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Greetings from the Virginia State Office of Rural Health!
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Tri-Area Community Health and Elk Creek Rescue Squad Telehealth Services
Patients in Grayson, Wythe, and surrounding communities may access virtual appointments with healthcare providers from Tri-Area Community Health. These appointments can be accessed through telehealth equipment located at the Elk Creek Rescue Squad building. The Rescue Squad staff will be on hand to assist patients with the intake process and connecting to the telehealth system. Individuals do not need to be existing Tri-Area patients to use the telehealth services.
Patients requiring lab work or injections will need to visit a full-service Tri-Area Clinic for these services. The location of the telehealth site within the Elk Creek Rescue Squad building aims to provide convenient access to healthcare services for the mentioned communities. The establishment of a telehealth site at the Elk Creek Rescue Squad building offers numerous benefits, including increased convenience, accessibility, cost savings, efficiency, continuity of care, community collaboration, and resource optimization.
Funding for the telehealth equipment at this location was provided by the Virginia State Office of Rural Health, highlighting a collaborative effort to improve healthcare accessibility in rural areas.
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VA-SORH & Partner Updates |
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Top 100 Rural Hospitals
The Chartis Center for Rural Health released its annual list of the "Top 100 Rural and Community Hospitals" and "Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals." Congratulations to Virginia's 2024 Top 100 Critical Access and Rural & Community Hospitals!
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Top 100 Rural &Community Hospitals:
Lonesome Pine Hospital (Big Stone Gap)
Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital (Onancock)
Smyth County Community Hospital (Marion)
Warren Memorial Hospital (Front Royal)
Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals:
Page Memorial Hospital (Luray)
Shenandoah Memorial Hospital (Woodstock)
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DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is April 27, 2024
The next National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is April 27, 2024 - 10AM to 2PM. The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.
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The Chickahominy T.R.U.T.H. (Trust, Research, Understand, Teach, and Heal) Project
A Tribal Community–Academic Partnership for Understanding the Impact of Structural Factors on Perceived Cancer Risk in Rural Virginia
Provides an overview of the Chickahominy T.R.U.T.H. Project, a community–academic partnership between the Virginia Chickahominy Indian Tribe and Virginia Commonwealth University. Designed to investigate perceived cancer risk in Charles City County, Virginia; assess cancer knowledge, care access gaps, and perceived risks; and develop culturally tailored cancer education and resource navigation. Based on data from 50 in-person interviews and water tests near an area with significantly elevated cancer incidence rates.
PEPI: Project ECHO for Primary Immune Disorders
This virtual resource led by expert specialists facilitates collaboration with rural primary care providers to improve local diagnosis and management of patients with primary immune disorders. 15-20 minute session will take place every other Tuesday from April 9th to May 21st.
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"Improving healthcare in rural Virginia" Interview
"VRHA President Nancy Bell joined Here @ Home to explain how VRHA is supporting the 2.5 million Virginians living in rural areas through partnerships, grant money and legislation."
National Aging and Disability Transportation Center 2023 Innovations Showcase
Offers descriptions, lessons learned, replication advice, and contact information for 14 transportation projects across the country. Projects cover accessibility, coordination, cross jurisdictional boundaries, equity, healthcare access, and technology. Includes rural projects in Virginia and Massachusetts.
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National Rural Health Updates |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
CDC COVIDVaxView Dashboard
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to share weekly COVID-19 vaccination data using a variety of data sources. A new resource, COVIDVaxView Interactive, goes deeper with a look at variations in vaccine confidence by demographics and geography.
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Upcoming Meetings & Webinars |
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Funding Opportunities & Resources |
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Virginia Department of Health Workforce Incentive Programs
The Commonwealth of Virginia offers several incentive programs to attract health professionals to Virginia’s underserved areas. These programs not only assist with paying down outstanding medical education debt but also afford individuals an opportunity to become part of a community and provide care to deserving populations.
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National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program
Application Deadline: April 25, 2024
Scholarships for students pursuing eligible primary care health professions training in exchange for a service commitment in an approved site in a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA).
Nurse Corps Scholarship Program
Application Deadline: May 2, 2024
Nursing school is expensive; let the Nurse Corps Scholarship Program help! If accepted, the program will pay your tuition, fees, and other educational costs, plus a monthly stipend. In return, you work at a Critical Shortage Facility when you graduate.
Nurse Corps Scholars make an impact in underserved communities throughout our nation.
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Opioid-Impacted Family Support Program
Application Deadline: May 6, 2024
Grants to support training programs that expand the number of peer support specialists and other behavioral health-related paraprofessionals who are trained to work in integrated, interprofessional teams to provide services to children whose parents and/or guardians are impacted by opioid use disorders (OUD) and other substance use disorders (SUD).
HRSA National Health Service Corps: Three Options for Loan Repayment Programs
Application Deadline: May 9, 2024
The application window for HRSA’s National Health Service Corp (NHSC) loan repayment programs just opened with a 50 percent increase in funding available for primary care clinicians who commit to working for at least two years in underserved and rural areas. This year, HRSA also seeks to address language barriers for patients and will provide a $5,000 award enhancement to providers who demonstrate Spanish proficiency. The award is available to eligible applicants in all three loan repayment programs and is in addition to the maximum award amounts up to $105,000. In 2023, NHSC rural provider numbers represent 38 percent of the overall health workforce supported by the programs.
Rural Development Broadband ReConnect Program
Application Deadline: May 21, 2024
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides loans, grants, and loan/grant combinations to expand broadband service to rural areas without sufficient broadband access. The ReConnect Loan and Grant Program furnishes loans and grants to provide funds for the costs of construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment needed to provide broadband service in eligible rural areas.
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HRSA Rural Health Research Program
Application Deadline: May 23, 2024
HRSA’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy administers cooperative agreements to increase the amount of high quality, impartial, policy-relevant research to assist decision-makers at the federal, state, and local levels. Eight recipients will conduct policy-oriented health services research on rural issues and synthesize the results into reports easily understood by a non-technical policy audience.
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This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number 5H95RH00138 State Office of Rural Health. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
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