MONDAY
Keynote: Arne Vainio
9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
No PowerPoint Presentation
Breakout Session 1
10:45 - 11:45 a.m.

1A- Improving Behavioral Health Coordination and Care through Strengthening Community Collaborations (PDF - 19 pages)

1B - Creating a Sustainable Community Partnership (PDF - 26 pages)

1C- Lessons Learned Creating an Accountable Care Organization (PDF - 29 pages)

1D- Innovative Practice Models for Improving Access to Behavioral Health Services (PDF - 58 pages)

1E- Collaborative Approach to Solving Health Care Worker Shortages (PDF - 38 pages)

1F- Integrative Health Models in Rural Hospitals (PDF- 7 pages)

Breakout Session 2
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

2A- A Community-Based Approach to Diabetes Prevention (PDF - 37 pages)

2B- A Collaborative Approach to Better Mental Health Care (PDF - 11 pages)

2C- Advance Care Planning in Rural Communities (PDF - 38 pages)

2D- Value-Based Care in Rural Practice (PDF - 65 pages)

2E- The State of Rural Dentistry in Minnesota (PDF - 22 pages)

2F- Issues and Solutions for Team-Based Care in Rural Minnesota (PDF - 12 pages) 

Keynote Panel: Ed Talks
2:20-3:30 p.m.

The Triple Aim of Health Equity: Dispatches from Rural Minnesota (PDF - 40 pages )

MRHA Policy Forum
3:45 - 5:00 p.m.
MRHA Policy Forum (PDF - 19 pages)
TUESDAY
Rural Health Awards

Nominations (PDF - 31 pages )

Keynote: Alana Knudson
8:50 - 9:30 a.m.

Rural Approaches to Improving Health: Implementing and Sustaining Local Solutions (PDF - 21 pages)

Breakout Session 3
9:45 - 10:45 a.m.

3A- Benefits of Preventive Services in Chronic Disease Management (PDF - 40 pages)

3B- Sustaining Rural Emergency Medical Services (PDF - 37 pages)

3C- Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care Services (PDF - 50 pages)

3D- Workplace Violence Protection (PDF - 23 pages)

3E- Retention and Recruitment of Health Care Workforce (PDF - 18 pages)

3F- Learn About Community Health Workers (PDF - 29 pages)

Breakout Session 4
11:00 - 12:00 p.m.

4A- The Future of Rural Health: Health Professions Students (PDF - 2 pages)

4B- Combatting the Opioid Epidemic through Rural Coalitions (PDF - 13 pages)

4C- Perspectives on Rural Obstetric Care (PDF - 44 pages)

4D- Creating a Culture of Excellence (PDF - 42 pages)

4E- Tele-Behavioral Health Models (PDF - 49 pages)

4F- Access to Senior Fitness Programs in Rural Minnesota (PDF - 15 pages)

Senator Franken Video Message 
1:10-1:15

Presentation to come...

Keynote: Brock Slabach

Federal Rural Health Policy Update

Join the grassroots rural health advocacy call June 21, 2 p.m. CDT with Senator Al Franken and NRHA 

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