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SUMMARY:Webinar: Maintaining Patient Access to Care in Rural America
DESCRIPTION:The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials\, with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration\, is hosting a webinar to explore federal priorities related to rural healthcare access\, as well as highlight a successful model to ensure rural patients can access hospital services. \nThe webinar will focus on the implementation and successes of the AZ REACH program\, which serves as a patient transfer system that can be quickly mobilized during a variety of public health events. The webinar will also include discussion with the HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy and CDC Office of Rural Health. The webinar is public and open to all. \nWhen/where: Aug. 8\, 2–3 p.m. EST (virtual only) \nContact: Call The Assocation of State and Territorial Health Officials at: (202) 371-9090 \nFeatured Speakers: \n\nKristi Martinsen\, Director of the Hospital State Division\, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy\, HRSA\nDiane M. Hall\, Ph.D.\, M.S.Ed.\, Director\, Office of Rural Health\, CDC\nLisa Villarroel\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, Medical Director\, Division of Public Health Services\, Arizona Department of Health Services\nCharles Larsen\, Co-Founder\, Blackbox Healthcare Solutions\nErin Tams\, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer\, Blackbox Healthcare Solutions\n\nClick here to register for the webinar \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-maintaining-patient-access-to-care-in-rural-america/
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SUMMARY:1 year later: Assessing the 988 mental health hotline
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, Aug. 17 at 1:30 p.m. ET  \nThe national 988 mental health crisis line was launched in July 2022 as an easier-to-remember alternative to the previous 10-digit hotline. The initiative\, modeled after 911\, is intended to reduce the incidence of suicide and the mental health crises that underlay suicidal ideation\, attempts and fatalities. It is distinct from 911 in that it specifically addresses suicide crises.From the start\, there have been questions about how well the hotline would function\, including whether it would result in distressed people being involuntarily committed to psychiatric hospital wards or put the caller at risk of trauma or tragedy by sending armed police untrained in mental health interventions. Panelists — including a behavioral health policy researcher and a population health management strategist — will address those questions and related aspects of this topic.  \nWatch the recording \nVincent Atchity \nHeather Saunders \nKatti Gray \n  \nVincent Atchity is president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado\, which\, in 2019\, absorbed The Equitas Project\, a national initiative to disentangle mental health and criminal justice that Atchity served as executive director. A population health management strategist\, Atchity has worked on care management\, cost control\, outcomes improvement\, workforce development\, data integration\, partnership network development and support\, project design\, education and fundraising. Atchity is a member of the Colorado Public Defender Commission\, the Governor’s Strategic Planning Task Force to Increase Behavioral Health Access\, the Denver District Attorney Advisory Council on Mental Health and the Colorado School of Public Health Behavioral Health Initiative Advisory Board. He has taught at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Fordham University in New York and was an assistant dean of the University of California\, Berkeley\, School of Public Health. \nHeather Saunders is a postdoctoral fellow in the Kaiser Family Foundation Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured. Her work focuses on behavioral health policy\, workforce adequacy and health care delivery for people with disabilities. Prior to joining KFF\, Saunders was a researcher for Virginia’s Medicaid program. Before that\, while employed as a social worker\, she worked with clients in hospitals\, schools and outpatient settings. She also managed randomized controlled trials in behavioral health care medical settings. Saunders earned a doctorate in health care policy and research from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her dissertation examined access to behavioral health services. \nKatti Gray is AHCJ’s health beat leader for behavioral and mental health. A former Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow\, Gray is providing resources to help AHCJ members expand their coverage of mental health amid ongoing efforts to de-stigmatize mental illness and to place mental health care on par with all health care. She has covered\, among other topics\, mental health care in prisons and jails\, the debate over whether mental illnesses are being over-diagnosed and efforts to persuade persons of color to be less skeptical about seeking counseling and other mental health services. