Past Events: Presentation Archives

View presentations from CSRHA's past events.

Preventive Health: Obesity in our Society and in Rural California Webinar
June 24, 2011

Obesity has become a major health problem in our society.   Rural and underserved areas of California have not escaped this epidemic.  The impact on our rural and underserved population’s health, health care services, and health care dollar is astoundingly dangerous and will grow worse unless we treat obesity as a public health issue and take steps to curb its growth and reduce its current incidence.

To view recording, click here.

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CSRHA SoCal Rural Convening
San Diego, CA
April 21, 2011

This meeting served as an opportunity for rural community members to come together to discuss regional, statewide and federal issues in a solution-based, facilitated dialogue. Topics covered included:

  • Telehealth
  • New ACO Regulations
  • Health Information Technology
  • State Workforce Initiatives
  • State Budget
  • Federal Health Care Reform

Presentations are provided below:

  1. General overview on regional, state and federal issues.
  2. New ACO Regulations

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CIC and CSRHA Advocacy Training
December 16, 2010

There are many major health related issues on the landscape that will directly impact rural health in California. It is very important that rural healthcare providers have good working relationships and partnerships with the state representatives at the community level, to ensure good policies in support of rural heath and vaccine programs.

The webinar is specifically focused on the recent veto by the Governor of $18 million of immunization programs, however, the lessons learned here are translatable to other rural health issues as well. The veto of the $18 million in vaccine program funds has had a dramatic negative impact on the immunization programs at rural clinics and county public health offices, and has created serious declines in the activities around our state’s immunization registry and local immunization coalition efforts.

To view the slides from this Webinar, click here.

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2010 Annual Rural Health Conference
Sacramento, CA
November 10-12, 2010

To view Conference Presentations, click here.

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Rural Health Information Technology Roundtable
Fresno, CA
September 10, 2010

The Rural HIT Roundtable served as an important, educational and interactive meeting with the most up-to-date information available on state and national health issues. In addition, this Roundtable featured a special Health Information Technology (HIT) focus which provided attendees with the opportunity to meet vendors and learn best practices techniques for contracting and meeting meaningful use criteria.

Presentations from the meeting are available below:

CSRHA Activities Update and Agenda Overview

Desiree Rose, CSRHA Executive Director

State Budget Status and Impact on Rural Health

Gail Nickerson, CSRHA President- Elect

Federal Health Care Reform Update

  1. Workforce Issues
  2. Health Insurance Exchange
  3. High Risk Pool Insurance Program

Gail Nickerson, CSRHA President- Elect

Meaningful Use and Vendor Selection

Kim Salamone, PhD, VP, Health Information Technology, HSAG

 Vendor Demonstration Breakouts

 
  1. athenahealth, Inc.
  2. e-MDs
  3. eClinical Works
  4. NextGen
  5. Greenway

Attendees will rotate through 20-minute presentations from each vendor demonstrating how their product will meet Stage 1 Meaningful Use requirements.

Mapping Workflow to Meet Meaningful Use Criteria

Kim Salamone, PhD, Vice President, Health Information Technology, Health Services Advisory Group

Incentive Payment Eligibility and Process

  1. Eligibility for Medi-Cal vs. Medicare Incentives
  2. Eligibility for Adoption, Implementation and Upgrade Payments
  3. Eligibility for HPSA payments
  4. Demonstration of 15% contribution
  5. Record-keeping requirements

Lynn Barr, MPH, CSRHA HIT Director

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eHealth in Rural California: Vendor Selection and Certification
Webinar
June 28, 2010

The purpose of this Webinar was to help ensure that rural health care providers are provided with information about who is responsible for ensuring HIT vendors are qualified, who is setting the standards and creating guidelines and to inform participants of the HIT Vendor Directory in CA.

To view the recording of this Webinar, please click here.

Presentations from the meeting are available below:

Who is doing what to:
a) Develop vendor guidelines/standards
b) Conduct certification
c) Developing a vendor directory of vetted eHealth vendors in California
Speranza Avram,  Executive Director, CalHIPSO
HIT Vendor Lessons Learned-
An Indian Health Services perspective		 Rosario Arreola Pro,  Health Systems Developmental Director, CA Rural Indian Health Board

 

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eHealth in Rural California: Coordination of Health
Information Technology (HIT) Support & Services
Webinar
June 14, 2010

The purpose of the Webinar was to help ensure that all rural health care providers have information about what is going on statewide to support HIT in California.

