PROCESS
Investigate a Focus Area
Public
Health
- How is the
US public health system organized across the country?
- What are
safety net providers, and how are they financed?
- Describe
critical access hospitals and why a community would want to seek
eligibility.
- Describe
the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and other members
of the public health workforce.
- What is a
FQHC, whom does it serve, and why would a facility be interested
in
applying for that designation?
Useful
Web Sites
National Health Service Corps:
http://nhsc.bhpr.hrsa.gov/
Urgent
Matters: Safety Nets:
http://www.urgentmatters.org/
America's Health Care Safety Net: Intact but Endangered
(2000)
Institute of Medicine
http://books.nap.edu/books/030906497X/html/1.html#pagetop
DHHS
- Critical Access Webpage:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/cah/default.asp
National
Conference of State Legislatures: Federally Qualified Health
Centers
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/fqhc.htm
American
Hospital Association:
http://www.hospitalconnect.com/aha/member_relations/cah/
National
Rural Health Association:
http://www.nrharural.org/
Select
Evaluation to review criteria by which
your presentation
will be judged.
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