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Rural Health Care Equals Rural Jobs.

by Tim Size, Executive Director, Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative, Sauk CityBeyond deceit and name calling on both sides, our recent election was about jobs. For some it was about not having a job. For many more, it was about the fear of losing one.  The election was also about huge government deficits. The stage is now set for a hard tug of war between job creation and deficit reduction. As politics and policies compete after the election, we who care about rural health must speak up.  We....

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The results are in...what does it mean for rural?.

Depending on where you come in on the political scale, this week's election results were either demoralizing, encouraging, or maybe even a little of both.  Democrats all around the country faced a tough election night, and that fact was just as if not more apparent in rural America. The bulk of the Democratic House, Senate and Governors races took place in the Midwest, South and interior western states such as Utah and Nevada. In fact, the Democrats failed to win a seat in any one of the 11....

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ONC Releases Certified EHR Product List.

[caption id="attachment_397" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Dr. David Blumenthal, Health IT National Coordinator"][/caption] The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has released its initial list of certified electronic health record (EHR) products providers may use in coordination with CMS meaningful use eligibility. The ONC's Certified Health IT Product List identifies the products that have been tested and certified under the ONC's....

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Uninsured Rate Rises in 2009.

The U.S. Census Bureau reported today that the number of people without health insurance rose 9.4% to 50.7 million people in 2009, the highest number of uninsured since 1987. That represented 16.7% of the U.S. population in 2009 compared with 15.4% in 2008. .

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Strategies for Implementing Meaningful Use within the Safety Net Community Webinar.

This is the third HRSA Health IT and Quality technical assistance webinar in our series on Meaningful Use and its impact in the safety net population. This webinar builds on the previous Meaningful Use 101 and Meaningful Use Gap Analysis webinars and focuses on how HRSA grantees are implementing Meaningful Use within the safety net community. The presenters will focus on strategies their health facilities utilize for overcoming barriers and successfully becoming meaningful users of health IT.....

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