To view a recording of this Webinar, please click here.

Presentations from the meeting are available below:

1.

Welcome & Introductions

Desiree Rose, Executive Director, CSRHA
2.  

Review of Agenda & Participation Directions

Desiree Rose, Executive Director, CSRHA
3. 

Who is doing What statewide to help Guide eHealth in California

Earl W. Ferguson, M.D., Ph.D.
President-Elect, CSRHA, Director, Southern Sierra Telehealth Network, Director, Telemedicine and Rural Health Development Ridgecrest Regional Hospital, Ridgecrest, CA

4. 

What is Cal eConnect & their area of responsibility

Alana Ketchel, Program Manager Cal eConnect

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What is the role of the Office of Health Information Technology

Larry Dickey, MD, DHCS Office of Health Information Technology

6. 

Who is doing What to provide technical support for Rural Health Care Providers

Speranza Avram, Executive Director, CalHIPSO & Richard Swafford,  PhD,  Chief Technical Officer,  CalHIPSO
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How are Indian Health Care Services integrated into eHealth

Rosario Arreola Pro,  Health Systems Developmental Director, CA Rural Indian Health Board

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Rural Technology Advisory Committee & Rural Hospital HIT Assessment Project

Lynn Barr, CSRHA Health Information Technology Consultant

 

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California Legislative Rural Caucus Informational Hearing:
Health Information Technology (HIT) Issues & Impact on Rural
Health in California
Sacramento, CA
June 9, 2010

To view the recording of this hearing, please click here.

The purpose of this rural Health Information Technology (HIT) hearing was to provide up-to-date information to Legislators and their staff regarding where we are with Health Information Technology (HIT) in California with a focus on rural California. This hearing explored the HIT impact on our rural health care system, immediate and upcoming issues, and challenges and opportunities on the landscape that will involve our state Legislature.

Below is the list of presenters and their presentations.

Topic

Presenters

1) The Big Picture of eHealth in California

  1. Desiree Rose, Executive Director, California State Rural Health Association

  2. Jonah Frohlich, Health Information Technology, Director, CA Health & Human Services Dept

  3. Speranza Avram, Executive Director, CalHIPSO

  4. Raymond T. Hino, MPA, FACHE/ Mendocino Coast District Hospital and California Critical Access Hospital

  5. Andie Martinez, Associate Director of Policy, CA Primary Care Association

  6. Rosario Arreola Pro, Health Systems Developmental Director, CA Rural Indian Health Board

  7. Jim Foxe, MD. Private Practice, Visalia, Board Member Foundation for Medical CAre and Board of Trustees of CMA

  8. Connie Stewart, Executive Director, California Center for Rural Policy

2) Supporting Infrastructure

  1. Sunny McPeak, President and CEO, California Emerging Technology Fund

  2. Christine Martin , Executive Director, California Telemedicine and eHealth Center

  3. Earl Ferguson, MD, PhD, CSRHA President-Elect, Director, Telemedicine Outreach and Rural Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
     
  4. Richard Swafford, PhD, Chief Technical Officer, CalHIPSO

3) Experience from the Front Line

  1. Dean Germano, Shasta Community Health Center

  2. John M. Nadrone, CFO Plumas District Hospital

  3. Earl Ferguson, MD, PhD, CSRHA President-Elect, Director, Telemedicine Outreach and Rural Ridgecrest Regional Hospital

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California Legislative Rural Caucus Informational Hearing
Sacramento, CA
February 16, 2010

To view the recording of this hearing, please click here.

Below is a list of the six panels and 19 rural health experts who testified at the February 16, 2010 hearing at the State Capitol. Presentations are posted here for those presenters who provided written presentations and/or PowerPoints.

Panel 1: What is rural California?

  1. Desiree Rose, Executive Director, California State Rural Health Association
  2. Herrmann Spetzler, Executive Director, Open Door Community Health Centers

Panel 2: Examples of specific health conditions where disparities in the rural areas create continuum of care and access to care challenges.

  1. Connie Stewart, Executive Director, California Center for Rural Policy
  2. Dean Kelaita, M.D., Public Health Officer Calaveras County
  3. Scott Gruendl, Director, Glenn Counth Health Services Agency

Panel 3: What is the rural health safety-net and infrastructure?

