SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington State University Extension’s Eastern Washington Area Health Education Center will present the “Ever-changing Rural Health: Innovation, Diversification, Collaboration” conference March 24-25 at the Red Lion Hotel at the Park in Spokane.
The two-day conference is the largest rural health conference in the region, drawing more than 300 people each year. It is designed to bring together healthcare colleagues around the region and nation to highlight new programs and ways of doing business, discuss collaborative relationships in rural communities, and reflect on how the rural healthcare system fits into the processes of creating change in communities.
Registration is required to attend. Fees range from $115-$235. For registration information, call the Eastern Washington Area Health Education Center WSU Extension at (509) 358-7640 or (800) 279-0705, e-mail conference@wsu.edu. Visit the Web site at www.ahec.spokane.wsu.edu for more information.
Speakers include Hilda Heady, president of National Rural Health Association, presenting “Policy, Passion and Other Pursuits in Rural Health Advocacy;” Tim Size, executive director of Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative, presenting “Rural Can Lead Through Individual and Community Care Collaboration;” and John Active, news reporter for KYUK radio in Bethel, Alaska, presenting “Native Thoughts and More…Perspectives of a Yup’ik Eskimo.”
Workshop topics include Childhood Asthma Project, Frontier Extended Stay clinics, Stark II physician recruitment requirements, national standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services, the Oregon Emergency Medical Services study report, expanding access to oral health and more.
The conference is presented by the Washington Rural Health Association and the
