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Kay Miller Temple MD @MillerKayMD

Physician journo/writer X8yrs; Masters alum @Cronkite_ASU; @news21; IM/Peds/HPM; ~30 yrs clinical work; #ruralhealth; t/rt≠e; Core identity? Still SoDak farmgal

Joined August 2012
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Oh, what I'd have given to work with a #CHW during my clinical practice in #rural communities! One favorite of the perspectives and program details shared by those interviewed here: The brilliance of getting payer reps early to the innovation table. ruralhealthinfo.org/rural-mo…

Rural Community Health Worker Programs: Proving Value and Finding Sustainability - The Rural Monitor

For decades, community health workers (CHWs) provided their services outside usual healthcare reimbursement models. In recent years, with research supporting CHWs as professionals effectively...

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Most important? This is the U.S. as compared to other high-income countries!! More than a third of rural Americans skip needed care because of cost thehill.com/policy/healthcar…

More than a third of rural Americans skip needed care because of cost: study 

More than one third of Americans living in rural areas skipped medical care they needed due to the costs, according to a new study. The Commonwealth Fund’s 2020 International Health Policy Survey f…

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Juan Amador, FASAE, CAE
@Jamador51
7 Jun 2023
Dynamic @CMSGov #HealthEquityCon23 opening convening leaders in health equity from federal agencies, health provider organizations, academia, community-based organizations, and professional organizations such as @sacnas.
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The BIG THREE: Did you EAT right? Did you EXERCISE? ***Do you SLEEP OK?*** #rural #sleep #DrowsyDriving #heart #mentalhealth ruralhealthinfo.org/rural-mo…

When It's Not Enough: Sleep's Impact on Rural America's Health and Safety - The Rural Monitor

Pivoting from a universal question, "How'd you sleep?" clinical sleep experts, a federal public health agency representative, and Nebraska Extension discussed sleep's impact on rural health and...

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@JBorniger, @adrianberisha_, @KyleShutkind: THANKS for your research on cancer and sleep referenced in this story..
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Now we're talking about something substantial: EARLY brain health! @UofNorthDakota's @usedgov grant for #rural school counseling. blogs.und.edu/und-today/2023…
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I'm telling ya': @NCCN has the absolute BEST patient information! Many, many thanks to the teams that put the #plainlanguage content and infographics together...You'll never know how much comfort you bring to folks. Example: nccn.org/patients/guidelines…
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Hmmm... #ruralhealthclinics pages.jointcommission.org/Ru…
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Thank You! Appreciate @USDA_ERS's work on "community-level factors affecting the recruitment and retention of rural healthcare professionals." #rural #healthcare #healthequity ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publica…
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Saw this and immediately thought of the #rural perspectives offered by @TransplantFirst, @TeriBrowne, @joeladler ...
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Here are their perspectives... #ruralhealth ruralhealthinfo.org/rural-mo…

Staving Off One's Mortality: Rural Kidney Health and Its Disparities - The Rural Monitor

For the 240,000 rural Americans with complete kidney failure, it's likely that very few knew they even had kidney disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, kidney disease...

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#LongCOVID... Millions of #rural Americans... Many conditions... Many questions... ruralhealthinfo.org/rural-mo…

Perspectives on the Long of COVID: From Doomscrolling to Rural Management Strategies - The Rural...

In the wake of acute COVID-19 comes another public health concern: Millions of rural Americans are experiencing Long COVID. With a federal agency representative weighing in on rural research efforts,...

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Made my first "referral" to consider the .@UCBerkeleySPH & .@ruralhealth #rural public health program ... publichealth.berkeley.edu/ad…
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CAPTURE tool: 5 key questions that can help find the #rural undiagnosed #COPD patients atsjournals.org/doi/epdf/10.…

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17 Feb 2023
A new tool shows promise in helping doctors identify adults with undiagnosed #COPD. CTSI’s @RowenaDolorMD talks about the CAPTURE screening, developed by @DukeU and others with support from @nih_nhlbi. Watch @WNCN ➡️ bit.ly/3xyYPxU
A screen grab from a video of Dr. Rowena Dolor being interviewed by CBS17 about a new tool to diagnose COPD.

ALT A screen grab from a video of Dr. Rowena Dolor being interviewed by CBS17 about a new tool to diagnose COPD.
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NRHA Advocacy
@NRHA_Advocacy
1 Mar 2023
Happy March! NRHA is feeling ☘️lucky☘️ that good things are going to come for rural health...but just to be safe, we will continue advocating. NRHA has a plethora of resources for members and we encourage everyone to use them! ruralhealth.us/advocate
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Noted that @commonwealthfnd-supported @AHCJ Health Performance Reporting fellowship includes @LaClason covering #rural hospital sustainability pre- and post-PHE. Looking forward to that story! healthjournalism.org/blog/20…
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Always value in other styles: Just read @cgregthompson's post-->How Not to Write an Op-Ed (or Errors Made My 1st Time Out). I found some takeaways for work w/ med students/#plainlanguage health education writing for #rural newspapers. brevity.wordpress.com/2023/0… via @brevitymag

How Not to Write an Op-Ed (or Errors Made My 1st Time Out)

By Charles G. Thompson I have written and published a number of nonfiction pieces. A personal essay about seeing my dead father shopping at Trader Joes. Another essay about my love life as a gay ma…

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Sarah Jane Tribble@sjtribble
7 Feb 2023
Carole Johnson @HRSAgov tells @ruralhealth audience this a.m. that colleagues @CMSGov are now calling her “to make sure” #rural communities are being included. (Also, super excited be at this #rural conference this week).
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AwEsOmE!! Barr-Campbell Family Foundation & @UCBerkeleySPH: New specific--online--Rural Health Innovation program. Scholarships available. Ready your Excel spreadsheets out, track alum progress...starting with Lynn Barr MPH herself! publichealth.berkeley.edu/ne…
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National Rural Health Association@ruralhealth
7 Feb 2023
"It is on us to ensure #veterans have access to the health care they need. After they're done fighting for us, we fight for them. After they're done protecting us, we protect them. After they've had our back, we have their back," says VA Secretary Denis McDonough. #ruralhealth
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