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May 2, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Raised in a small town in Alabama, SMDEP alumna Monique Trice writes about why her community's geographic makeup has "set the stage for an oral health care crisis."
May 1, 2013 | Story
New study finds nurse staffing plays important role in implementation of measures that improve care for heart failure patients in rural hospitals.
May 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Nurse staffing stability associated with improved performance measures in heart failure care in rural hospitals according to this study.
April 25, 2013 | Program Result
From 2009 to 2011, the Rural Policy Research Institute examined the impact of health reform proposals and the Affordable Care Act on rural people, places, and providers, and gave policy-makers unbiased, nonpartisan analysis.
April 10, 2013 | Story
Struggling with her past, Cassandra Sheets embraced Ladder to Leadership to gain the confidence to lead a new organization focusing on addictions.
March 7, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
The rural nature of Maine provides unique challenges to the state’s 13 nursing schools when it comes to placing students in their needed clinical hospital rotations.
February 26, 2013 | Program Result
Researchers at the University of Southern Maine examined the potential impact of the 2010 Affordable Care Act on rural communities, and suggested strategies for ensuring that their residents benefit from new health insurance options and financing.
February 25, 2013 | Program Result
Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living is a national program to develop affordable models of assisted living, with a focus on smaller and rural communities and low-income seniors.
February 21, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
These are some of the stories in the February issue of Sharing Nursing's Knowledge, a monthly e-newsletter from RWJF.
February 20, 2013 | Program Result
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public sponsored an online competition to identify innovative health care programs in developing countries with potential to be replicated in the United States and selected three winners from 373 entries.