Dr' Joe Sertich

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Dr. Joe Sertich

• President,
• Northeast Higher Education District

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Dr. Joe Sertich

• President,
• Northeast Higher Education District

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Anne Weyandt

• President,
• Anoka Technical College

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Dr. James H. McCormick

• Chancellor,
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

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Dr. Will Antell

• Trustee,
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

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Dr. Charles W. Fluharty

• Founding Director,
• Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI)

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Dr. Marcia K. Brand, Department of Health and
Human ServicesHealth Resources and Services
AdministrationOffice of Rural Health Policy

• Leaning Forward Together Healthy Collaboration

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This Presentation

• About the Office of Rural Health Policy
• Leaning Forward Together
• Rural health an environmental scan using
  conference themes
• Economic development
• Extending access
• Resource development
• Policy, research and leadership
• A reality check
• How the health and education sectors relate to
  communities

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This Presentation (continued)

• Healthy Collaboration Opportunities
• Workforce development
• Health information technology
• Resources and technical assistance
• Improving health outcomes

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About the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)

• Created in 1987 by Congress to address the
  problems that arose from the implementation of
  the inpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS),
  which led to the closure of an estimated 400
  rural hospitals.
• Advises the Secretary and the Department of
  Health and Human Services on rural issues.
• Administers grant programs, makes policy
  recommendations, and facilitates research on
  rural health.

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Leaning Forward Together Rural Health, An
Environmental Scan

• Economic development and rural health
• High quality employment
• Economic stimulation
• Economic magnet
• Technology
• A healthy, productive community

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Leaning Forward Together Rural Health, An
Environmental Scan

• Extending access and rural health
• 20 percent of the population and 80 percent of
  the land mass
• The smaller, poorer and more isolated a
  community, the more difficult it is to ensure the
  availability of high-quality health services
• Fewer health care organizations and professionals

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Leaning Forward Together Rural Health, An
Environmental Scan

• Extending access and rural health (continued)
• Greatest access challenges
• Long term care
• Mental health and substance abuse
• Oral health care
• Public health care
• Emergency medical services

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Leaning Forward Together Rural Health, An
Environmental Scan

• Resource development and rural health
• Federal, State discretionary grant programs
• Support through Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP and
  other Federal transfer payments
• Foundations
• www.raconline.org

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Leaning Forward Together Rural Health, An
Environmental Scan

• Policy, research and leadership and rural
  health
• ORHP
• State Office of Rural Health
• Rural health associations (National Rural Health
  Association, State RHA)
• State programs

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Leaning Forward Together Rural Health, An
Environmental Scan

• How the health and education sectors relate to
  rural communities
• Principal employers
• Critical for economic development (keeping
  businesses, locating new ones)
• Positive impact on lifestyle and amenities
• Local leadership
• Trust

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Rural Reality Check

• Health professions training resources are limited
  and much is focused at the baccalaureate level
  and above
• Crossing the sector silos is a challenge
• There is enormous benefit to be gained from
  figuring out how to do this
• There is interest at many levels

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Healthy Collaborations Opportunities

• Workforce development
• Shared workforce
• Educational and training opportunities
• Recruitment and retention strategies
• Regional workforce planning setting targets
• Growing our own
• Leveraging upstream relationships (hospitals,
  academic institutions, academic health centers)

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Healthy Collaborations Opportunities

• Health Information Technology
• Incredible growth area for health care providers
• Greatest challenge technical support
• Seniors and health information
• Resources (telehealth, information services,
  business services)
• Rural community colleges and HIT curricula

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Healthy Collaborations Opportunities

• Resources and technical assistance

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Resources and Technical Assistance

• Rural Assistance Center
• (http//www.raconline.org)

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Resources and Technical Assistance

• Rural Recruitment and Retention Network (3RNet,
  http//www.3rnet.org)
• Rural EMS Technical Assistance Center
  (http//www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/ruralems/index.ht
  ml)
• Rural PACE Assistance (http//www.ruralhealth.hrsa
  .gov/pace/index.htm)

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Resources and Technical Assistance

• Working with the Regional Commissions
• US Mexico Border Health Commission
• Appalachian Regional Commission
• Delta Regional Authority
• Denali Commission

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Resources and Technical Assistance

• Delta Rural Hospital Performance Improvement
  Project (RHPI) (http//delta.rhpi.ruralhealth.hrsa
  .gov/)
• Frontier Education Center (http//www.frontierus.o
  rg)
• National Association of Rural Health Clinics
  (NARHC) (http//www.harhc.org)

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Resources to States

• State Office of Rural Health grant program
• A focal point for rural health issues in each
  State
• Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility grant program
• Critical access hospitals, EMS, quality
• Small Hospital Improvement grant program
• HIPAA compliance, payment systems, patient safety

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Resources to Communities

• Outreach, Network, Delta grant programs
• Community-developed approaches to improving
  access and services delivery
• Rural Access to Emergency Devices, Public Access
  to Emergency Devices grant programs
• Placing AEDs, training in their use

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Healthy Collaborations Opportunities

• Improving health outcomes
• Population health
• Faculty, staff and students

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Contact Information

• Marcia Brand
• mbrand_at_hrsa.gov
• Call the Office of Rural Health Policy at
• 301-443-0835

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