Designated Medical Directors for Emergency Medical Services

Designated medical directors for emergency medical services: Recruitment and roles. The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association 25 (4): 392. A98

Geographic Variation in Plan Uptake in the Federally Facilitated Marketplace

On September 18, 2014, the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released data showing that nearly five and a half million individuals had selected an insurance plan in the 36 states where the Federally Facilitated Marketplace was operating.  The NC Rural Health Research Program’s Findings Brief: Geographic… Read more »

How Does Medicaid Expansion Affect Insurance Coverage of Rural Populations?

The NC Rural Health Research Program’s Findings Brief: How Does Medicaid Expansion Affect Insurance Coverage of Rural Populations? examines how states’ decisions on Medicaid expansion are impacting rural areas in the U.S., we used population estimates, current status of state expansion, and state-level insurance estimates to answer two primary questions:  1) How is Medicaid expansion… Read more »

Toolkit for Person-Centeredness in Assisted Living Now Available

The Toolkit for Person-Centeredness in Assisted Living was developed through a close partnership between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the national Center for Excellence in Assisted Living (CEAL), along with assisted living providers, residents, family members, and organizational representatives. Available for free download, the Toolkit includes questionnaires to be completed by assisted living… Read more »

Safety Net Clinics Serving the Elderly in Rural Areas: Rural Health Clinic Patients Compared to Federally Qualified Health Center Patients

The NC Rural Health Research Program’s Findings Brief, Safety Net Clinics Serving the Elderly in Rural Areas:  Rural Health Clinic Patients Compared to Federally Qualified Health Center Patients, uses data extracted from 2009 Medicare outpatient provider claims to look at the location of clinics, the number of beneficiaries served, and the number of and cost per… Read more »

Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-term Care work highlighted in themed journal issue about nursing home culture change

A February 2014 supplemental issue of The Gerontologist entitled Transforming Nursing Home Culture: Evidence for Practice and Policy features several articles by Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, Philip Sloane, MD, MPH, David Reed, PhD, Lauren Cohen, MA and colleagues.  The issue addresses the culture change movement in nursing homes, and provides evidence for future practice and policies… Read more »