Oklahoma Health Care Authority Quality Improvement Fluoride Varnish Project

Denise Easter, MSN, RN from the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, joins Laura Brooks of the Oklahoma Office of Rural Health to discuss the agency’s pediatric fluoride varnish quality improvement project. Denise provides information about the goals of the project and how providers can participate in this crucial oral health initiative. The recording lasts approximately 16 minutes.

2022-2023 Swing Bed Webinar Series Part 1: Swing Bed Care Spectrum

Lindsay Corcoran, MHA, and Paula Knowles of Stroudwater Associates join Lara Brooks, MS, from the #Oklahoma Office of Rural Health to kick off the 2022-23 Swing Bed Webinar Series. Lindsay reviews how critical access hospitals (CAHs) can leverage the swing bed program to provide essential patient care resources, address hospital capacity issues, and create volume growth. Paula provides a live demonstration of Stroudwater’s Swing Bed Gap Analysis tool. This web-based resource can help CAHs identify opportunities for new swing bed service lines and enhance those already in place. The video lasts approximately 45 minutes.

This is the 1st installment of a 4 part webinar series.

CAH Board Governance Series, Session 3: Management vs. Governance

Bavette Miller, Ph.D. from the OSU School of Healthcare Administration joins Lara Brooks, MS from the Oklahoma Office of Rural Health to discuss the governance role of hospital board members and how that differs from the management responsibilities of the hospital administration. Dr. Miller also provides effective leadership across the entire organization. The recording lasts approximately 44-minutes.

This is the 3rd installment of a 3-part webinar series.

Rural Emergency Hospital Session 2: Impact on Hospitals

Jonathan Pantenburg, MHA of Wintergreen joins Lara Brooks, MS from the Oklahoma Office of Rural Health and reviews the newly issued rules covering the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) reimbursement model established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The recording lasts approximately 51-minutes.

This is the 2nd of a 3-part webinar series.

2022 National Rural Health Day Photo Contest Entries

Explore our story map of the photos submitted to our 2022 National Rural Health Day Photo Contest! 
 

Human papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Disparities by Rurality and Race/Ethnicity

OSU Center of Rural Health faculty and staff collaborated with colleagues from the OSU Center for Health Sciences, the Sexual Health Research Lab at Purdue University, and Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for a research poster presentation at the 2022 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo in Boston, Massachusetts. Their poster looked at the disparity of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake among teens across racial/ethnic lines and rurality.

Click the image below to open the poster as a PDF document.

CAH Board Governance Series, Session 2: Rights & Responsibilities of Board Members

Cori Loomis, JD of the Christensen Law Group joins Lara Brooks, MS from the Oklahoma Office of Rural Health for the second installment of the critical access hospital (CAH) board governance webinar series. This session covers the various types of entities, legal duties of the board, responsibilities of individual members, responsibilities specific to healthcare, and board rights. The recording lasts approximately 44-minutes.