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SW ID AHEC Introduces 2020 - 2021 Scholars
SE ID AHEC Introduces 2020 - 2021 Scholars
Idaho WWAMI Faculty Development Series
Idaho's Healthcare Advance Directive Registry is Moving
Idaho Health Data Exchange Improvements for Rural Idaho
Boise State University to Offer Value-Based Healthcare Scholarships
News and Updates from Idaho State University
News and Updates from the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine
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SE Idaho Area Health Education Center: New Scholar Cohort Announced |
Idaho State continues educating new medical professionals for rural communities
POCATELLO - The Southeast Idaho Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is excited to announce fifteen new student scholars who will continue on their path to join the next generation of highly skilled healthcare providers across Idaho.
AHEC was established to recruit, train, and retain health professionals to work in rural and underserved communities.
“This year, we received 46 applications for the 15 scholar slots,” said Rylee O’Neill, Director of the Southeast Idaho AHEC. “This is a highly competitive process, and chosen scholars are all outstanding students.”
Scholars in the 2020-2022 program are as follows: Nursing - Alexander Torres and Kasey Ward; Physical Therapy Assistant - Mark Tobias and Jade Spanton; Athletic Training and Physical Therapy - Dustyn Walton; Dental Hygiene - Veronica Smith; Occupational Therapy Assistant - Cody Thomas; Pharmacy - Walter Mink and JaDonna Dorsey; Social Work - Dakota Morgan; Psychology - Jennifer Hambleton, Diane Keister and Rhett Mullins; Speech-Language Pathology - Sierra Clayson; and Radiographic Sciences - Vallie Harris.
Each year they attend a didactic class covering interprofessional practice, social determinants of health, adverse childhood events, behavioral health integration, practice transformation, and cultural humility.
Scholars also complete 40 hours of clinical, experiential, or community service. These hours must include working with health professionals outside of their discipline and be done in a rural or underserved community. In the past, students have volunteered at the Bear Lake Memorial, Southeast Idaho Public Health, and Bengal Pharmacy.
The scholars will participate in the two year program in the areas of study they’re focused on, but the unique experience gives particular focus to working with, learning with and learning from students and professionals from other health disciplines.
The first group of Southeast Idaho AHEC scholars just graduated in 2020.
“So far, students have taken jobs at Caribou Memorial Hospital in Soda Springs, Idaho, Gateway Transitional Care Center, a local skilled nursing facility in Pocatello, and Heritage Hospice, serving southeastern Idaho, Idaho,” said Rylee O’Neill, Director of the Southeast Idaho AHEC.
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Idaho WWAMI|Stern Faculty Offers
Faculty Devleopment Lunch Series
- 5/7/21 Idaho WWAMI Faculty Development Lunch Series with Stern Faculty featuring Dr. Toni Biskup | Teaching Clinical Reasoning
- 8/6/21 Idaho WWAMI Faculty Development Lunch Series with Stern Faculty featuring Dr. Andrea Christopher | Letter of Recommendations
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Idaho's Healthcare Advance Directive Registry is moving to the Department of Health and Welfare |
During the 2020 legislative session, Healthcare Directive Registry responsibility was transferred from the Secretary of State (SOS) to the Department of Health Welfare effective July 1, 2020. The registry will be housed in the Office of Healthcare Policy Initiatives (OHPI) in the Bureau of Rural Health and Primary Care (BRH-PC), Division of Public Health. BRH-PC is partnering with the SOS to successfully transition the existing registry and working to identify a vendor to develop the new web-based registry. The new registry will be accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Once a vendor is identified, registry development will begin and the directives housed at SOS will be transferred into the new system.
OHPI will share additional information as it becomes available. During the transition, the SOS continues to process Idaho’s healthcare advance directives and physician order for scope of treatment (POST).
For information about the transition or to inquiry about the new registry, please contact OHPI@dhw.idaho.gov or call 208-334-0669.
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A IDAHO HEALTH DATA EXCHANGE
Changes and Improvements for Rural Idaho
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Boise State University News and Updates |
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Idaho Workforce Development Council Gives Grant for Value-Based Healthcare Scholarships |
Boise State’s Value-Based Healthcare Certificate program received a Workforce Development Training Fund Industry Sector Grant from the Idaho Workforce Development Council to fund scholarships. Not only is this good news for the program, it is great news for eligible hospitals, health clinics, providers, public health entities, district health agencies, skilled nursing facilities and home health providers in rural Idaho.
Grant scholarships are awarded to rural healthcare provider organizations/individuals to complete Boise State’s Value-Based Healthcare Certificate program. The program educates students about the adapting methodology and regulatory environments in healthcare. Throughout the program’s 17 week course, students learn about topics such as value-based care ideology; regulatory changes and legislation shifts; alternative delivery models, such as telehealth; and new nationwide benchmarks and care standards. Getting value-based healthcare education to rural Idaho providers is important to Boise State University and the College of Health Sciences. The Idaho Workforce Development funds are matched by the university to fully fund each scholarship.
