Fall 2008

Volume 1 :: Issue 002

Funding Opportunities:

-New AHRQ Health IT Funding Announcement

-The Commonwealth Fund, Harvard Univesity Fellowship in Minority Health Policy

-Nursing Workforce Diversity Grants (NWD)

-Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowships

-RWJF: Coverage Ideas From the Field

-Advanced Education Nursing Grants (AENP)

-Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Award Program

-2009 Violence Prevention Planning Grants

-SAMHSA Knowledge Dissemination Conference Grants

-Utilizing Health Information Technology (IT) to Improve Health Care Quality (R18)

-Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Planning Funds Program

 

Hot Off The Press!

-Hospitals in Southwest Riverside County Pursue Growth Strategies

-Advocates Plan Autism Campaign in California Other States Next Year

-Health Care Industry Begins To Embrace Open Source, Web 2.0

-The California Report - October 16, 2008 - Telemedicine on The Reservation

-Medicare's Online Tools Will Help Beneficiaries with Prescription Drug and Health Plan Choices for 2009

-President Signs Off on Program to Ease Physician Shortage

-Ahora Hablo! Medical Edition, "Simple Steps to Communicate with Spanish-speaking Patients"

 


Change Always Comes Bearing Gifts: Executive Director's Message
Change always comes bearing gifts, as the popular saying goes, and we’ve certainly been fortunate to have attracted such a diverse and enthusiastic team of individuals to CSRHA who are committed to improving the quality of life and health in rural California. With new organizational leadership and perspective, CSRHA is on the cusp of another, more significant transformation. click for more

Empowering Rural California in Preparation for 2009: An Annual Gathering in Sacramento for Rural Health
Rural health has been the backbone of many rural communities in California for decades. Due to the resiliency and vigor of its community leaders and healthcare providers, rural communities in California have surpassed numerous challenges and continued to build networks of support to adapt to changing social and economic climates, and address the healthcare needs of its community.
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Southern/Central California Rural Roundtable - September 2008
CSRHA and Ridgecrest Regional Hospital (RRH) welcomed over 25 attendees and 5 video conferencing sites, representing a diverse cross-section of California’s extended rural health community, for the Joint Southern/Central California Rural Roundtable on September 5, 2008 in Ridgecrest, CA. click for more

Vote for Kids! Informing California Voters Where Candidates Stand on Children's Issues
By Jennifer Kattlove click for more

Point of View:

Find The Holes and Fill Them
By Marj Stuart
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Looking for New Ways to Address the Reimbursement Barrier to Telemedicine
By Kevin Hannah
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The State of Prisons and Health Education in Rural California
By Laurie Ignacio
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Rural Research and Publications:

-New Report Examines Future of Children's Coverage in California

-Good Health Counts: A 21st Century Approach to Health and Community for California

-Promoting Health Equity: A Resource to Help Communities Address Social Determinants of Health

-Insure the Uninsured Project: "California's Safety Nets and the Need to Improve Local Collaboration in Care for the Uninsured: Counties, Clinics, Hospitals and Local Health Plans"

WHO and WONCA: “Integrating mental health in primary care - a global perspective”

-Rural Public Health Financing: The Relationship Between Infrastructure and Local Program Funding (Policy Brief)

-Financing Rural Public Health Activities in Prevention and Health Promotion

-Chartbook: Dental Health and Access to Care Among Rural Children: A National and State Portrait (Executive Summary)

-Hunger in the Fields: Food Insecurity Among Farmworkers in Fresno County

-Indigenous Oaxacan Communities in California: An Overview

 


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