NW Regional Rural Health Conference
Wednesday - Thursday, March 24 - 25, 2010
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Speaker presentations from the 23rd annual meeting are listed here in order of appearance. We are Going Green! Attendees should print handouts of sessions they are interested in before the conference. Copies of handouts will not be available at the conference.
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Round Tables are listed towards the bottom of this
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See more conference information at www.ahec.spokane.wsu.edu.
Time |
Speaker |
Presentation |
| 8:30 |
Barbara Doty, MD (Alaska) |
WEDNESDAY'S OPENING PLENARY SESSION |
| 10:00 |
The Dental Workforce, Access
to Care and Oral Health Status in Rural U.S.; Washington's Oral Health Workforce |
|
| 10:00 |
David Schmitz,
MD Ed Baker, PhD |
Assessing Community Health Center Assets & Capabilities for Recruiting & Retaining Family Physicians: The CHC Community Apgar Questionnaire |
| 10:00 |
Roger Rosenblatt, MD, MPH, MFR; John Roll, PhD; Gary Peck, MHA |
Chronic Pain and Prescription Opiate Addiction: New Approaches for Rural Providers and Clinics |
| 10:00 |
Jeff Mero, MHA | Independent Elders and the Promise of Technology |
| 11:05 |
Mark Koday,
DDS Art DiMarco, DMD Jim Sledge, DDS Kathy O'Meara-Wyman |
Oral Health Workforce Initiatives in Rural Areas in Washington State |
| 11:05 |
Mark
Doescher, MD, MSPH |
Can Health Care Reform
Resuscitate Rural Primary Care in our Region? |
| 11:05 |
Stephen Kliewer,
DMin |
Health Care and
Spirituality |
| 11:05 |
Sam JW Romeo,
MD |
The Principles of a Medical
Home |
| NOON |
Tom Locke, MPH,
MD |
WRHA AWARDS
LUNCHEON: Emcee Mary C. Selecky, WA Secretary of Health The Future of Rural Health: Building a Patient-centered, Community-focused Health Care System for Rural America |
| 2:10 |
Round Tables |
See Round
Table Grid Below for Handouts and Notes as
available |
| 3:45 |
Are Rural Cancer Patients
with Early Stage Prostate Cancer Accessing All Treatment
Choices? Obstacles and Opportunities for Providing High Quality Care: New Findings on Wyoming's Health Workforce |
|
| 3:45 |
Barbara J. Doty, MD |
Training Physicians, Alaska
Style: Using Graduate Medical Education to Bolster the Primary Care
Workforce |
| 3:45 |
Day
Egusquiza |
Living with RAC: Moving Forward While Looking Back |
| 3:45 |
Chris Blodgett,
PhD |
Prevention and Early
Intervention of Trauma in Rural Children |
| 8:30am |
Tim Skinner,
MSEd |
THURSDAY MORNING
PLENARY RECRUITENTION (not misspelled!) - Plans, Relationships, & Partners: Ingredients for Success in Rural Recruitment and Retention |
| 9:30 |
Natalie Gonzalez,
RD Jennell Prentice, BA Rochelle Wambach |
Buoys for Providers: Loan
Repayment Dollars to Recruit & Retain |
| 9:30 |
Phil Hirsch, PhD | Some Calm During a Perfect
Storm: Telepsychiatry in Rural Healthcare |
| 9:30 |
Shalina Mirza,
BS Kristin Juliar, MA |
Connecting Communities and
Stimulating Wellness through the Montana Rural Health
Initiative |
| 9:30 |
Board Courage Add'l Handout |
|
| 10:50 |
Natalie Gonzalez, RD Tim Skinner, MSEd |
Storm Chasing: Sourcing
Providers |
| 10:50 |
John Nowak, ADN Paula Dowdle, MHA |
Using Lean Tools to Increase
Patient Access in Hospital-Based Rural Health Clinics |
| 10:50 |
Randal Beaton, PhD, EMT |
Workforce Resiliency - in
the Face of Disaster: Online Training Series |
| 10:50 |
Cody
Hodges, MPA Sharon Vail |
Community Health Improvement
Partnerships in Oregon: Empowering Communities to Become
Healthier |
After the conference adjourns at noon, a bonus workshop is
offered, "Health Care Provider Recruitment &
Retention Training," from 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. Separate
registration required.
Community Apgar Program; Batten
Down the Hatches
Round Tables
| No. | Table Leaders | Topics |
| R1. | Miriam Marcus-Smith, RN; Jean Shreffler-Grant, PhD, RN; Terri Camp, RN, MHL; Andrew Craigie, BS; Davis Patterson, PhD |
Changing Climate of Patient Safety Culture in Rural Hospitals |
| R2. | Joseli Alves-Dunkerson, DDS,
MPH, MBA; Joella Pyatt, RDH |
Oral Health Access in Washington |
| R3. | Annmarie Keck, RN, CEN Carolyn Stoval, BS Pam Currier |
Can Telehealth Help the Rural Healthcare Community Weather the
Perfect Storm? |
| R4. | Deana Molinari, PhD; Tamara Hollinger Forrest, MS, RN |
Recruitment, Retention, and
Compentency Handout; Notes |
| R5. | Phyllis Eide, PhD | A Discussion about Potential
Impacts of Global Climate Change on Rural Health Handout; Notes |
| R6. | Debi Jefferson, RN |
Take Care of Yourself So You Can Take Care of Others
"Walking the Talk to Promote a Healthy Community" |
| R7. | Karen Dickson, MHPA |
Community Nutrition Education: A Plan for Healthy Eating |
| R8. | Robyn Phillips-Madson, MPH, DO |
Addressing Regional Rural Health Care Professional Needs through Innovative Collaboration in Higher Education |
| R9. | Zeyno Shorter, MPH, PhD | Rural Health Care in
Washington from Women's Perspective Notes |
| R10. | Caitlin O'Brien, Sharon Kott | TOOTH TIME: School Oral
Health Screening Program Handout |
| R11. | Nick Lawhead Sara Johnston, MA |
A Healthy Dose of Social
Media Handout; Notes |
| R12. | Valerie Lawrence, MLS | HEAL-WA: a Web Portal
Providing Access to Evidence-based Information to Health
Professionals Statewide Handout |
| R13. | Christine Price,
M.A.C.Ed Shirley Broughton, MPHN |
WSU Extension - Diabetes
Education for Rural Communities Handout; Notes |
| R14. | John Franco, MPH, MSPCI | Introducing Resiliency and
Redundancy to Address the Recession: The Challenge for Local Health
Jurisdictions Handout, Handout 2, Notes |
| R15. | Patricia Atkinson, MAT |