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Idaho Workforce Development Council Gives Grant for Value-Based Healthcare Scholarships |
Boise State’s Value-Based Healthcare Certificate program received a Workforce Development Training Fund Industry Sector Grant from the Idaho Workforce Development Council to fund scholarships. Not only is this good news for the program, it is great news for eligible hospitals, health clinics, providers, public health entities, district health agencies, skilled nursing facilities and home health providers in rural Idaho.
Grant scholarships are awarded to rural healthcare provider organizations/individuals to complete Boise State’s Value-Based Healthcare Certificate program. The program educates students about the adapting methodology and regulatory environments in healthcare. Throughout the program’s 17 week course, students learn about topics such as value-based care ideology; regulatory changes and legislation shifts; alternative delivery models, such as telehealth; and new nationwide benchmarks and care standards. Getting value-based healthcare education to rural Idaho providers is important to Boise State University and the College of Health Sciences. The Idaho Workforce Development funds are matched by the university to fully fund each scholarship.
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Idaho State University
News and Updates
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Gabriel Bargen named ISU-Meridian Interim Executive Director
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Dr. Gabriel Bargen is the new Interim Executive Director at ISU-Meridian. Prior to being appointed to her new role, Bargen was an associate professor of audiology in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and director for the PhD in Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences program.
Bargen has been working at ISU for ten years. Her recent research efforts include supporting interprofessional collaboration to evaluate communication outcomes of Idaho children who are deaf and hard of hearing as well as collaboration with researchers in pharmacy assessing ototoxic hearing loss.
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Idaho State ships freezers statewide for COVID-19 vaccine storage |
“Bengals helping Bengals” is how Idaho State University got involved in a plan to share freezers cold enough to store the COVID-19 vaccine with health districts statewide.
David Jeppesen, director of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and ISU alumni, knew the state was going to need cold storage of -70 degrees Celsius to store the incoming Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at each of its seven health district facilities around the state. But with freezers for several of the health districts on back order or with delayed delivery, Jeppesen had a problem.
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Dental hygiene clinic to benefit from $500,000 from Delta Dental of Idaho |
Idaho State University is among those receiving contributions from Delta Dental of Idaho this week. A gift of $500,000 will supply the aging dental hygiene clinic in Pocatello with 15 new chairs, dental delivery systems and lights that will transform the clinic to meet industry standards. Additionally, 10 existing chairs will be retrofitted with new dental delivery systems and lights.
Much of the existing equipment in the clinic was originally installed in 1981, the same year Microsoft released its MS-DOS program. The equipment has served the clinic well, but today’s dental hygiene students need updated facilities to receive the highest level of training possible. The donation will allow them to be ready to join the modern dental industry and make a lasting impact on oral health care in Idaho.
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Three ISU faculty/staff honored as Idaho Rural Health Heros
Congratulations to three ISU faculty and staff who are among six Idaho healthcare professionals to receive an Idaho Rural Health Hero Award! They were honored at a virtual awards celebration with Idaho Rural Health Association board members and guests on November 19, 2020.
The awards are given on National Rural Health Day in Idaho to recognize rural health educators, community advocates, healthcare providers and program administrators who demonstrate outstanding service and dedication to rural communities. Nominations described the many contributions of this year’s awardees as advocates, communicators, educators, collaborators and innovators.
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Interprofessional Health Disciplines Student Association (IHDSA)
POCATELLO - Idaho State University health professions students are coming together with a new club, the Interprofessional Health Disciplines Student Association (IHDSA). The club, formed in September 2020, currently has 16 members and celebrates the importance of collaborative activities and learning.
“The healthcare field is a large, ever-expanding area of work,” said Maya Tillotson, treasurer of the IHDSA and Healthcare Administration major. “Now more than ever we need comradery among all healthcare workers and healthcare related workers.”
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$1 million grant to cover tuition and fees for 30 students in Clinical Rehab Counseling
Thirty students will enjoy a tuition free, masters level education at Idaho State University in the next five years. The ISU Department of Counseling will offer a scholarship for students in the Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling program, funded by a $1 million grant from the United States Department of Education.
The USDE Rehabilitation Services Administration established the grant in 1954 as rehabilitation counseling programs were being started at several universities across the country. At that time, the federal funds helped recruit students to obtain training in adjustment and vocational counseling, service coordination, and job placement to fill staffing shortages within state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies across the country who served people with significant disabilities and their return to work.
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Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine
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ICOM Students Administer Flu Shots During Treasure Valley Health Fair |
Student Doctors at the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine (ICOM) administered more than 100 flu vaccines to attendees of the Treasure Valley Health Fair at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa. Organized by The MolinaCares Accord in Idaho in partnership with the Idaho Health Continuum of Care Alliance, the“drive-thru” health fair offered participants the opportunity to receive a free flu vaccine from the comfort and safety of their own vehicle. |
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ICOM, Saltzer Health Team Up to Offer Urgent Care Provider Training |
ICOM, Saltzer Health Team Up to Offer Urgent Care Provider Training
Saltzer Health in cooperation with the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine (ICOM) held a two-day intense training “boot camp” this past fall. Instructors included some of the top medical providers in the Treasure Valley in the fields of orthopedics, cardiology, pediatrics, obstetrics & gynecology, gastroenterology, general surgery and dentistry.
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