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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Safety Net Issues
4134.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Safety Net Issues
This session will examine issues relating to the support of the healthcare safety net.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to 1. Understand the challenges health care institutions face in desseminating accurate and complete information to large groups of people via call centers 2. Describe the effects of the recent economic downturn on the financial situation of safety net hospitals and on their clients. 3. Create awareness of the potential of rural hospital and rural community health center collaboration. 4. Gain knowledge concerning an online database of community health worker (CHW) programs and their evaluation.
Moderator(s):Michael T. Hatcher, DrPH, CHES
12:30 PMMEDICARE: Accuracy of Responses from the 1-800-MEDICARE Help Line Should be Improved
Shaunessye Curry, MA, Sheila Avruch, Joy Kraybill, Krister Friday, Mary Reich, Esq, Sari Shuman, Ramsey Asaly, Alexis Chaudron, Perry Parsons, Leslie Spangler
12:50 PMStresses to the safety net: The public hospital perspective
Marsha Regenstein, PhD, Jennifer Huang, MS
1:10 PMNational survey of critical access hospital and rural community health center collaboration
Sudha Xirasagar, PhD, Michael E. Samuels, DrPH
1:30 PMA national database of community health worker programs and their evaluation methodologies
Agnes W. Hinton, DrPH, RD, Paul W. Philpot, MS
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Health Administration
Endorsed by:Gerontological Health; Medical Care
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA