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Imagine a Community of Healthy Living The Bill Lane Center for …

WebA Healthier WE, the 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to addressing critical issues in rural health, has released a new paper focused on creating communities of healthy living. The authors believe that many of the seemingly intractable problems in rural America stem from broken systems, structures, and processes that prevent rural people and their …

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Digital Health in the Rural West The Bill Lane Center for the

WebIn 2020, the Bill Lane Center and Stanford Medicine released a white paper on telehealth in the rural American West to address the region's struggles with poor access to care. The white paper builds upon the Lane Center’s earlier work from our Rural West Initiative, and a 2019 workshop on advancing digital health in the rural West, hosted in

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In the Face of Poverty, a Scarcity of Providers, and Geographic

WebThe Bill Lane Center for the American West and Stanford Medicine have released a new white paper on telehealth in the rural American West to address the region's struggles with poor access to care. The paper builds upon the Lane Center’s earlier work from our Rural West Initiative, as well as ongoing research by our undergraduate teams …

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The Navajo Nation and Access to Health Care During COVID-19

WebThrough conducting a series of interviews with public health officials representing clinics in the Navajo Nation as well as tribal council members, I hope to understand how the landscape of Telehealth and healthcare delivery is changing within the Navajo Nation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Digital Health in the Rural American West: Improving Population …

WebJoin us for an interdisciplinary workshop exploring the potential and challenges of deploying digital health technologies more widely in the Rural American West. This often-overlooked region is characterized by vast distances, scarcity of care, and even fewer specialist providers. Co-hosted by Stanford Medicine and the Bill Lane Center for the American …

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A Healthier Rural America, Imagining a Better Future: Creating a

WebPhillip Polakoff, MD, and Dennis Berens, MA, recently released "A Healthier Rural America, Imagining a Better Future: Creating a Strategic Plan for Rural Health," a policy position paper addressing current challenges in rural healthcare. This document proposes a framework to foster sustainable, resilient innovation and change with identified, …

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White Paper on Telehealth in the Rural American West

Web4 Using digital health to educate family caregivers and community health workers The fit of particular illnesses to digital health processes New low-cost technology

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The Future of Rural Health The Bill Lane Center for the American …

WebShe is also a lecturer in the Stanford Public Policy Program, where she teaches a project-based learning practicum course for graduating seniors. Contact Email. [email protected]. (650) 721-1588. Dr. Phil Polakoff joins the Lane Center to discuss the recent initiatives led by his organization, Healthier Rural America.

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The Rural West Initiative The Bill Lane Center for the American West

WebThe Bill Lane Center for the American West’s Rural West Initiative, first launched in 2009, is an interdisciplinary project that brings together scholars and practitioners from across the region, creating a network of individuals and organizations who examine rural western life through scholarship, public policy, and journalism.

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Phillip Polakoff, MD The Bill Lane Center for the American West

WebDr. Polakoff’s distinguished career in health and health care spans forty-five years and includes clinical services, product innovation, network development, care management, organizational and business enhancement, policy formulation, communications and financing. He is a health transformation advisor, and previously has worked in product …

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Why Study the Rural West

WebThe Rural West Initiative has also published a book, "Bridging the Difference: Common Issues of the Rural West" (University of Utah Press, 2015).Edited by David B. Danbom and with a foreword by the Bill Lane Center’s Director Emeritus, David Kennedy, this volume of essays explores themes of community, economy, and land use, and builds on work that …

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Stanford researchers discuss wildfires’ health impacts

WebKari Nadeau and Mary Prunicki of Stanford’s Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research discuss related threats, preparedness and ongoing research. The cloak of wildfire smoke that has descended across huge swaths of Northern California is a visible reminder of air pollution’s health threats. For people at high risk for severe

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The Best of Times, the Worst of Times for Rural Health and Health …

WebClockwise from top left, Paul Wise; Ann Arvin; James Gibbons Vladimir Choloupka. Health Policy Can Make a Difference. Ann Arvin said that an additional 200,000 children received immunization shots as a result of a tightening of California's immunization requirements. The measure had been promoted by health professionals but was given …

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Midlands Voices: Make sure that rural health needs are …

WebBy Dennis Berens and Phil Polakoff in a special editorial to The Omaha World-Herald.

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Rural Renewal: Three Success Stories The Bill Lane Center for the

WebThis report uses three rural areas -- Española, NM; Orangeburg, SC; and Ord, NE -- as case studies to understand how, in spite of their vulnerabilities, rural communities can still achieve health and prosperity. According to the authors, key strengths exhibited by these rural American cities are: close knit communities, a strong work ethic, self-sufficiency and …

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Air Quality in Rural Areas The Bill Lane Center for the American …

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Ninth Annual Eccles Family Rural West Conference

WebHuman and Ecosystem Health in the Rural West. Date. Fri March 31st - Sat April 1st 2023, All day. Location. Durrell Center (Room 115) Colorado State University. 950 W Plum St, Fort Collins, CO 80521. Map. Our interdisciplinary conference brings together academics, practitioners, and policymakers to share knowledge and ideas about the rural …

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