Healthcare and Quality News Headlines

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 Aging Tsunami: As Crisis Grows, a Search for Help
NBC News - 01/07/15 - Describes the challenge of finding healthcare professionals to serve rural communities in Montana in the face of rising demand due to the aging baby boomer population. The article offers perspectives from healthcare workers in rural communities who share their interpersonal struggles of deciding to begin work, as well as retire from work, within a rural setting.  

 

 

 

 UM to Host Nation's 1st Rural Health Care Hackathon
Missoulian - 12/25/14 -  The University of Montana is hosting the first rural medicine hackathon in March in an effort to find innovative solutions to the challenges faced by healthcare providers in rural and frontier communities.

 

 Telehealth Start-Up and Resource Guide
Telligen HIT REC - 10/2014 Provides an overview and framework for implementing telehealth in critical access hospitals and rural areas. Includes resources about telehealth and an annotated list of organizations that support telehealth activities.

RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis - Developed to provide a preliminary review of important factors for rural organizations interested in developing, expanding, or enhancing care coordination activities.

 

 

RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis - Developed to provide a preliminary review of important factors for rural organizations interested in developing, expanding, or enhancing a population health focused methodology.