This is a documentary featuring in-depth interviews with young Wisconsinites fighting to recover their lives and futures from addictions that, in most cases, involved opioids. WisconsinEye produced the documentary to be used in middle and high schools in Wisconsin, with related curriculum and discussion guides. Time: 7pm CT.
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Another health funding cliff puts care for millions at risk
Billions of federal dollars for community health centers, which provide care for some 26 million patients, is on the line with a Sept. 30 funding deadline looming. The funding path is murky, with an agreement not yet reached and the House in session for only a week until the program expires. Funding community health centers is traditionally a bipartisan affair, though the two chambers appear to be taking different approaches. (Source: The Hill; Photo by 1160055, Pixabay) More »
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Extending the Children’s Health Insurance Program: High Stakes for Families and States
Congress must decide whether to extend federal funding authority for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which ends September 30, 2017. CHIP operates much like Medicaid, providing federal matching payments for state program expenses, although CHIP’s funding rate is higher than the federal rate paid for traditional Medicaid and was further enhanced under the Affordable Care Act. States can use their CHIP funds to expand Medicaid, operate separate CHIP programs, or combine the two approaches. Today CHIP covers 8.4 million children and provides maternity coverage for approximately 370,000 women. (Source: Commonwealth Fund; Photo by PublicCo, Pixabay) More »
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Health Care Facility Design Safety Risk Assessment Toolkit
Patient and staff safety in a hospital or other health care facility can be protected by a properly designed built environment. Assessing safety risks and incorporating preventive measures into the design of health care facilities can minimize such safety problems as health care-associated infections, patient falls, medication errors, and security risks. The goal of the toolkit is to assist in the design of a built environment that supports workflow, procedures, and capability while ensuring the safety of patients and staff. (Source: AHRQ; Photo by SilasCamargo, Pixabay) More »
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Training builds rural health workforce one student at a time
With an average of only 40 primary doctors to take care of 100,000 patients in rural America, it’s vital to find ways to entice more health care providers to practice rurally. To fill the gap in care, rural areas must build the proper infrastructure and educational facilities to train medical professionals in the types of unique medical care this community needs. With better infrastructure, research shows that training opportunities can provide the incentive to recruit and retain the health care workforce rural communities so desperately need. (Source: NRHA Rural Health Voices; Photo by Couleur, Pixabay) More »
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Rural PREP program does that and more fore future docs
Entering the second of its five years of funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration, the mission of Rural PREP is to improve and sustain rural health through community engagement and research in primary care health professions education. (Source: NRHA Rural Health Voices; Photo by WerbeFabrik, Pixabay) More »
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2018 Interprofessional Healthcare Case Competition – Wisconin AHEC (Deadline: 10/06/2017)The case competition is for all tech college, undergraduate, and graduate students across the state, with the goal for all students to learn the concepts of Interprofessional education, collaboration, and practice. Teams will have two months to work together on a case study and submit their entry prior to the competition event. Each team will conduct an analysis of interprofessional efforts during the care of a patient/client. At the end of the process, your team will present your findings to a panel of judges representing various disciplines in the community of Wisconsin's healthcare professionals. Funding »
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Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program Responsive Component – Medical College of Wisconsin (Deadline: 12/01/2017)Funding will support efforts to create strong, healthy neighborhoods and communities by Wisconsin-based organizations, local leaders and citizens. Participants in the Call for PSE Change for Improved Health will demonstrate how a range of partners from multiple sectors can work together to pursue evidence based strategies around policy, systems and environment that address the key determinants that most strongly influence community health. Funding »
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Service Area Competition – HHS, Health Resources and Services Administration 18-026 (Deadline: 11/06/2017)The Health Center Program supports public and private nonprofit community-based and patient-directed organizations that provide primary health care services to the Nation’s medically underserved. The purpose is to ensure continued access to affordable, quality primary health care services for communities and vulnerable populations currently served by the Health Center Program. Funding »
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Service Area Competition – HHS, Health Resources and Services Administration 18-025 (Deadline: 10/10/2017)The Health Center Program supports public and private nonprofit community-based and patient-directed organizations that provide primary health care services to the Nation’s medically underserved. The purpose is to ensure continued access to affordable, quality primary health care services for communities and vulnerable populations currently served by the Health Center Program. Funding »
