Oregon Office of Rural Health

Oregon Rural Health Conference

2024 Conference

The 41st Annual Oregon Rural Health Conference will be held October 2 – 4, 2024 at the newly renovated Riverhouse on the Deschutes, and you can book your room now here

Contact Laura Potter with any questions potterla@ohsu.edu .

Upcoming ORH Conferences

2024 - Oct. 2-4 - Riverhouse, Bend, Oregon

2025 - Oct 1-3 - Riverhouse, Bend, Oregon

2026 - Sept. 23-26 - Riverhouse, Bend, Oregon

Past ORH Conferences

Thank you for celebrating 40 years of Rural Health in Oregon with us at our Conference in  Sunriver, October 11 – 13, 2023!

2023 Conference Agenda

2023 Conference Presentations

Workshop: Providers Clinical Support System Buprenorphine Training

Eleasa Sokolski, OHSU

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Documented Compliance in an RHC

Tressa Sacrey, Director, Compliance and Education, Health Services Associates, Inc.

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Care Management Services in an RHC

Charles James, North American HMS

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Plenary: The CDC’s New Office of Rural Health: Purpose and Priorities

Diane Hall, M.S.Ed., Ph.D., Director, Office of Rural Health, CDC

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Suicide and Rural Areas: Why the Higher Rate?

Debra Darmata, Adult Suicide Prevention Coordinator, OHA

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Improving Access to Mental Health Treatment in Rural Oregon

Jonathan Betlinski, MD, Director OPAL-A and Public Psychiatry, OHSU; Linda Schmidt, Assistant Professor, OPAL-A

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Behavioral Health Services for RHC

Charles James, North American HMS

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Resilience for Retention: Practical Retention Strategies for Rural Health Organizations

Allison Whisenhunt, LCSW, Director of Behavioral Health and Care Management, Columbia Memorial Hospital; Rebecca Larson, MSW, LCSW, Care Management Supervisor, Columbia, Memorial Hospital

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Sharing is Caring: How De-monopolizing Knowledge Improves Mental Health Care

Jonathan Betlinski MD, Director OPAL-A and Public Psychiatry, OHSU; Ruth Tadesse PhD, OHSU

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Health Communications During Crisis, Pandemics and in an Era of Misinformation

Vanessa A. Becker, PIO & Public Health Modernization, Douglas Public Health Network

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Federal Policy Update for RHCs

Sarah Hohman, NARHC

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Northwest Tribal Community Health Provider Programs: Building a Bridge from Community Health Representative to Community Health Practitioner, Behavioral Health Aide Practitioner, Dental Health Aide, or Dental Health Aide Therapist

Carrie Sampson Samuels, NWPAIHB; Kari Ann Kuntzelman, Dental Health Aide Education Specialist, NWPAIHB; Katie Hunsberger, BHA Student Support Coordinator, NWPAIHB

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Health Equity in Our Aging Communities: A Conversation with Three Rural Providers

Diana Burden, Medical Director, Mosaic Community Health, Prineville; Katie Plumb, Health &Human Services Director, Crook Co. Health Dept.; Maureen (Paulie) Bruns, MD, Medical Director, Samaritan Medical Group, Corvallis.; Moderator: Julia Brown, Community Outreach and Engagement Manager, Age+

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Oregon's Health Information Technology Strategic Plan Update

Shannon Cengija, Health IT Policy Analyst, OHA; Hope Peskin-Shepherd, Lead Policy Analyst, OHA

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Medicaid’s Alternative Payment and Advanced Care Model

Bill Roller, Billing and Administrative Director, Orchid Health; Adrienne Cooke, Operations and Policy Analyst, OHA

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Boosting the Rural Workforce through Community Health Support

Madison Riethman, Grant Project and Data Manager, Oregon Coalition of Local Health Officials (OR CLHO); Janessa Wells, Workforce Navigator, OR CLHO; Katie Irvine Minich, THW Doula & Program Director, Doula Training Center; Beck Low, CHW Training HUB Coordinator, Benton County Health Services; Patricia Card, Older Adult Behavioral Health Specialist & Peer Support Coordinator, Klamath Basin Behavioral Health

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Delivering Prenatal Care in a Rural Oregon Health System: An Implementation Case Study to Improve Rural Family Health

Candice Hunter, FNP, Orchid Health

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Case Study: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Quality Improvement Projects in Critical Access Hospitals

