Tuesday, December 13, 2022

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.

Thursday, December 8, 2022

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.

Thursday, November 17, 2022

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! 
 

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

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.

Thursday, November 3, 2022

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.

Thursday, October 27, 2022

Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Board Governance Series, Session 1: CAH Cost Report 101

Jonathan Pantenburg, MHA of Wintergreen, joins Lara Brooks, MS from the Oklahoma Office of Rural Health to kick off the critical access hospital (CAH) board governance webinar series. This first of three sessions covers the history of the CAH program, operational regulations, and reimbursement methodology through the Medicare cost report. The recording lasts approximately 53-minutes.

Friday, October 21, 2022

American Heart Association Rural Health Care Outcomes Accelerator (RHCOA)

Katie Cordes of the American Heart Association (AHA) joins Lara Brooks, MS of the Oklahoma Office of Rural Health to discuss AHA’s Rural Health Care Outcomes Accelerator (RHCOA) which aims to bring equitable care to all and close the outcomes gap between rural and urban hospital care. The recording lasts approximately 29-minutes.