National Rural Health Association

Get the latest replicable rural health resources at the Rural Health Clinic and Critical Access Hospital conferences in Kansas City, Mo. Attend both events to discover practical strategies to implement HIT and EHR; how health reform will affect you; and Meaningful Use how-to’s.

At the Rural Health Clinic Conference Sept. 28-29, take home efficient, cost- and time-saving strategies; get the ins and outs of Medicare cost reporting; and become an RVU expert in an hour. At the Critical Access Hospital Conference Sept. 29-Oct. 1, learn to navigate obstacles and opportunities under the Affordable Care Act; take advantage of 340B discounts; and ensure staff buy-in and go from paper to paperless in five months with EHR.

And don't miss the Patient Flow Simulation Workshop on Sept. 29. Step inside a simulated emergency department for hands-on exercises designed to track patient flow and personnel activities to save time and improve care from ER to discharge. Space is limited.

Visit www.RuralHealthWeb.org/kc to register for all the above events. View Full Story

The National Rural Health Association's strength and success is largely the result of leaders, members and staff working together with a common purpose to ensure the broadest range and highest quality of health care services to rural America. 

NRHA's annual nomination and election process is key to the ongoing need to maintain the flow of our volunteer leadership. The Nominations and Credentials Committee is soliciting nominations for several NRHA leadership positions that will begin Jan. 1, 2011. Click through for available positions and to nominate yourself or your colleagues for NRHA leadership positions. Submission deadline is Sept. 3. View Full Story

The summer issue of NRHA’s award-winning Rural Roads magazine is now online at www.RuralRoadsOnline.com. Check it out for personal accounts and video of your colleagues helping in Haiti, hospitals going green, and smoking ban benefits. “If you smile at a Haitian, you’ve made a friend for life,” says NRHA board member Art Clawson, who just moved to Haiti after multiple volunteer experiences. “They just light up.” If you'd like to be featured in an upcoming issue of Rural Roads, e-mail editor@NRHArural.org. View Full Story

NRHA is pleased to announce that it recently became the grant recipient of the Rural Training Track Technical Assistance Demonstration Program as administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. As the award recipient, NRHA will partner with other rural stakeholders in an effort to sustain and strengthen the training new physicians receive as they prepare to practice in rural, underserved areas of the United States. View Full Story