2009 Virginia Rural Health Summit
"Supporting Rural Health Through Action"

Thanks to everyone who made this year's Rural Health Summit a success!

From March 11-13, the Virginia Department of Health Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy and the Virginia Rural Health Association hosted the second Rural Health Summit in Abingdon, VA.

Sponsors

Virginia Department of Health, Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy

Virginia Department of Health, Emergency Medical Services

Virginia Rural Health Association

Radford University

 

Presentations

Council Progress Reports

Data Council Progress Report
- Ken Cook

Quality Advisory Council Report

Workforce Council Progress Report

Primary Care and Behavioral Health

Behavioral Health in Primary Care: Mastery of the Basics
- Patricia Robinson and Kirk Strosahl

Integrating Primary Care and Behavioral Health Services: A Compass and A Horizon
- Patricia Robinson and Kirk Strosahl

Primary Care and Behavioral Health in Rural Virginia
- Margaret H. Ray

Rural EMS

Rural and Frontier EMS Agenda for the Future
- Joe Hansen and Aarron Reinert

Rural EMS Systems: An Evaluation
- Timothy J. Perkins

Virginia Rural EMS Summit
- Gary Brown and Scott Winston

Other Presentations

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009-A Historic Investment in Community Health Centers
- Rick Shinn

National Rural Health Policy
- Beth O'Connor

Rural Health Clinics: Improving Reimbursement to
Rural Medical Practices
And Small Rural Hospitals
- Ken Cook

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Documents

View the agenda

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