2016 Conference Presentations

MONDAY
Health Care Homes: Ask a Nurse Planner
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Health Care Homes: Ask a Nurse Planner [PDF - 893 KB]

  • Certification and Recertification Q & A [PDF - 1.37 MB]
  • Health Care Homes Infographic [PDF - 1.53 MB]
  • Health Care Homes Business Case [PDF - 572 KB]
Keynote Panel
9:00 - 10:15 a.m.

Tapping Rural Minnesota's Growing Diversity: The Key to Meeting Health Workforce Needs and Achieving Health Equity

Breakout Session 1
10:45 - 11:45 a.m.

1A - Opiate Prescribing: Addressing the Crisis Collaboratively [PDF - 6.46 MB]

1B - Big City Resources in Small Town Hospitals: Expanding Pediatric Access through Virtual Connections [PDF - 1.70 MB]

1C - Using Flex Monitoring Tools to Improve Critical Access Hospital Performance [PDF - 775 KB]

1D - The Rural Community Service Officer - Paramedic [PDF - 25.8 MB]

1E - Bringing the Diabetes Empowerment Education Program to Rural Minnesota [PDF - 2.03 MB]

1F - Roundtable: Rural Dentistry 2.0 [PDF - 1.79 MB]

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

2A - CAH Payment Reform: Defining Value and Sustainability [PDF - 1.33 MB]

2B - Infant Oral Health in Rural Communities [PDF - 3.86 MB]

2C - Integrating Community Pharmacists Services into an Accountable Care Organization [PDF - 580 KB]

2D - Addressing Tobacco Use among Those with Mental Illness [PDF - 4.36 MB]

2E - SIM Overview: Integration of Primary and Behavioral Health [PDF - 3.11 MB]

2F - Roundtable: Welcoming Older LGBT Adults in Rural Care Settings [PDF - 2.03 MB]

2G - Affordable Funding of Essential Community Facilities in Rural Areas  [PDF - 5.05]

 

Breakout Session 3
2:20 - 3:20 p.m.

3A - From Seed to Harvest: Growing Youth Resiliency Factors to Decrease Domestic Violence and Bullying [PDF - 1.78 MB]

3B - "I See Data": Data Analytics in Rural Health [PDF - 3.04 MB]

3C - Improving Rural Residents’ Behavioral Health Outcomes through Care Coordination and Network Development [PDF - 828 KB]

3D - Reframing Organizational Culture in the Safety Net to Improve Patient Outcomes [PDF - 2.66 MB]

3E - Resilient Communities Rochester: Zombies as Teachers [PDF - 5.96 MB]

3F - Improving Patient Outcomes through Collobration: The Public Health Nurse Liaison and Team-Based Care [PDF - 2.69 MB]

MRHA Policy Forum
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Strengthening Rural Health through Effective Advocacy [PDF - 3.03 MB]
TUESDAY
Keynote: Amit Sood
8:00 - 9:15 a.m.

Resilient Living for a Resilient Community Presentation [PDF - 2.31 MB]

Breakout Session 4
9:45 - 10:45 a.m.

4A - Community Forums to Combat Opioid Abuse [PDF - 570 KB]

4B - Growing Your Own Critical Care Nurses in a Rural Setting Using Technology and Innovation [PDF - 6.41 MB]

4C - Discharge Planning Enhanced [PDF - 840 KB]

Learning Stations
9:45 - 10:55 a.m.

4D - Learning Stations [PDF - 182 KB]

Breakout Session 5
11:00 - Noon

5A - Preparing Resilient Rural Health Leaders: The Role of Higher Education [PDF - 1.41 MB]

5B - SAFER Care for CAH: Structuring for Excellence [PDF - 3.06 MB]

5C - Recruiting and Retaining in Rural EMS: Highlighting Successes and Lessons Learned in 2015 [PDF - 828 KB]

5E - HIT, HIE and Care Coordination: Best Practices in Rural Networks [PDF - 1.52 MB]

5F - Roundatble: Where Are We Now? Exploring Local Public Health and Primary Care Collaboration [PDF - 715 KB]

Keynote: Edward Ehlinger
12:30 - 1:35 p.m.

Transforming Public Health to Meet the Needs of Rural Communities [PDF - 31 KB]

Award Ceremony and Closing

2016 Awards Luncheon [PDF - 567 KB]

Rural Health Hero Award [PDF - 4 MB]

Rural Health Lifetime Achievement Award [PDF - 3 MB]

Rural Health Team Award [PDF - 407 KB]

2016 MRHC Closing Ceremony Presentation [PDF - 2 MB]

 

Archived Presentations from Previous Conferences

2015 Presentations

2014 Presentations

2013 Presentations

2012 Presentations