Gibson Area Hospital

RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE-IMPLEMENTATION

RURAL HEALTH CARE COORDINATION NETWORK PARTNERSHIP

RURAL HEALTH CLINIC VACCINE CONFIDENCE PROGRAM

RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE PROGRAM-PSYCHOSTIMULANT SUPPORT

RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE PROGRAM ? NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TRAINING - PROJECT ABSTRACT PROJECT NAME: EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS RURAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TRAINING PROGRAM PROJECT SUMMARY: THE EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS EMS TRAINING PROGRAM WILL MEET THE UNMET NEEDS OF OVER 16,000 PEOPLE IN A TWENTY-MILE RADIUS FROM THE ONLY HOSPITAL (CAH) IN THE RURAL AREA. THIS PROGRAM WILL TRAIN 40 INDIVIDUALS DURING THE ONE-YEAR GRANT PERIOD AS EMT-BASIC, LICENSED EMS WORKERS. NOT ONLY WILL THESE INDIVIDUALS BE TRAINED AS EMS WORKERS, BUT THEY WILL ALSO RECEIVE SPECIALIZED TRAINING IN ASSISTING THOSE NEEDING EMERGENT CARE THAT HAVE OUD/SUD SITUATIONS. THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM WILL BE TO REDUCE THE MORTALITY RATE AMONG THIS POPULATION BY RESPONDING QUICKER WITH BETTER TRAINED PERSONNEL. POPULATION TO BE SERVED: RURAL SERVICE AREA DEFINED BY COUNTY, ZIP CODE, CENSUS TRACT AND CITY/VILLAGE/TOWNSHIP AND POPULATION (9 ZIP CODES AND TOTAL POPULATION = 16,031. THE AREA IS A 20-MILE RADIUS FROM THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN THE SERVICE AREA. GOAL 1: RECRUIT A DIVERSE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN TRAINING TO BE AN EMT-BASIC EMPLOYEE AND/OR VOLUNTEER AND ARE WILLING TO COMPLETE TRAINING NEEDED TO MAINTAIN LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS RELEVANT TO SERVE IN AN EMS AGENCY IN THE RURAL SERVICE AREA. GOAL 2: PROVIDE EMT-BASIC TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST AND PASSION FOR WORKING AND/OR VOLUNTEERING IN EMS SERVICES IN THE RURAL SERVICE AREA. GOAL 3: PLACE TRAINED EMT-BASIC IN THE RURAL SERVICE AREA AS EITHER EMPLOYEES AND/OR VOLUNTEERS TO ENHANCE BOTH THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF QUALIFIED EMS STAFF. GOAL 4: ESTABLISH TRACKING SYSTEMS IN COORDINATION WITH THE GAHHS IT DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE REPORTING AND OTHER DATA GATHERING TECHNIQUES TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EMS TRAINING PROGRAM AND TO STUDY ONCE IMPLEMENTED THESE ENHANCED SERVICES INFLUENCED A REDUCTION IN THE DEATH RATE AND/OR THE IMPACT OF LONG-TERM DEBILITATION ON THOSE SUFFERING FROM SUD/OUD DISORDERS REQUIRING EMERGENT SERVICES.

EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS RURAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TRAINING PROGRAM - THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT WILL BE TO TRAIN CANDIDATES TO BECOME EMT-BASIC EMPLOYEES AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. ACCORDING TO A JANUARY 2020 ARTICLE PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION "ONE OF THE UNIVERSAL ASPECTS OF THE EMS SHORTAGE IS A DEATH OF QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES IN RURAL AREA. THERE ARE MANY REASON FOR THIS SCARCITY INCLUDING LOW AND AGING POPULATION, A LOW VOLUME OF QUALIFYING RUNS TO EARN EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION, AND STRUGGLING ECONOMIES THAT FORCE POTENTIAL VOLUNTEERS TO WORK MORE THAN ONE JOB OR IMPACT THE ABILITY OF EMPLOYERS TO ALLOW VOLUNTEERS TO TRAIN OR GO ON RUNS." HTTP://WWW.RURALHEALTHWEB.ORG/BLOGS/RURALHEALTHVOICES-JAN2020 CRITICAL SERVICES HANG IN THE BALANCE.

RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE (PLANNING)

RURAL HEALTH NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM - FOCUS AREA: THE CENTRAL ILLINOIS HOSPITAL NETWORK’S PRIMARY FOCUS AREA IS TO IMPROVE MATERNAL AND NEONATAL OUTCOMES IN EACH DISTINCT RURAL REGION BY ESTABLISHING A PLANNING PROCESS THAT DEVELOPS A SUSTAINABLE NETWORK APPROACH TO INCREASE THE DELIVERY AND SERVICE ACCESS TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS FOR PRECONCEPTION, PRENATAL, PREGNANCY, LABOR, AND DELIVERY, AND POSTPARTUM SERVICES; SPECIFICALLY, FOR THOSE WITH SUD/OUD/AUD DISORDERS. GOAL 1: FORM A JOINT COALITION BETWEEN GIBSON AREA HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICES-CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL; GRAHAM HEALTH SYSTEM-RURAL HOSPITAL AND CRAWFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL. GOAL 2: ESTABLISH A PLANNING PROCESS THAT ALLOWS THE NETWORK MEMBERS TO FORM A COLLABORATIVE NETWORK THAT SHARES INFORMATION AND SHARES RESOURCES TO MEET THEIR NETWORK GOALS. PROPOSED SERVICE REGION: FORD, IROQUOIS, LIVINGSTON, VERMILION, MASON, KNOX, FULTON, CRAWFORD, AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES HTTPS://DATA.HRSA.GOV/TOOLS/RURAL-HEALTH ABSTRACT BODY CONTENT POPULATION TO BE SERVED: • MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS RESIDING IN THE FULLY RURAL COUNTIES IDENTIFIED ABOVE. • RURAL WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGES AND CHILDREN SPECIFICALLY THOSE DEALING WITH SUD/OUD/AUD DISORDERS. NETWORK MEMBERS: GIBSON AREA HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICES (APPLICANT), GRAHAM HEALTH SYSTEM, CRAWFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS RURAL HEALTHCARE CONSORTIUM MEMBERS. • EACH OF THE MEMBERS IS IN A FULLY RURAL COUNTY. • EACH MEMBER HAS SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

RURAL HEALTH NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM

COMMUNITY FACILITIES LOANS AND GRANTS - ARRA

RURAL HEALTH CARE COORDINATION NETWORK PARTNERSHIP

ARP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT FOR RURAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES