News from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
The Center for Rural Health (CRH) was asked to present a program update to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding the COVID-19 Health Disparities Grant, with special focus on the Rural Health Value Project. Ten states were invited to the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, for a one-day meeting in October, featuring three panels. Nicole Threadgold, […]
Categories: Education
For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, Jau-Shin Lou, M.D., chair of the SMHS Department of Neurology, will discuss congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS). The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, Conf. Rm. 1 and […]
Every year around this time, economists at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publish their analysis of recent growth trends in healthcare expenditures (they call it national health expenditures), which they then project ahead as to expected expenditures over the next decade. Their most recent work was just published in Health Affairs, one […]
The North Dakota Rural Health Value group examines the intricacies of moving from volume-based to value-based care at Critical Access Hospitals. What does the future of healthcare look like? To a group in North Dakota, the future means three things: “better patient care, improved community health, and lower healthcare costs” – otherwise known as the […]
Yesterday UND sponsored a Town Hall meeting for faculty and staff to discuss the recent federal mandates for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) vaccination. There was a productive “back and forth” discussion of the issues and implications for UND. Here’s a brief overview of what was discussed. There are three ways the Executive Order regarding vaccine requirements are […]