Technology

This topic page provides a brief overview of the Center for Rural Health’s activities relating to Technology. This page contains a list of projects, key staff, and information pulled from the publications, presentations, events, news, and maps section of the CRH web site.

Projects

• FCC Rural Pilot Program -- Will construct a high-speed data network, Health Care Research & Education Network, to connect the UNDSMHS's four main campus sites and its own clinical medical sites to several rural health care facilities in North Dakota.
• North Dakota Nursing Needs Study -- The North Dakota Nursing Needs Study is a comprehensive, ten-year project that tracks supply and demand of nursing in North Dakota.
• State Office of Rural Health -- A federal-state partnership to help rural communities build their health care services through public and private partnerships and initiatives in rural health development.

Staff

• Dickson, Lynette
• Nissen, Kylie

Presentations

• A Practical Guide to Grant Funding
  Presented by Gabriel, H. & Dixon, B. on Sep 11, 2007 at the Rural Health Information Technology: Navigating the Road to Performance Improvement, Kansas City, MO.
• An Overview of Health Information Technology Activities in North Dakota
  Presented by Dickson, L. on Jun 15, 2007 at the Regional HIT Conference, Billings, MT.
• Finding Funds for Health Information Technology (HIT)
  Presented by Gabriel, H., Spencer, K., & Reinertson-Sand, M. on Mar 20, 2007 at the 2007 Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health, Mandan, ND.

Publications

• Pharmacist Staffing and the Use of Technology in Small Rural Hospitals: Implications for Medication Safety, Casey, M., Moscovice, I., & Davidson, G., December, 2005
  Reports the results of a national study that assessed the capacity of rural hospitals to implement medication safety practices, with particular focus on pharmacist staffing and the availability of technology.
• Translating Research Into Practice: Voluntary Reporting of Medication Errors in Critical Access Hospitals, Jones, K.J., Cochran, G., Hicks, R.W., & Mueller, K.J., Journal of Rural Health, 20(4):335-43, 2004
  Describes the implementation of and initial findings from a voluntary medication error reporting program developed by the Nebraska Center for Rural Health Research to overcome these barriers in six Nebraska critical access hospitals.
• Use of Technology in North Dakota Nursing Education Programs, Moulton, P. & King, B., Vol 4, No. 2, Spring, 2006
  

Maps

• Center for Rural Health Activities in North Dakota, 2003-2007 -- Displays the location of the Center for Rural Health's activites, from 2003 - 2007, in North Dakota.