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  • Project ECHO: Changing North Dakota Fast
    Project ECHO is using video technology to address the opioid epidemic by connecting specialists at academic or specialty health center "hub sites" with community-based primary care teams.
    Author(s): Kusler, S.
    Publication: Focus on Rural Health
    Date: March 2018
    Type: Article
  • Unmasking Brain Injury
    The results of brain injuries often can't be seen. Survivors, however, are finding their voices through the Unmasking Brain Injury project launched by the North Dakota Brain Injury Network.
    Author(s): Haugen, B.
    Publication: Focus on Rural Health
    Date: March 2018
    Type: Article
  • Native American Elder Veteran Serves Her Country and Her People
    Carol Sims is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa from Belcourt, North Dakota, and a respected elder in the community. She credits her military experience for helping shape her life.
    Author(s): Adamsen, C.
    Publication: Focus on Rural Health
    Date: January 2018
    Type: Article
  • Rural Health Research RECAP: Opioid Use and Treatment Availability
    Examines opioid use in rural communities as well as the perceived need for and use of treatment for opioid use disorder.
    Author(s): Schroeder, S.
    Date: January 2018
    Type: Fact Sheet
  • Giving Back
    Tara Brandner and Amy Holtan Ellingson are among those making use of loan repayment programs available to healthcare professionals willing to work in rural and underserved areas.
    Author(s): Haugen, B.
    Publication: Focus on Rural Health
    Date: December 2017
    Type: Article
  • Native Aging Visions, Winter 2017
    Newsletter developed by the National Resource Center on Native American Aging.
    Author(s): National Resource Center on Native American Aging
    Date: December 2017
    Type: Newsletter
  • The Prime of Their Lives
    Health professionals and students gather for Primary Care Week at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences to network and to discuss the role of primary care in North Dakota's health delivery systems.
    Author(s): Kusler, S.
    Publication: Focus on Rural Health
    Date: December 2017
    Type: Article
  • Rural Health Research RECAP: Effects of Rural Hospital Closures
    From January 2005 to early November 2017, 124 rural hospitals in the U.S. closed. This resource provides a summary of the Rural Health Research Centers’ most recent research on the effects of rural hospital closures.
    Author(s): Tamukong, D., Schroeder, S.
    Date: December 2017
    Type: Fact Sheet
  • Rural Health Research RECAP: Rural Hospital Closures
    From January 2005 to early November 2017, 124 rural hospitals in the U.S. closed. This resource provides a summary of the Rural Health Research Centers’ most recent research on rural hospital closures.
    Author(s): Tamukong, D., Schroeder, S.
    Date: December 2017
    Type: Fact Sheet
  • Dental Coverage for Nursing Home Residents
    Examines reimbursement opportunities for dental services at long-term care facilities.
    Author(s): Schroeder, S.
    Date: November 2017
    Type: Fact Sheet