Natalia Martinez-Paz, Program Manager; Rupali Jain, PharmD, Center for Stewardship in Medicine

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The Best Health Care Includes Good Culture

Jeff Harper, InQuiseek, LLC

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Novel Strategies for Stabilizing the Pharmacy Technician Pipeline in Central Oregon

Sheila Salido Jordan, Managing Director, workability, LLC

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Health Promotion and Access for Rural Oregonians with Disabilities

Lindsay Sauve, OHSU; Kelsey Weinstein, Linkage Coordinator, OHSU

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Improving Access to Subspecialty Pediatric Care

Henry Lin, Attending Physician, OHSU; Linda Muir, MD, OHSU; Jamie Klapp, OHSU medical student

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Rural Health Clinic Development: Start to Finish

Patty Harper, InQuiseek, LLC

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Improving Wellbeing and Retention Within the Rural Health Care Workforce

Lisa Ladendorff, Development and Training Program Director, Northeast Oregon Network (NEON); Jenn Rolfes, DBH, President and CEO, Health Equity Solutions

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Bridges to Recovery: Addressing Substance Use Disorder and Overdoses in Lincoln County

JoAnn Miller, Director of Community Health Promotion, Samaritan; Shelagh Baird, MPH, Community Health Improvement Specialist

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Making Your Quality Program Stick

Angie Charlet, VP Education & Development, Canopy Associates

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Strategies for Ongoing RHC Compliance

Kate Hill, The Compliance Team

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Giving It Our Best Shot: How EMS Can Play a Significant Role in Public Health in Rural Communities

Hailey Palmore, Director of Public Health Services, Mist-Birkenfeld Rural Fire Protection District

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VA Health Care Use and Decision Making: Rural Aging Veteran Perspectives

Traben Pleasant, Qualitative Researcher, Portland, Veterans Affairs

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Clearing the Air for Cancer Screening

Durinda Haukap, Admin. Dir. CMH/OHSU Knight Cancer Collaborative; Chris Laman, VP of Strategy, Columbia Memorial Hospital; Julian Dillon, Executive Director, American Lung Association

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The State of Rural Health Care: Looking Forward

Katie Jo Raebel, Wipfli; Eric Volk, Wipfli

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Reproductive Healthcare in the Post-Roe Era: A Guide for Rural

Shaalini Ramanadhan, MD, Assistant Professor, OHSU Center for Women’s Health

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Breakfast and Plenary: Breakfast Brings Benefits: and Other Nutritional Strategies in Community Health

Erin Fredericks, MScN, FAMILIAR Foods

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Creating Health Equity for Klamath County's Hispanic Population Through Community Partnerships

Oscar Herrera, Chair, Healthy Klamath Coalition’s Hispanic Health Committee

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Data-Driven Rural Health Care: Identifying Barriers and Access Needs

Brent DeMoe, Director, Polk County Family & Community Outreach; Dave Guile, President, Sounds of Silence Inc.

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School-Based Rural Clinics

Clayton Ipsen, President, HealthForce

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Oregon Recruitment and Retention Efforts: A 5-Year Review and Look to the Future

Jill Boyd, Health Care Provider Incentives Project Coordinator, OHA; Leah Festa, MPA, Health Care Provider Incentives Coordinator; Bill Pfunder, Incentives Program Manager, Oregon Office of Rural Health

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Mental Health Crisis Assessment and Stabilization Facilities in Rural Oregon: A Case Study

Brianna Manfrass, Associate Principal, Pinnacle Architecture; Adam Goggins, Crisis Program Manager, Deschutes County Health Services

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From Chaos to Clarity: A Lean Culture Transformation in Rural America

Jodi Thompson, Outpatient Quality Review Nurse, Good Shepherd Health Care System; Devin Goldman, Director of Quality Management, Good Shepherd Health Care System

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Promoting Access to Care for Rural LGBTQ+ Patients

Bari Laskow, MD, Full Circle Idaho; Camille Evans, LCSW, Cornerstore Whole Health Care Organization

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Barriers and Solutions to Nursing Workforce Retention and Attraction in Rural Areas

Rick Allgeyer, Research Director; Dawne Schoenthal, Program Director, Oregon Center for Nursing

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2022 conference agenda.

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Rural Health Care Workforce Agenda

Rural Health Clinic Workshop Agenda

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2020 Conference Agenda 

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2019 Conference Agenda

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2018 Conference Agenda

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2017 Conference Agenda

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