Programs & Initiatives

• American Indian Health Research Conference
  A venue to share current research activities concerning health risk and health promotion among Native American communities.
• Area Health Education Center Program (AHEC)
  The purpose of the AHEC is to improve the distribution, diversity, supply and quality of health care personnel in the health care services delivery system.
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield Rural Health Grant Program
  Supports individual organizations or organization/community coalitions working collaboratively through innovative programming to strengthen North Dakota’s rural health system through the use of health information technology (HIT).
• CAH Quality Network
  Supports quality improvement activities of CAH Network members and assists them with the Medicare Conditions of Participation.
• Campus Suicide Prevention
  To provide a comprehensive program to identify student needs and intervene to prevent suicide and support students and their families.
• Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health
  Provides an opportunity for over 300 health care professionals, educators, and students to share strategies for building and sustaining healthy communities in North Dakota.
• Environmental Scan of Health and Health Care in North Dakota (ESCAN)
  Results from an assessment conducted from December 2008 to February 2009 provides an overview of selected health and health care issues in North Dakota.
• Evaluation of ND Family Support Coalition FAMNET
  Evaluation of the project's goal, which is to establish a collaborative network of organizations serving families of children with special health care needs to improve outcomes of children and their families.
• Health in Partnership with Education (HIPE) Week (HIPE Week)
  HIPE Week is an opportunity to educate students about health care related professions.
• Health Workforce Information Center (HWIC)
  Provides free access to the most recent resources on the nation’s health workforce in one easy-to-use online location.
• IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence - Administrative Core (INBRE)
  Measures the outcomes of students participating in this biomedical science program designed to increase the numbers of biomedical scientists.
• Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program (Flex)
  Assist small rural hospitals to maintain access to health services for rural residents.
• Mood Disorder Assessment in Northern Plains Indians
  Looks at the accuracy of clinical psychological tests used to detect depression, anxiety, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance abuse problems with American Indian patients.
• National Indigenous Elder Justice Initiative (NIEJI)
  NIEJI will begin to address the lack of culturally appropriate information and community education materials on elder abuse, neglect and exploitation in Indian Country.
• National Institute of Mental Health Outreach Partnership
  The Center for Rural Health and the National Institute of Mental Health’s effort to improve the mental health of individuals and families across North Dakota.
• National Resource Center on Native American Aging (NRCNAA)
  Improving the quality of life for Native elders through research, training and technical assistance.
• North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities Analysis & Evaluation
  Promote the health and wellness of North Dakota citizens with disabilities and prevent or lessen the effects of secondary conditions associated with disabilities.
• Rural Assistance Center (RAC)
  The Rural Assistance Center (RAC) is a national rural health and human services information portal.
• Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning in Health (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Program
  Summer Session Scrubs Camp
• Rural Health Research Gateway
  Examines and produces effective dissemination products and approaches for diverse audiences at the national, state and community level.
• Rural People, Rural Policy
  A five year national program that builds and strengthens multi-state and multi-organizational networks of local organizations to develop policy options to help rural communities and small towns.
• Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP)
  Provides funding to small rural hospitals to help them pay for costs related to the implementation of PPS, comply with provisions of HIPAA, and reduce medical errors and support quality improvement.
• State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW)
  To utilize relevant state, tribal, and local data to guide substance use prevention planning, programming and evaluation.
• State Office of Rural Health (SORH)
  A federal-state partnership to help rural communities build their health care services through public and private partnerships and initiatives in rural health development.
• State Stroke Program
  Facilitates the on-boarding of ND Critical Access Hospitals to the State Stroke Registry and provides ongoing assistance and support to registry participants.
• Student/Resident Experiences & Rotations in Community Health Program (SEARCH)
  The SEARCH (Student/Resident Experiences And Rotations in Community Health) program provides health professions students and residents with opportunities to work on interdisciplinary health care teams.
• Traumatic Brain Injury State Partnership Grant Program (TBI)
  Works toward the building of a comprehensive system of coordinated services for individuals with TBI and their families.
• TruServe
  TruServe is a web-based tracking system that allows organizations to conveniently monitor and report progress.
• Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center (UMRHRC)
  Undertakes national projects focusing on quality of rural health care and other important rural health issues.