Rural Spotlight

Rural HIT Readiness Assessment (Part 2)

The National Rural Health Association is offering the 2nd part of its webinar on HIT Readiness.  Go here to read more and register.

340B Coalition Winter Conference

Follow the link for more information on the 6th Annual 340B Coalition Winter Conference:

340B drug discount program participants suddenly find themselves at a time of great transition in a transformed landscape. National health reform, which has dominated the debate in Washington over the past year, has great implications for the 340B program. The changes to the 340B program contained in the health care reform package would extend the 340B discount to the hospital inpatient setting and add thousands of rural hospitals and other health care facilities to the program. It will also significantly increase enforcement of the program for all 340B providers, as well as the pharmaceutical industry. Our 6th Annual 340B Winter Conference, co-hosted by Apexus, is the perfect opportunity to examine where 340B stakeholders go next, at the federal level and in the states, to prepare themselves for this new environment.

SHIP Program Overview Webinar

SHIP Program Overview

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Clarity PSO Webinar

The time of the Clarity PSO webinar on Proactive Infection Control Risk Assessment has been moved.  Now it's scheduled for December 10, from noon-2 p.m. CST.  The webinar will discuss how to meet regulatory requirements and gain federal privilege under the Patient Safety Act.

You can read more about the speakers and the topics they'll cover, and also register, here.

Transform Data Intelligence into Financial Strategy

The National Rural Health Association is offering a free webcast about how to use your organization's large amount of information to develop business insight.  It's Tuesday, November 17, at 11 a.m. CST.

You can read more information and register here.

3RNET NHSC Webinar

MO DHSS 3RNET NHSC Webinar Part 1.

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Media Events with the Rural Health Resource Center

The Rural Health Resource Center has updated upcoming and ongoing events in the following categories:

EMS 
Health Information Technology 
Hospital Finance 
Hospital Operations 
Management and Leadership 
Quality and Performance Improvement 
Workforce 

Find information on those events here. 

Rural Versus Urban in the Health Care Debate

Researchers have determined there is a discrepancy between health insurance among rural citizens and their urban counterparts. That topic has been made a part of Washington's discussion about health care reform and what needs to be done to make sure all citizens have an equal opportunity to be insured. Read this article.