  1. Gail Nickerson, Director of Clinic Services, Adventist Health
  2. Ray Hino, CEO, Mendocino Coast District Hospital
  3. Judith Shaplin, CEO, Moutain Health and Community Services
  4. Jonah Frochlich, HIT Director, CA Health and Human Services Department

Panel 4: Health Information Technology (HIT)

  1. Speranza Avram of Speranza Avram &  Associates, Health Information Technology Consultant to CSRHA
  2. Earl Ferguson, M.D., PhD, Director, Southern Sierra Telehealth Network, Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
  3. David Ford, Associate Director, Medical and Regulatory Policy, California Medical Association
  4. Pam Lane, Vice President of Health Informatics, California Hospital Association

Panel 5: Workforce issues in rural California

  1. Angela Minniefield, MPA, Deputy Director, Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, Healthcare Workforce Development Division
  2. Linda Zorn, RD, MA, Director, Butte College/Regional Health Occupations Resource Center
    1. Careers in Allied Health: Greater Sacramento Region
    2. Careers in Allied Health: North Inland Region
    3. Careers in Allied Health: Northern Coastal Region
  3. Barry Russell, PhD, Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office
  4. George Jutila, MD, Fortuna California, representing CA Medical Association  and Specialty Care Physicians

Panel 6: Emerging Issues and Future of Rural Health in California

  1. Peggy Wheeler, California Hospital Association
  2. Sarah Reyes, Senior Program Officer, The California Endowment, and former California Assembly Member
  3. Herrmann Spetzler, Executive Director, Open Door Community Health Centers

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2009 Annual Rural Health Conference
Sacramento, CA
November 17-20, 2009

HRSA Grants Technical Assistance Workshop

  1. Grants Technical Assistance Workshop, Kathryn Umali, Health Resources and Services Administration
  2. My Experience with Working Collaborations and Writing a HRSA Grant, Daquarii Rock, Project ACCESS

Rural e-Health Summit

  1. Preparing for Meaningful Use and the Transformation of our Health Care Delivery System, Jonah Frolich, California Health and Human Services Agency
  2. Optimizing your Health Information Technology (HIT) to Achieve Meaningful Use- Beyond EMR Functionality: Lessons Learned from an Early EMR Adopter, Dean Germano, Shasta Community Health Center
  3. Hospital EHR, Mike Minear, University of California, Davis Health System
  4. Implementing HIE in Rural: A Grassroots Community Project, Jami Young, Believe Health, LLC
  5. The Landscape of Health Technology for Community Clinics Community Clinics Initiative, Kathy Ko, Community Clinics Initiative
  6. North State Rural Health Network: E-Prescribing Pilot, Linda Kehoe, Northern Sierra Rural Health Network
  7. Optimizing HIT/HIE to Achieve Meaningful Use, Toby Douglas, Department of Healthcare Services
  8. Optimizing Community Health Information Technology for Meaningful Use, Will Ross, Redwood MedNET

Legislative Affairs Day

  1. The Federal Rural Health Policy Landscape, Carrie Cochran, Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Rural Health
  2. NRHA National Affairs Update, Danny Fernandez, National Rural Health Association
  3. State Affairs Update, Sam Willburn, California State Office of Rural Health

Leadership Development Day

  1. Navigating Together Through the Rewards and Trials of Rural Health Leadership, Hilda Heady, Rural Health Development, West Virginia University
  2. Burden of Poverty, Beth Landon, National Rural Health Association
  3. Healthcare Industry Reform, One Rural Community at a Time, Mike Kaminaka, Physicians Health/Major Medical Integrated, Inc.
  4. Best Practices in eHealth: Optimizing Telehealth In California, Christine Martin, California Telemedicine and eHealth Center
  5. School Based Telehealth: An Innovative Approach to Meet the Health Care Needs of California’s Rural Children, Jenny Kattlove, The Children's Partnership
  6. A Brief Overview of the Future of Telehealth, Speranza Avram
  7. Strategic Restructuring for Community Clinics, California HealthCare Foundation
  8. National Needs Assessment on Outreach Programs and the Farmworkers They Serve, Adam Sharma, Health Outreach Partners
  9. Meeting the Challenges in California Rural Health Clinics, Gail Nickerson, Adventist Health
  10. The Electronic Record: Planning is Crucial, Lynn Edwards, Bear Valley Community Healthcare District

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