Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $200 Million to Help Primary Care Doctors, Nurses, and Other Health Care Providers Improve Care for Older Adults   Funding focuses on training primary care providers to meet patients’ geriatric needs, including caring for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, supporting family members and other caregivers The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced more

  Rural Chronic Disease Management Toolkit New from the Rural Heath Information Hub (RHIhub): The Rural Chronic Disease Management Toolkit, developed in collaboration with the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis. This toolkit highlights evidence-based and promising approaches to help rural communities and organizations develop, implement, evaluate, improve, and sustain programs and activities to manage chronic diseases in rural communities. Check it out at https://ruralhealthinfo.org/toolkits/chronic-disease Share This Blog Post:

    Nonprofits, government agencies meet to discuss future of public health in Appalachia White Sulphur Springs, W.V. – Community Education Group (CEG), a nonprofit that works to eliminate health disparities and improve public health, recently hosted its inaugural event focused on addressing public health in Appalachia. The “Appalachian Syndemic Summit” convened more than 300 health-focused nonprofits, community groups, public health practitioners, and local, state, and federal agencies to discuss

One-third of West Virginians may soon have a harder time getting health care after lawmakers declined to fully fund Medicaid State health officials told lawmakers they needed more money for Medicaid, which provides health care for people who are low-income, too sick to work or have disabilities. Lawmakers didn’t grant that request, so cuts may be on the horizonby Erin Beck   A copy of Gov. Jim Justice’ recommended budget. WV

AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine Two million infections per year are caused by antibiotic resistant organisms, leading to 35,000 deaths per year in the United States.[1] Meanwhile, one-third of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions and half of the prescriptions for acute respiratory infections are unnecessary.[2] Learn how to improve patient safety and reduce harm associated with antibiotics in a free 18-month AHRQ program that starts in June 2024. Recruiting clinics and providers that want