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HRSA Rural Health Network Development Program

#FUNDING.  This grant program supports integrated rural health care networks that have combined the functions of the entities participating in the network, including skilled and experienced staff and a high functioning network board, in order to address the health care needs of the targeted rural community.   Innovative solutions are encouraged.  Proposals are due 11/25/19. […]

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HRSA Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program

#FUNDING.  This grant program is to assist in the development of an integrated health care network, specifically with network participants who do not have a history of formal collaborative efforts. Network Planning goals are: (i) to achieve efficiencies; (ii) to expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of essential health care services; and (iii) […]

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Annual Telehealth Summit

We are at a tipping point! The exponential growth of technological innovations and its confluence with recent policy shifts are paving the way for dramatic changes in how we deliver health care and influence health behaviors. We have already moved beyond traditional “telemedicine” solutions, to its integration with powerful sensors as part of the “Internet […]

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Event: MATRC Regional Hackathon: Mental Health and Technology

Mental health care providers, students, technologists and innovators with an interest and passion for improving mental health in the lives of children and youth. At this Hackathon, you will get 36 hours to create a product that leverages technology to address a real world problem affecting the mental health of children and youth in the […]

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News: Hospital’s Telehealth Program Reduces ER Visits, Treatment Costs

A telehealth program launched in 2016 to improve care management for patients with chronic conditions who aren’t in home health care has cut ER visits in half and reduced hospitalizations by almost 90 percent, according to hospital officials. https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/hospitals-telehealth-program-reduces-er-visits-treatment-costs?fbclid=IwAR1IBTb_EL8unhno5EHNS6A1ucp_MXlpHw4ywint9vIAKClop38ksduUkHE […]

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