledge
of health literacy, cultural competency and limited English
proficiency.
Read more or sign up now!
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New England Rural Health RoundTable Launches Online Newsletter!
February 11, 2009
The New England Rural Health RoundTable has retired its print newsletter and is now publishing its rural health newsletter electronically in various formats. Published monthly, the new electronic newsletter is filled with relevant, exciting rural healthcare news of interest to organizations, health and human service providers, interested individuals, and government agencies and bureaus from across the New England states.
- Current issues are published in HTML format with links to additional information.
- Previous issues are available in printer-friendly Adobe Acrobat format.
- The newsletter is also published in e-mail format. To subscribe, please send e-mail to lwillis@tss-cpa.com and request that your name be added to the New England Rural Health RoundTable mailing list.
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HRSA-funded Health Workforce Information Center Goes Live
Thursday, February 5, 2009
The new HRSA-funded Health Workforce Information Center, www.healthworkforceinfo.org, will provide free access to the most recent resources on the nation's health workforce in one easy-to-use online location.
"HRSA is pleased to have the University of North Dakota as a partner in creating the center," Administrator Elizabeth M. Duke said. "As shortages of physicians, nurses and allied health personnel worsen, information available through the center will help lawmakers, hospitals and schools develop strategies to meet future workforce demands."
Operated by UND's School of Medicine and Health Sciences, the center will offer the latest on:
- health workforce programs and funding sources;
- workforce data, research and policy;
- educational opportunities and models;
- best practices; and
- related news and events, also available through e-mail updates.
In addition, information specialists will be on hand with customized assistance to locate statistics, create data-based maps, develop lists of possible funding sources, supply publications and connect users to the right organizations or federal programs. Users can contact the specialists online or by phone or fax.
"Many people in government and private and nonprofit organizations need access to the type of quickly assembled, user-friendly data the center will make available," said Kristine Sande, the center's deputy director. "Accurate information on the health workforce will be vitally important in the ongoing health care debate, and we will provide a way for individuals to get it from a single, trusted source."
CONTACT: HRSA PRESS OFFICE, 301-443-3376
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Nominate Rural Behavioral Health Promising Practices for National Recognition
January 2009
In collaboration with the Health Resources & Services Administration's Office of Rural Health Policy, and the Nakamoto Group, Inc., the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Mental Health Program is working to identify promising practices, best practices, models that work, and evidence based practices in rural behavioral health.
The overall goals of this project are to highlight some of these rural promising practices, and to provide information for rural promising practices to achieve higher levels of evidence-based practice to become models for other communities.
If your organization is doing something that has a positive impact on behavioral health in a rural area, we would like to hear about it.
In the initial stage of the project, we are asking people to nominate a practice by completing a Brief Survey (approx. 1.5-2 hours in length) by 5pm PST on March 13, 2009.
The goal of the initial survey is to identify practices that are successful in meeting a mental health and/or substance abuse (behavioral health) need in a rural area. Once we have a sufficient number of nominated practices, we will review them and select 30-40 practices from which to collect additional information. We will then select a short list of 10-20 practices for site visits.
The survey must be completed by 5pm PST on March 13, 2009 for your nominated practice to be considered. Should you have any questions as you are completing the survey, please contact Nicole Speer by calling 303-541-0257, or by e-mailing your question to nspeer@wiche.edu. For more information, download the complete Nominations Announcement (PDF/13KB). |
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New England Regional Healthcare Workforce Project Launched
September 2008
The New England State Offices of Rural Health and New England Rural Health RoundTable have launched a new joint regional project entitled "New England Regional Healthcare Workforce Collaboration." The project mission is to identify strategies which improve the healthcare workforce development, recruitment and retention capacity of New England stakeholders through regional projects, partnerships and collaborations.
The strategic regional plan provides a framework for the ongoing efforts of the State Offices and the RoundTable.
To view a summary of the plan, browse:
Or, download the entire Strategic Planning Report (PDF/226KB).
To learn more about the new initiative and find New England healthcare workforce resources, visit New England Rural Health RoundTable Rural Workforce |
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CT-ORH Newsletter, "Connecticut Rural Health News" Available
In this Issue - "Connecticut Rural Health News," Summer 2008 (PDF/315KB):
- Highlights from the Rural Health Office
- Small Grant Program Assists Rural Emergency Medical Services
- Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program
- Resources
- Save These Dates
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