AARP SOLUTIONS FORUM: Advancing Health in Rural America: Maximizing Nursing’s Impact

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View selected clips of the forum sessions (All videos are in Windows Media format.): Welcome Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Mary Wakefield, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Panel 1: National Perspective on Health Care in Rural America Panel 2: State Perspective on Health Care in Rural America and Closing Session   View Solutions Forum Materials

Policy experts, thought leaders and key stakeholders met in Washington, DC to examine how to improve health care in rural America, where a shortage of providers limits access to primary and preventive services, reduces consumer choice and can raise costs. Panelists highlighted cutting-edge rural health models that are making a difference; explored state and national nursing-based solutions; and discussed policy implications for state and federal policymakers. Experts considered important opportunities to improve rural health found in the recommendations of the recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.

Read the forum summary here.

Read Alexia's Green's blog: "Rural and Frontier Nurses Face Unique Challenges."

 Rural Health Solutions Conference Materials

Invitation Flyer	Barbara Safriet Paper
June 13 Solutions Forum Agenda	About the Center to Champion Nursing in America
Consumer Access to Primary Care Map	Campaign for Action: Action Coalition Map
Advancing Health in Rural America: Maximizing Nursing’s Impact by Mary S. Gorski, AARP Public Policy Institute

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 The Program

Keynote Presentation

The Honorable Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, FAAN
Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The Welcome

Susan C. Reinhard, RN, PhD, FAAN Senior Vice President and Director AARP Public Policy Institute Chief Strategist, Center to Champion Nursing in America

Susan B. Hassmiller, RN, PhD, FAAN Senior Advisor for Nursing Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Alan Morgan Chief Executive Officer National Rural Health Association

Panel 1: The National Perspective

Catherine Rick, RN, NEA-BC FACHE Chief Nursing Services Officer Veterans Health Administration

Barbara J. Safriet, JD, LLM Visiting Professor Lewis and Clark College Law School

Sandra L. Haldane, BSN, MS, RN Nurse Collaborative Director, Improving Patient Care Program Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Panel 2: The State Perspective

Alexia Green, RN, PhD, FAAN Professor and Dean Emeritus Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Mary J. Guyot, RN, BS, CRRN Principle, Stroudwater Associates

Claudia Beverly, RN, PhD, FAAN Director, Arkansas Aging Initiative Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Gail Finley Vice President of Rural Health and Hospitals Colorado Hospital Association

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