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-sponsored National Research Service Award (NRSA)Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32) – HHS, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (Deadline: 08/08/2022)The purpose of this individual postdoctoral research training fellowship is to enhance the research training of promising postdoctoral candidates who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in health services research, with a research interest in areas and priorities relevant to the mission of AHRQ. Funding »
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Health Care Access Design Challenge 2017 - National Center for Mobility Management, Federal Transit Administration (Deadline: 10/05/2017)The goals of the funding: Support communities in designing ready-to-launch health care transportation solutions that improve access in each of the four challenge areas (identified below). Disseminate results of the communities’ work to facilitate the implementation of solutions in part or in whole by other communities. Seven communities will win up to $30,000 and direct FTA-funded technical assistance to plan and design transportation solutions that improve access to health care. Health care providers in rural communities often separated from patients by great distances can lead transportation improvements to increase access to care and influence broader health outcomes. Funding »
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Kenneth M. Viste, Jr., MD Young Physician Award - Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation (Deadline: 11/01/2017)The Award honors a young physician who is an active volunteer at local, state and national levels, a commitment to patients, community and the profession of medicine. Funding »
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Building Trust and Mutual Respect to Improve Health Care – RWJF (Deadline: 10/13/2017)Grants will fund empirical research studies to help us better understand how to build trust and mutual respect to meet vulnerable patients’ health care needs. For this CFP, we would define vulnerable populations in a number of different ways, including the economically disadvantaged, diverse racial and ethnic populations, the uninsured, older adults, homeless individuals, and people with complex health and social needs (including people with acute behavioral health needs or multiple chronic conditions). Funding »
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Health Policy Fellows - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Deadline: 11/15/2017)This program provides the nation’s most comprehensive learning experience at the nexus of health, science, and policy in Washington, D.C. It is an outstanding opportunity for exceptional midcareer health professionals and behavioral and social scientists with an interest in health and health care policy. Fellows participate in the policy process at the federal level and use that leadership experience to improve health, health care, and health policy. Funding »
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Health Care Access Design Challenge (Deadline: 10/05/2017)This funding will assist seven communities in addressing health care access issues. The goals are to a) support communities in designing ready-to-launch health care transportation solutions that improve access in each of the four challenge areas and b) disseminate results of the communities’ work to facilitate the implementation of solutions in part or in whole by other communities. Funding »
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Healthy Habits: Timing for Developing Sustainable Healthy Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (R01) – HHS, National Institutes of Health (Deadline: 01/07/2018)Funding seeks to encourage applications that employ innovative research to identify mechanisms of influence and/or promote positive sustainable health behavior(s) in children and youth (birth to age 21). Funding »
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Large Research Projects for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB) (R01) - – HHS, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Deadline: 10/05/2017)The projects will help mitigate the public health threat of antibiotic resistance. CARB research project proposals should address ways to promote appropriate antibiotic use, reduce the transmission of resistant bacteria, or prevent HAIs in the first place. Funding »
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Large Research Projects for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (R01) – HHS, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Deadline: 10/05/2017)HAIs are infections that patients acquire during the course of receiving treatment for other conditions within a healthcare setting. These infections are a significant cause of preventable illness and death in the United States. The projects should advance the knowledge of HAI detection, prevention, and reduction of HAIs. Funding »
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Wisconsin Fast Forward Grants - Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (Deadline: 12/31/2017)The grant program cultivates a strong environment for private sector job creation by helping businesses train highly skilled workers to fill current job openings and meet ongoing skill requirements. As a catalyst for talent development, the program encourages increased collaboration between Wisconsin's businesses and workforce training partners for the development and implementation of customized and sustainable short- and medium-term training programs that place workers in long-term positions with opportunities for professional growth and economic advancement. Funding »
