Calendar
Rural Health Journalism Workshop 2014: Program
7:30-8:15 a.m. |
Breakfast |
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8:40-8:50 a.m. |
Welcome |
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8:50-9:50 a.m. |
Rural health landscape: Meeting the people, meeting the challenges What do you need to know about rural residents? This session lays out the landscape for reporters covering rural health stories. You’ll learn about the current status of rural populations at the national and regional scale and how new training and innovations are helping to meet the health needs of this population.
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10-11 a.m. |
Telemedicine: Technology triumphs and regulation challenges The technology that allows specialists to examine patients hundreds of miles away are demonstrating that telemedicine can save lives and curtail disability. But while outcomes are improving, are regulations covering reimbursement and delivery falling behind the technology? As telemedicine becomes more widespread, find new story angles for your audience.
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11:10 a.m.-12:10 p.m. |
The aging of rural physicians and the next generation of care Most of rural America is experiencing a significant physician shortage, likely to get much worse due to the graying workforce. The solution is multifaceted – and includes telemedicine, more physician assistants and nurse practitioners – but physicians will remain a critical part for any future rural health care system. Expert speakers will look at the new stories of partnerships encouraging physicians to serve in rural settings and how other providers might play a part.
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12:15-2 p.m. |
Luncheon session Upstream of the rapids: Rural health leadership in a changing countryside Seeing rural health problems downstream – with people thrashing for help in a metaphorical river’s rapids – is one perspective. But our luncheon speaker, with almost 30 years of experience in Oregon public health, primary care, public policy and philanthropy, will tell her own stories of rural health looking upstream, where the problems can begin. You’ll hear about changes in rural health leadership, providers and finances across Oregon and across the United States, and how those changes might affect rural residents.
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2:10-3:10 p.m. |
How the ACA impacts rural health care Rural residents can see higher insurance premiums, fewer choices for providers and more distances to travel. How are states, regions, providers and others managing to cover these gaps? As the Affordable Care Act takes effect, what will rural residents need to know? This panel will explore these questions and more.
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3:20-4:20 p.m. |
Poor oral health: What’s the cost? Oral health has obstacles in many parts of the United States: Access to practitioners and the issue of cost are not new concerns. But in a rural setting, those obstacles become steeper. Many rural areas are underserved and overlooked for oral care. This panel of experts spells out the challenges, the cost of poor oral health and how new efforts might manage them.
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