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Rural health care news, events and notices for the current year.
- June 2008: The North Carolina Rural Health Research Program (NC RHRP) is built on the thirty-five year history of rural health services research at the University of North Carolina's Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. The NC RHRP is working to identify problems in the rural health arena through policy-relevant analyses, the geographic and graphical presentation of data, and the dissemination of information to organizations and individuals in the health care field who can use this information for policy or administrative purposes.
- May 13 and 14 2008: Bi-State 2008 Primary Care Conference will be held at the Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, Vermont. This year's Primary Care Conference theme is "Integrating Behavioral Health & Primary Care - There is No Wrong Door." Programming for this year has been substantially expanded, and we have a wide array of speakers and workshops for everyone.
- June and October 2008: 2008 National Health Literacy Institutes is a great opportunity for health professionals to learn plain language skills to communicate health messages quickly and clearly to diverse consumer audiences. The 2008 Summer Institute will be held June 8-11. The 2008 Fall Institute (repeat) will be held October 26-29. Sponsored by the University of New England in Maine for the past 16 years, both Institutes are hosted in Freeport, Maine. Each Institute is limited to 30 participants, so register early to hold your place.
- April 17, 2008: The annual Performance Improvement Summit is the RoundTable's "Rite of Spring." The 4th annual conference brought together speakers and hospital leaders on both the national and local levels, all dedicated to the idea that small rural hospitals CAN strive for, attain, and sustain measurable quality improvement.
- February 19, 2008: Still Time to Add NETC Sites - Time is running out to add sites to the broadband telehealth network now being planned to tie 555 health care sites in ME, NH, and VT. Jim Rogers, President of ProInfoNet, the organization that created the New England Telehealth Consortium (NETC) told participants at the RoundTable's telehealth policy conference call on February 19, 2008 that there is still an opportunity to add sites but that time is running out quickly. NETC recently won a $24.6 million award from the FCC to build the broadband network. For more information, Call 207-947-3536, E-mail Jrogers@netelc.org or Visit Web site.
- February 5, 2008, 9:30-11:00AM: USDA DLT Webinar and Teleconference - Funding is available for the educational and health care needs of rural New Hampshire and Vermont. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program (DLT) provides loans and grants for rural telecommunication systems that provide enhanced learning and health care opportunities for rural residents.
- January 7, 2008: High-tech network to link rural hospitals - Press conference in Bangor, ME announces $24 Million Grant to set up high-tech network to link rural hospitals. RoundTable President-Elect John Gale and Board member Charles Dwyer are quoted in this article by Dieter Bradbury, online reporter for the Maine Press Herald.
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