2010 Rural Health Summit
March 16-18, 2010
Thanks to everyone who made this year's Rural Health Summit a success!
From March 16-18, the Virginia Department of Health Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy and the Virginia Rural Health Association hosted the third Rural Health Summit in Danville, VA.
Presentations
Rural Workforce | Annual Rural Health Summit | Telehealth Summit
Pre-Summit: Rural Workforce (Tuesday, March 16)
- Welcome and Update on Workforce Council - Janet McDaniel, PhD - Workforce Council Chair
- Community Apgar, A New Tool For Recruitment and Retention - David Schmitz, MD, Family Medicine Residency of Idaho
- Workforce Shortages and Policy Implications - Stephen Petterson, PhD, Senior Health Policy Researcher, Robert Graham Center
- Healthcare Workforce Data Center - Sandra Whitley Ryals, Director, Virginia Department of Health Professions and Elizabeth A. Carter, Ph.D., Director, Virginia Department of Health Professions Healthcare Workforce Data Center
- Taking the Pulse of Virginia Legislation - Delegate Dave Nutter, Virginia General Assembly and Stephen Bowman, Joint Commission on Health Care
- Recruitment and Retention - David Schmitz, MD, Family Medicine Residency of Idaho
- Enhancing the Workforce Pipeline - Patricia A. Crawford, MS, CHES, Director Rural Outreach, WV School of Osteopathic Medicine; Lisa M. Hatcher, Allied Health Specialist, New River Community and Technical College
- Integration of Academic Programs - Shenandoah University - Juliana Fehr, CNM, PhD, FACNM, Coordinator, Nurse-Midwifery
- Integration of Academic Programs - Hampton University
- Meeting the Health Education Needs of Rural Virginia through Virginia’s Community Colleges - Lorri Huffard, BS, MS, Dean of the Science & Health Division, Wytheville Community College and Kathy Mitchell, BSN, MSN, Dean of Nursing and Allied Health Virginia Highlands Community College, Dean of the Virginia Appalachian Tricollege Nursing Program
Annual Rural Health Summit (Wednesday, March 17)
What's New? Reports from the Front Lines
- Emergency Medical Services - Scott Winston, VDH Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Rural Health Workforce - Stephen Petterson, PhD, Robert Graham Center
Rural Health Plan Oversight Committee - Beth O'Connor, M. Ed., Executive Director, Virginia Rural Health Resource Center, Virginia Rural Health Association
Council Progress Reports
- Access Council - Best Practices Compendium
- Workforce Council - Workforce Survey & Summit
- Quality Council - A Call to Action
- Data/Rural Definitions Council - Data Portal & Mapping Websites
Telehealth Summit (Thursday, March 18)
Telehealth in the Nation: Current and Future
Dena S. Puskin, Sc.D.
Telehealth in Virginia: Current and Future
Jean-Pierre Auffret, PhD
The Children's Partnership and School-Based Telehealth in the Nation - Ken Kelly
Telehealth in Virginia Academic and Major Regional Health Systems
Karen Rheuban, MD
Telehealth in Critical Access Hospitals
Dale Gibbs
Telehealth in FQHCs
Telehealth Specialties
Roger Burket, MD
Larry Merkel, MD, PhD
Christian A. Chisholm, MD
Reimbursement/Coding Specifics & Legal/Regulatory Issues
Greg T. Billings