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/1-year-later-assessing-the-988-mental-health-hotline/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:The 5 Most Urgent Conversations About Rural Health: An AHCJ Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us in Kansas City on Aug. 24 for the 2023 Rural Health Journalism Workshop! This year’s theme is “The 5 Most Urgent Conversations About Rural Health.”  \nWe’ll start with an overview of rural demographics and then talk about: \n\nInvestigating environmental health — access points and pointers\nThe harm reduction argument for rural America\nTelemental health: It works when it’s culturally appropriate\nFinding a maternal health solution for rural America\nHow people get health care information in news deserts\n\nRegister here \n\nRegistration opens on July 5 and closes on Aug. 11.  \nBook your hotel room in the AHCJ block here at Hotel Kansas City by Aug. 1. \nFees: \n\nMembers: $25\nNon-members: $35\nNon-members a 6 month AHCJ membership: $60\nPR/PIO: $80\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScholarships are available to offset attendance for Kansas and Missouri-based journalists that can assist with mileage\, registration and one hotel night. Apply here.\n \n\n\n\n \nLocation:\n\nHotel Kansas City1228 Baltimore AvenueKansas City\, Mo. 64105816-685-1228 \nMeeting:Starlight Ballroom\, 15th floor\, Hotel Kansas CityUpon entry through the Front Entrance on Baltimore\, Guests will walk through the lobby\, past the front desk toward the double elevators. The Starlight Elevator is located to the left of the Town Company Restaurant (Starlight is not accessible from the double elevators). \nIf you are staying at the hotel overnight\, you will need to return to the lobby to access the sleeping rooms by using the double elevator. \nParking garageAuditorium Plaza Garage1220 Wyandotte Street\, Kansas City MO 64105Daily parking is rated at $12 but is subject to change or event parking rates. \n\nWalking directions from the parking garage to the hotel. \n\nHead south on Wyandotte St toward W 13th St\nTurn left onto W 13th St\nTurn left onto Baltimore Ave\nHotel will be on the left\n\n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-5-most-urgent-conversations-about-rural-health-an-ahcj-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Workshops | Summits
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SUMMARY:The 5 Most Urgent Conversations About Rural Health
DESCRIPTION:AHCJ Rural Health Journalism Workshop 2023 — Kansas City\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us in Kansas City on Aug. 24 for the 2023 Rural Health Journalism Workshop! This year’s theme is “The 5 Most Urgent Conversations About Rural Health.”  \n\n\n\nWe’ll start with an overview of rural demographics and then talk about: \n\n\n\n\nInvestigating environmental health — access points and pointers\n\n\n\nHow rural harm reduction fits into the fight against overdose\n\n\n\nRural mental health care: Reaching cultural competency\n\n\n\nFinding a maternal health solution for rural America\n\n\n\nHow people get health care information in news deserts\n\n\n\n\nRegistration opens on July 5 and closes on Aug. 11.  \n\n\n\nBook your hotel room in the AHCJ block here at Hotel Kansas City by Aug. 1. \n\n\n\nRegistration (advance registration includes lunch): \n\n\n\n\nMembers: $25\n\n\n\nNon-members: $35\n\n\n\nNon-members + a six-month AHCJ membership: $60\n\n\n\nPR/PIO: $80\n\n\n\n\nAdvance registration is closed\, however\, on-site registration will be available at the event: $50 (On-site registration does not include meals) \n\n\n\nScholarships are available to offset attendance for Kansas and Missouri-based journalists that can assist with mileage and registration. Apply here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation:Hotel Kansas City1228 Baltimore AvenueKansas City\, Mo. 64105816-685-1228 \n\n\n\nMeeting:Starlight Ballroom\, 15th floor\, Hotel Kansas CityUpon entry through the Front Entrance on Baltimore\, Guests will walk through the lobby\, past the front desk toward the double elevators. The Starlight Elevator is located to the left of the Town Company Restaurant (Starlight is not accessible from the double elevators). \n\n\n\nIf you are staying at the hotel overnight\, you will need to return to the lobby to access the sleeping rooms by using the double elevator. \n\n\n\nParking garageAuditorium Plaza Garage1220 Wyandotte Street\, Kansas City MO 64105Daily parking is rated at $12 but is subject to change or event parking rates. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWalking directions from the parking garage to the hotel. \n\n\n\n\nHead south on Wyandotte St toward W 13th St\n\n\n\nTurn left onto W 13th St\n\n\n\nTurn left onto Baltimore Ave\n\n\n\nHotel will be on the left\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLOCAL HOSTS \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPONSORS
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-5-most-urgent-conversations-about-rural-health/
LOCATION:Hotel Kansas City\, 1228 Baltimore Avenue\, Kansas City\, MO\, Missouri\, 64105-1908
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