The Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Model: A Potential Health Care Delivery Alternative for Small Rural Communities

The Frontier Extended Stay Clinic (FESC) model may be a viable means of maintaining essential services in remote rural areas. ...Based on published evaluations of the demonstration project in Alaska and Washington, FESC operations in isolated remote areas can yield cost savings and improve quality of care. This Policy Brief presents data showing potential use of the FESC model in five rural states with substantial frontier area, using distance criteria from the demonstration project.

Contact Information:
Keith J. Mueller, PhD
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Phone: 319.384.3831
keith-mueller@uiowa.edu

Learn more at:
http://cph.uiowa.edu/rupri/publications/policybriefs/2013/FESCExtension.pdf

National Prevention Strategy Toolkit

Explore each Strategic Direction and Priority Area in this graphic to find topic-specific resources for each action step

Submit your story and resources on how you are implementing the National Prevention Strategy in your state!

Briefly describe your work in an area related to the National Prevention Strategy and we'll follow up with you soon to finalize your submission to be shared on our website. Go to submission form

National Minority Health Month Kick Off!

This April, the Office of Minority Health and our partners mark National Minority Health Month by raising awareness about health disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic minorities, and the health care law's groundbreaking policies to reduce these disparities and achieve health equity.

This year’s theme, Advance Health Equity Now: Uniting Our Communities to Bring Health Care Coverage to All is a call to action, a charge for all of us to unite towards a common goal of improving the health of our communities and increasing access to quality, affordable health care for everyone.

April also marks the second anniversary of the launch of theHHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparitiesand the National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity. Learn more at http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/actnow/

Breast Health Awareness Seminar

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

1:00 & 2:00 pm

Eastside Community Enhancement Center

7301 Boydton Plank Rd, Petersburg, VA 23803

Does your co-worker need a mammogram, but wont make an appointment?

Are you a cancer survivor & wonder if your friends know about their risk?

Does your mother, sister, or daughter know what changes to look for in her breasts?

Do you want to take action?

Join us and find out more about being a breast health advocate!

Karen Gregory, MPH, HS-BCP

Community Health Education Coordinator

Crater Health District

VCU Massey Cancer Center

(804) 524-7140, (804) 892-5442

Community Benefit Report Tool

TASC is please to share the below resources on Community Benefit Reporting developed by the Rural Hospital Performance Improvement (RHPI) Project, a project funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration. Flex Program personnel can distribute the information to their critical access hospitals and rural health colleagues as they feel fit.

 

 The Rural Hospital Performance Improvement (RHPI) Project has supported the creation of instructional PowerPoint presentations and associated tools to assist hospitals to create their own Community Benefit Report. Each individual resource can be accessed as needed by clicking on its title. 

 

You may access the entire page of options at https://secure.ruralcenter.org/help-registration/content/community-benefit-reporting-tool

 

The first list in the attached document includes a four-part PowerPoint series that presents information for different aspects of creating a Community Benefit Report. The title of each is self-explanatory of the content. Next to each title you will find the exercises or tools associated with that PowerPoint. Exercises were developed in the areas of: community health improvement services; health professions education; subsidized health services; research; cash and in-kind contributions; community building activities; and, community benefit operations activities. Community benefit reporting templates were also developed. Links for each exercise and template can be found in this document. For your convenience, a description of each exercise, tool, worksheet or template is also included. Lastly, links are provided to webinar playbacks on two topics: Community Health Needs Assessment – IRS Proposed Rule; and Justifying Your Hospital’s Tax Exempt Status and Performance Management Group (PMG) call playback on IRS Compliance: Community Benefits Reporting.