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The Oregon Office of Rural
Health is seeking nominations for the 2009 Oregon Rural Health Hero
of the Year Award. The award will honor an outstanding person,
program and organization that has improved the quality and
availability of health care in rural communities.
"There are many hard working,
dedicated people out there who have made a major impact on health
care in rural Oregon," says Scott Ekblad, Director of the Oregon
Office of Rural Health. "Think about nominating someone whose
actions have had a notable, positive impact on the health of the
community, or a successful program that other communities might want
to duplicate. How about a teacher or coach with a unique approach to
educating students on health care risk prevention, or a health care
provider, clinic or health department that has demonstrated a unique
devotion to the populations they serve?"
The 2009 Oregon Rural Health
Hero will be announced at the
26th Annual Oregon Rural Health Conference, to be held November
5-7, 2009 at the Salishan Resort, 7760 Highway 101 North, Gleneden
Beach, OR.
Nomination forms will be
accepted June 5 through June 26, 2009 and are available
here.
For more information, please
contact: Linda Peppler, Oregon Office of Rural Health, 503 494-4450
or pepplerl@ohsu.edu.
2008 Oregon Federally Certified Rural Health Clinics Report
This paper updates and builds upon the
Certified Rural Health Clinic paper released by the Office of Rural
Health in 2005. This report updates benchmarks and policy
information from the 2005 report by asking for the same survey
information requested in 2005. It also provides time trend analysis
from the 2005 Report and from the 2001 Oregon Primary Care
Association report on RHCs. In addition to updates, this report
provides new information not captured previously.