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Zero Suicide Initiative – HHS, Indian Health Service (Deadline: 10/12/2017)The purpose is to improve the system of care for those at risk for suicide by implementing a comprehensive, culturally informed, multi-setting approach to suicide prevention in Indian health systems. Funding »
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Students to Service Loan Repayment Program - National Health Service Corps (Deadline: 10/19/2017)The S2S LRP provides up to $120,000 to medical (MD and DO) or dental (DDS or DMD) students in their final year of school in return for a commitment to provide primary health care full time for at least 3 years at an approved NHSC site in a Health Professional Shortage Area of greatest need. Application and Program Guidance technical assistance events: September 28, Phone: 1-888-787-0203 Passcode: 3261051; 6pm CT. October 10, 8am CT (online only). Funding »
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AmeriCorps State and National Grants FY2018 - Corporation for National and Community Service (Deadline: 01/17/2018)Grants are awarded to eligible organizations proposing to engage AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions to strengthen communities. Funding »
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Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant Program - Department of Housing and Urban Development (Deadline: 11/22/2017)Grants support the implementation of comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plans that are expected to achieve the following three core goals: 1. Housing; 2. People; 3. Neighborhood. Funding »
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Rural Impact County Challenge (RICC) Community Coaching - NACo (Deadline: 11/03/2017)The prevalence of generational poverty in rural counties is fueled by a lack of opportunity for children and their families, often compounded by other challenges such as distance from health and early learning programs, lack of access to public transportation and higher rates of drug and substance abuse. RICC Community Coaches will work with selected county teams for a year to support local efforts to improve community health and provide guidance tailored to each participating county. Funding »
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Local Action Grants - Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (Deadline: 01/15/2018)Funding helps to promote the involvement of EM physicians-in-training in activities which support Emergency Medicine through community outreach and other community-driving events. Applications are accepted on an annual basis. Funding »
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Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Training
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2017-09-19 to 2017-09-20
)This intensive 2-day module provides training in CPT, an evidence-based treatment for PTSD. It presents theory underlying CPT, a brief overview of CPT’s empirical support, and step-by-step instructions in CPT protocol techniques. Throughout the workshop strategies for conceptualizing and dealing with co-morbidity, managing avoidance, and keeping patients optimally engaged are provided. Video clips of expert therapists demonstrate CPT skills, and participants are asked to do role-plays and other assignments to learn concepts and practice skills.
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Secrets to Document and Data Management
(2017-09-19)
Rural health care providers manage documents and data all day every day. In this webinar, learn some tips, tricks and best practices for providing secure, compliant, cost effective and efficient document and data management. Time: 2pm CT.
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During this call, CMS experts discuss the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) billing rules and their implications. Find out about upcoming changes to the HIPAA Eligibility Transaction System (HETS) and remittance advice to identify the QMB status of your patients and exemption from cost-sharing. Also, learn key steps to promote compliance. Time: 12:30pm CT.
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National Farm Safety and Health Week: Putting Farm Safety Into Practice
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2017-09-17 to 2017-09-23
)Every year since 1944, the third week of September has been recognized as National Farm Safety & Health Week. This recognition has been an annual promotion initiated by the National Safety Council and has been proclaimed as such by each sitting U.S. President since Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the first document. Over the years, the development and dissemination of National Farm Safety & Health Week materials has shifted to the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety. NECAS is the agricultural partner for NSC and has been serving the agricultural family and business community since 1997. There will be various webinars throughout the week. Time: 12pm CT.
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In this webinar, participants will learn about agricultural respiratory hazards and how to select appropriate protection. An overview of medical clearance and fit testing requirements will be given, as well as a discussion of some of the unique challenges faced when providing these services to the agricultural population. Time: 12pm CT.
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The goal of this free webinar series is to educate potential applicants about HRSA programs and resources, the federal grant application process, federal and state funding opportunities, as well as important tips, resources, and training opportunities to drive a successful grant application. Time: 9:30am CT.
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