Virginia's State Rural Health Plan (VA-SRHP) is a 3-5 year strategic plan designed to strengthen the health care infrastructure in rural areas. Focal points include access to care, the health care workforce, health care quality and data.
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Thursday, December 10 at 10:00am - 2010 Rural Health Summit
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Tuesday, March 16 at 9:00am
Virginia's State Rural Health Plan When was the last time you visited the Virginia Rural Health Resource Center website? Did you know it was recently re-designed? Check it out...and don't forget to visit the new Virginia Rural Health Data Portal while you are there!
www.vrhrc.org
The Virginia Rural Health Resource Center (VRHRC) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, which serves as a clearinghouse for local, state and national rural health information.
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2009 VRHA Award Winners presented at the VRHA Awards Luncheon during the 2009 VRHA/VAFC Joing Conference! For more information, visit: http://www.vrha.org/Conference/09confere
Virginia's State Rural Health Plan Registrations for the Rural EMS Summit are due today! Have you registered yet?
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The Virginia Office of EMS is sponsoring The Rural EMS Summit to develop strategic initiatives and objectives for a state plan to address the needs of rural EMS agencies in Virginia. The summit is scheduled for December 10 and 11, 2009 in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Virginia's State Rural Health Plan View all of Virginia Rural Health Resource Center's Presentations on SlideShare!
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Virginia's State Rural Health Plan Check out this 71 page pdf "Raising Funds for Rural Health Care: An Introductory Manual". This manual lays out the basics for establishing a structured process of ongoing philanthropic resource development. In times when health care costs keep going up while reimbursement dollars shrink, it is prudent for health care ...providers, like critical access hospitals, to find avenues to raise the money needed to operate and to be able to serve their constituency over the long term, including providing charity care when necessary.
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Virginia's State Rural Health Plan "By pursuing these goals, the council will be helping to support agriculture and food-based economic development for revitalizing rural Virginia and low-income urban neighborhoods; improving Virginia's food security through increased local and regional food supply and distribution chains; reducing the high public healt...h cost of obesity; and supporting and encouraging the development of economic networks, small businesses and industry for processing, storing and distributing locally grown Virginia products to Virginians."
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The 2007 Virginia Food Security Summit, convened by University of Virginia and Virginia Tech, focused on local and regional food availability and accessibility and the need for a robust local food supply that is affordable and accessible to all Virginians.
Virginia's State Rural Health Plan "Rural hospitals, which are normally small and operate on a tight budget, could be put in further financial jeopardy because the House-passed version of health care reform does not fix the disparity in Medicare reimbursements between rural and urban hospitals. Rural hospitals usually are paid far less than their urban ...counterparts, despite facing comparable rates of chronic illnesses such as heart disease or diabetes."
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- America's rural hospitals may face further financial woes if the House health care bill becomes law because the Democrats' plan stipulates below-market payment rates and a new government-run insurance ...
See MoreVirginia's State Rural Health Plan "Janice Wilkins, Quality Assurance Coordinator, for The Landmark Group, in Stuart, VA, was named recipient of the Virginia Association's 2009 Charles Crowder Jr. Award...while she was attending the annual Virginia conference, Wilkins was informed that she had been selected to participate in the National Rural Health As...sociation Fellows Program for 2010." Congrats to Janice!
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Patrick County, VA - Janice Wilkins, Quality Assurance Coordinator, for The Landmark Group, in Stuart, VA, was named recipient of the Virginia Association's 2009 Charles Crowder Jr. Award. Wilkins receives awards at state and national levels. ...
Virginia's State Rural Health Plan Newly released figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show that 13.2% of Americans were living in poverty in 2008, the highest rate since 1997. In rural counties, however, that rate had climbed to 16.3%.
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The difference in poverty rates between rural and urban counties narrowed in the 1990s and through the first few years of this century. From 2003 to 2008, however, poverty rates in rural America jumped.
Virginia's State Rural Health Plan At least 700 people lined up to get screened for health indicators ranging from cholesterol and blood pressure to pulmonary function and dental problems at the Community Health Fair held at Danville Community College’s new Foundation Hall on Saturday.
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At least 700 people lined up to get screened for health indicators ranging from cholesterol and blood pressure to pulmonary function and dental problems at the Community Health Fair held at Danville Community College’s new Foundation Hall on Saturday.
Virginia's State Rural Health Plan has a question for you: If you had to pick only one issue to focus on for improving the health of rural Virginians, which one would it be?
Virginia's State Rural Health Plan "But the Farm-to-School Program is not just about promoting better nutrition in schools. It’s also about promoting opportunities for schools and local farmers to work together."
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It wasn’t so long ago that the county’s middle ...
Virginia's State Rural Health Plan Bluefield College has received an $85,000 grant to start a rural health care education program for southwest Virginia.
Bluefield College grant to fund health program - WVVA TV Bluefield Beckley WV News, Weather and Spor
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BLUEFIELD, Va. (AP) - Bluefield College has received an $85,000 grant to start a rural health care education program for southwest Virginia.
Virginia's State Rural Health Plan "Decisions in the first minutes and hours can, quite literally, make the difference between life and death." Yet most people don't live within minutes of an emergency stroke-care expert. So Forsyth connected its specialists to four rural and regional hospitals in North Carolina and Virginia via a video link so precise ...that a doctor miles away can zoom in on a patient's pupil.
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Patients now can access top medical experts even if they live hundreds of miles from a major hospital
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