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Funding Opportunities
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Telehealth Network Grant Program
HHS/HRSA
Deadline is April 8, 2016
National Health Education Lupus Program
HHS/OMH
Deadline is April 18, 2016
Learn more
Services Planning Research in the Appalachian Region to Address Adverse Health Consequences Associated with Increased Opioid Injection Drug Use
HHS/NIH
Deadline is April 28, 2016
Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy (R01).
HHS/NIH
Deadline is May 7, 2016.
Targeted Capacity Expansion: Medication Assisted Treatment - Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction (MAT-PDOA) grants
HHS/SAMHSA
Deadline is May 31, 2016
Virginia Health Safety Net Grants
VHCF
Deadline for Letter of Intent is July 29, 2016
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We would like your feedback!
VDH-OMHHE is proposing a name change from OMHHE to the Office of Health Equity (OHE), to better reflect the diversity of programs and initiatives in the office. The ongoing work of the office remains the same and the importance of this work will not be diminished. The Office will continue to have a focus on multicultural health, rural and underserved populations.
As one of our stake holders, your input is very important to us. Thank you for your feedback!
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April is Minority Health Month!
April is National Minority Health Month 2016! The theme for 2016 is "Accelerating Health Equity for the Nation." We invite all across the nation to join with the HHS Office of Minority Health to raise awareness of the health disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic minorities and how we are working together to accelerate health equity.
ICYMI: UNC Key Note Speech in TRAIN VA
The a
rchived Key Note Speech of the UNC Minority Health Conference on February 26, 2016 is now in TRAIN VA! Use Course ID # 1062551 for "In Solidarity: The Role of Public Health in Social Justice" with key note speaker, Dr. Crystallee Crain.
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The Lifesaving Power of Books;
Reading aloud - from a book, not a tablet - can help close the alarming health equity gap
U.S. News & World Report, March 30, 2016
The image was riveting. Like an X on a treasure map, the orange-yellow spot on a series of MRI frames marked an area in the brain that was brimming with activity. We were witnessing the physiological impact of greater reading exposure in the brains of preschool children.
This spot, located in the left hemisphere, supports language and imagery. For the first time, our team at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Reading and Literacy Discovery Center had found visible evidence of what has long been claimed: A stronger home reading environment in the critical years of development before kindergarten helps shape a child's brain.
Travis County Seeks To Promote Health Equity For Minorities
Time Warner Cable News, March 30, 2016
"I'm a mother of three and I think health is a right," said Kelle Coleman.
Kelle Coleman is fighting a battle that she knows isn't new, but says is far from over.
Coleman added, "As long as there are health disparities, and then most vulnerable of the vulnerable are having negative outcomes and higher mortality rates and morbidity rates, then there's work to be done." While Travis County was recently ranked one of the healthiest in the state, it faces significant health disparities among ethnic minorities.
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Saginaw VA recognized as 'leader in LGBT healthcare equality'
mLive.com, March 30, 2016
Saginaw's Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center is one of
496 healthcare facilities across the country recognized as "leaders in LGBT healthcare equality."
The designations are imparted by the
Human Rights Campaign Foundation, an arm of the national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization. Part of that group's 2016 Healthcare Equality Index, the survey that gauges equal care and inclusive policies and practices as they apply to LGBT patients, visitors and employees.
Health Summit helps in understanding the refugee experience in Buffalo
The Buffalo News, March 26, 2016
If longtime Western New York residents were to walk a week in the shoes of their new immigrant neighbors finding refuge in several Buffalo neighborhoods, what would they experience?
"They would immediately experience culture shock, anxiety, and potential grief at being in a new, unfamiliar place," Jessica Scates said this week as she and Dr. Kim Griswold sat down to talk about the third annual WNY Refugee Health Summit next weekend. "If you're born in America, live in America and have never been anywhere else, you're used to the way things are," Scates said. "Our daily woes are that our cellphone died and we can't get in touch with someone, or the car breaks down."
Narrating Medicine: How Cultural Differences Challenge Doctors
WBUR, March 23, 2016
The pediatric resident was frustrated.
On the exam table was a 6-month-old baby - quite overweight. In fact, the child was heavier than an average 1-year-old. But his mother just laughed when the resident asked how she was feeding the baby.
When the resident and I looked at the medical record, we saw that for months residents had been discussing feeding with the mother. Telling her that she should stop formula feeding because her breast milk was more than sufficient. Telling her not to give solid foods because her breast milk was enough. And telling her that if she was going to give the baby formula or solid food, she should try to pay attention to when the baby's cry means hunger and when it means a wet diaper or a need for attention.
Read more!
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Obama proposes $1.1 billion for opioid treatment
Roberts is headed to D.C. in a few weeks for a first-ever roundtable on drug addiction in rural areas
Portsmouth Daily Times, March 30, 2016
One of the area's best know advocates for treatment of drug addiction, Lisa Roberts, RN, of the Portsmouth Health Department is calling the move by the president to fund that treatment a step in the right direction because much of it is aimed at rural America.
President Obama has proposed $1.1 billion in new funding to help every American with an opioid use disorder who wants treatment get the help they need.
New Requirements for Rural Health Clinic Billing Effective April 1
RAC Monitor, March 30, 2016
In the wake of meaningful use, the adoption of ICD-10, and other healthcare system mandates comes yet another requirement. With a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implementation date of April 1 and an effective date of April 4, rural health clinics (RHCs) will be required to report the appropriate HCPCS code for each service line, along with the revenue code and other required billing codes.
How Innovative Teamwork Saved This Rural Health Center
Forbes.com, March 28, 2016
Rural healthcare providers are not often thought of as bastions of entrepreneurship. Yet when you look closer, you can sometimes find stories of dramatic innovation.
High Plains Community Health Center in Lamar, Colo. provides primary care, dental care and behavioral health services a well as an onsite pharmacy. It serves more than 10,000 patients per year, most of whom are low-income and many of whom are elderly.
Like many rural health centers, High Plains sometimes struggled to recruit providers. Back in the late 1990s, they had only three doctors on staff, two full-time and one part-time. This led to problems with long patient wait times, low productivity, financial challenges, and tension between front and back office staff.
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