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2008 Annual Oregon Rural Health Conference

2007 Annual Oregon Rural Health Conference

 
September 25-27, 2008

Bend, OR

The Riverhouse Hotel
Resort, Hotel & Conference Center
 

The ORHC is the largest gathering in Oregon dedicated to the important issues of rural health care. Bringing together providers, administrators, patients, activists, policy makers and others who are concerned about health care in rural Oregon, it is an opportunity to help set the agenda. In collaboration with the Oregon Rural Health Association (ORHA), Oregon Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) and the Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network (ORPRN), the Oregon Office of Rural Health (ORH) strives to bring you the most innovative approaches to addressing today's needs.

Presentations

Below is a listing of presentations from this year's Oregon Rural Health Conference. To ensure the integrity of the authors' work, all files have been converted to pdf. As a result, embedded video is not available.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

10:00 AM
ORHQN
Patient Safety & Patient Safety Culture - Victor Vander Does, Julia Fontanilla, & Suzi Bean

Rural Health Clinic Workshop
Rural Health Clinics & Medicaid - Daneka Karma
Meeting Expectations from the 2008 RHC Workshop - Troy Soenen

3:30 PM
Rural Health Resources
What Can the Oregon Office of Rural Health Do for You? - Scott Ekblad
Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network (ORPRN) - Lyle J. Fagnan, MD

Friday, September 26, 2008

8:00 AM
Video Welcome - Joseph Robertson, MD, MBA
Welcome: The 25th Annual Rural Health Conference - Lesley M. Hallick, Ph.D.

8:15 AM
 
An Unwritten 25-yr Plan: Lessons Learned in Oregon Rural Health - Paul McGinnis, MPA 

9:15 AM
Health Care Reform in Oregon: the Work of the Oregon Health Fund Board - Barney Speight, Bill Thorndike, & Chuck Hoffmann, MD

10:45 AM
Building a Medical Home in Rural Oregon - Bob Marsalli & Esteban Miller, MD
Loan Repayment Changes and the Community's Role - Scott Ekblad
Opportunities for Philanthropic Partnerships - Chris Kabel, MPH, Beth Ann Beamer, RN, BSN, & Nancy Findholt, RN, PhD

1:30 PM
Team Care in the Medical Home: Care Management Plus Model - David Dorr, MD, MS, Gail Elliott, RN, & DeeAnn Davis, LMSW

3:00 PM
Unmet Dental Needs in Rural Oregon - Tom Hilton, DMD, MS & Melinda Davis, MA

Saturday, September 27, 2008

8:30 AM
Community Health Improvement Partnership (CHIP)
Developing Networks to Create Local Solutions - Sharon Vail
Pick of the Month Initiative - Nancy Kirks
Mountain View CHIP: Growing Healthy Communities - Beth Ann Beamer
Teen Pregnancy, Adolescent Sexual Health - Karen Bondley

10:30 AM
Oregon Health Network: An Overview - Cathy Britain
Recruitment & Retention for Board Members - Jo Johnson
The Rural Health Clinic Program, Options for Primary Care and Tools for Planning - Troy Soenen

Thank You Exhibitors and Sponsors!
Boys & Girls Aid
Cancer Information Service DataPro Solutions, Inc.
The Delta Companies
Department of Human Services Immunization - State of Oregon
FamilyCare, Inc.
Gold Sponsor
FinCor Solutions
United States Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health
Hudson Insurance Group
Humana, Inc.
In House Rx
Kerr-Cruickshank
Legacy Health Systems
Life Flight Network, LLC
Gold Sponsor
Lifewise Health Plan of Oregon, Inc.
Bronze Sponsor
Moss Adams, LLP
Provisions Sponsor
National Rural Health Association Northwest Health Foundation
Gold Sponsor
The Neenan Company
Silver Sponsor
Oregon Academy of Family Physicians
Provisions Sponsor
Oregon Area Health Education Center
Oregon Careers in Healthcare
Oregon Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Needs
Oregon Health & Science University Division of Management
Bronze Sponsor

Oregon Health Go Local
Oregon Institute on Disability & Development
Oregon Medical Board
Oregon Office of Rural Health Oregon Primary Care Association
Provisions Sponsor
Oregon Rural Health Association
Bronze Sponsor
& Scholarship
Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network Pacific University School of Physician Assistant Studies Pacificsource Health Plans
Parker Smith & Feek
Bronze Sponsor
& Scholarship
REACH Air Medical Services
Bronze Sponsor
RED Mortgage Capital, Inc.
Sacred Heart Medical Center
State of Oregon-Center for Health Statistics
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Provisions Sponsor
Telehealth Alliance of Oregon
TimeLine Recruiting
Today's Options
TriWest Healthcare Alliance
Gold Sponsor
Unifi Technologies, Inc.
Provisions Sponsor
United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development
Xerox Corporation