Effects of trauma center consolidation on adult trauma at a rural Level 1 trauma center - Heard MA, Bray S, Archer A, O'Quinn PC, Wheeler H, Leonard M, Burns JB.
OBJECTIVE: The aim was to determine the impact of consolidation of two rural level 1 trauma centers on adult trauma patients presenting to the remaining level 1 trauma center. To our knowledge, a study assessing the impact of trauma center consolidation on... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Injury severity analysis of rural vehicle crashes involving familiar and unfamiliar drivers - Vahedi Saheli M, Singleton PA.
Familiar and unfamiliar drivers may exhibit different behaviours in response to the road environment. Overall familiarity with the road environment is a human factor believed to play a role in road crash injury severity due to its effect on a driver's deci... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Impact of texting and web surfing on driving behavior and safety in rural roads - Sekadakis M, Katrakazas C, Orfanou F, Pavlou D, Oikonomou M, Yannis G.
The present study aims to investigate the impact of texting and web surfing on the driving behavior and safety of young drivers on rural roads. For this purpose, driving data were gathered through a driving simulator experiment with 37 young drivers. Addit... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2025
Pre-publication notice of a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) that would update the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS) payment rates for fiscal year 2025. Includes proposals to rebase and revise the SNF market basket to reflect a 2022 base year; update the wage index used under the SNF PPS to reflect data collected during the most recent decennial census; technical revisions to the code mappings used to classify patients under the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) to improve payment and coding accuracy; and update the requirements for the SNF Quality Reporti...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 1, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: FY 2025 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System--Rate Update
Pre-publication notice of proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) updating the FY 2025 prospective payment rates, outlier threshold, and wage index for Medicare inpatient hospital services provided by inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPF), including psychiatric hospitals and excluded psychiatric units of an acute care hospital or Critical Access Hospital. Includes proposed revisions to the patient-level adjustment factors, the Emergency Department adjustment, and the payment amount for electroconvulsive therapy; and seeks to adopt a new quality measure and modify reporting requirements under t...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 1, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Public Inspection: DHS: Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act
Pre-publication notice of proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seeking comments on the practical and policy issues related to the implementation of regulations regarding covered cyber incident and ransom payment reporting requirements for covered entities, as required by the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA). Includes rural references throughout and encourages comments regarding the impact of proposed requirements on small entities. Comments are due within 60 days of the publication of this notice, which is scheduled for April 4, 2024. (Source: Federal Re...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 1, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Rural Infection Preventionists Need Community Support
Describes challenges rural health systems face when fighting infectious diseases, including shortages of infectious diseases physicians, geographic isolation, and difficulties in accessing mentoring in infection prevention and control. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - April 1, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare, Medicaid, and CLIA Programs; Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 Exemption of Laboratories Licensed by the State of Washington
Notice from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid announcing that laboratories located in and licensed by the state of Washington and that possess a valid license under the Medical Test Site law, chapter 70.42 of the Revised Code of Washington, are exempt from the requirements of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) for a period of 4 years. The exemption is effective April 1, 2024, to April 1, 2028. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 1, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: Fiscal Year 2025 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate, Hospice Conditions of Participation, and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements
Pre-publication notice of a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) updating the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for fiscal year 2025. Includes proposals regarding changes to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program; the adoption of the most recent Office of Management and Budget statistical area delineations, which would change the hospice wage index; clarifications to current policy related to the "election statement" and the
"notice of election;" and clarifying language regarding hospice certification. Among other things, this rule seeks comments regarding the poten...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 1, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
A Billionaire's Land Purchases In Rural Hawaii Have Locals Worried : Consider This from NPR
Hawaii is no stranger to extravagant homes owned by the super-rich. But when a tech billionaire started buying up land in Waimea, a small, rural town on the Big Island, the community got curious - and worried. Locals fear it will become even more difficult for Native Hawaiians to afford to live in…#hawaii #waimea #bigisland #nativehawaiians #applepodcasts #jonakimehta #briannascott #jeanettewoods #pallavigogoi #samiyenigun (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
8 things you need to know about EV startup founder William Li
William Li has cofounded and invested in 40 companies across the internet and automotive industries. Ng Han Guan/Associated Press William Li grew up in a village in rural China without electricity. He's co-founded and invested in 40 companies, including premium EV startup Nio. Li is no stranger to…#williamli #shanghai #binli #elonmusk #anhui #pekinguniversity #bitauto #nio #vcg #tesla (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Telehealth Room at the Storm Lake Public Library
My dream of a Telehealth Room at our library began when I read an article on the Pottsboro Area Library’s Telehealth Space in Texas in the May 2021 issue of American Libraries. I greatly admired the concept of telemedicine at a public library. That was during the pandemic, when our library was closed to the public but preparing to re-open at 50% capacity. Our patrons were eager to browse the shelves again. The staff were also tired because we had books everywhere due to a leaking roof that damaged a portion of the nonfiction area. Among all the reshelving, I stared at the Pottsboro Area Library photo and wondered how we ...
Source: The Cornflower - March 29, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Darlene Kaskie Tags: Blog telehealth Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2025 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program
Notice of a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) seeking comments on updates to the prospective payment system for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for fiscal year 2025. Among other things, this rule proposes updates to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) market area delineations for the IRF prospective payment system (PPS) wage index, proposes a 3-year phase-out of the rural adjustments, and includes proposals for the IRF Quality Reporting Program. Comments are due by May 28, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - March 29, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Effect of trauma quality improvement initiatives on outcomes and costs at community hospitals: a scoping review - McIver R, Erdogan M, Parker R, Evans A, Green R, G ómez D, Johnston T.
The objective of this scoping review was to synthesize evidenc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Estimating daily bicycle counts with Strava data in rural and urban locations - Jean-Louis G, Eckhardt M, Podschun S, Mahnkopf J, Venohr M.
Reliable information on daily bicycle traffic provides a fundamental basis for city planners and scientists. To estimate daily bicycle counts for various German locations with different degrees of urbanisation, we applied Generalised Boosted Regression Mod... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Pedestrians and Bicycles Source Type: news
