The Georgia Health Policy Center at Georgia State University was awarded three contracts totaling more than $9.2 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration to support healthcare access in the rural U.S. over the next three to five years, according to a GHPC news release.
The GHPC's Community Health Systems Development team focuses on helping communities build local capacity to increase access to care and improve the health status of their residents. The team provides training and support, with concentrations on organizational sustainability and strategic planning. The program offers a variety of innovative techniques including individual site visits, webinars, peer-to-peer learning, workshops, an interactive online database and more.
Read the news release about GHPC's grant to improve rural access to healthcare.
Read other coverage about health IT efforts in rural areas.
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The GHPC's Community Health Systems Development team focuses on helping communities build local capacity to increase access to care and improve the health status of their residents. The team provides training and support, with concentrations on organizational sustainability and strategic planning. The program offers a variety of innovative techniques including individual site visits, webinars, peer-to-peer learning, workshops, an interactive online database and more.
Read the news release about GHPC's grant to improve rural access to healthcare.
Read other coverage about health IT efforts in rural areas.
- ONC Awards RECs Another $12M to Assist Critical-Access, Rural Hospitals
- USDA Doles Out 45 Telemedicine Grants to Rural Hospitals
- Study: Healthcare Providers in Rural and Ethnic Communities Lagging in EMR Use