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| Michelle M CaseySummaryAffiliation: University of Minnesota Country: USA Publications
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Are the CMS hospital outpatient quality measures relevant for rural hospitals?Michelle M Casey
Rural Health Research Center, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55414, USA
J Rural Health 28:248-59. 2012..Quality measures focused on outpatient settings are of increasing interest to policy makers, but little research has been conducted on hospital outpatient quality measures, especially in rural settings...
Current practices and state regulations regarding telepharmacy in rural hospitalsMichelle M Casey
Rural Health Research Center, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Am J Health Syst Pharm 67:1085-92. 2010..Telepharmacy practices in rural hospitals in several states were examined, and relevant policies and state laws and regulations were analyzed, along with issues to be addressed as the use of telepharmacy expands...
Rural Emergency Department staffing and participation in emergency certification and training programsMichelle M Casey
Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
J Rural Health 24:253-62. 2008..The practice of emergency medicine presents many challenges in rural areas...
Prioritizing patient safety interventions in small and rural hospitalsMichelle M Casey
Rural Health Research Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 32:693-702. 2006....
Pharmacist staffing, technology use, and implementation of medication safety practices in rural hospitalsMichelle M Casey
Rural Health Research Center, Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
J Rural Health 22:321-30. 2006..Medication safety is clearly an important quality issue for rural hospitals. However, rural hospitals face special challenges implementing medication safety practices in terms of their staffing and financial and technical resources...
Quality improvement strategies and best practices in critical access hospitalsMichelle M Casey
Rural Health Research Center, Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn 55414, USA
J Rural Health 20:327-34. 2004..A primary goal of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program is to improve the quality of care provided by CAHs...
Providing health care to Latino immigrants: community-based efforts in the rural midwestMichelle M Casey
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center, 2221 University Ave SE, Suite 112, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Am J Public Health 94:1709-11. 2004..Targeted safety net funding would help meet Latino health care needs in rural communities with limited resources...
Providing hospice care in rural areas: challenges and strategiesMichelle M Casey
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center, Division of Health Services Research and Policy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 22:363-8. 2005..National initiatives to improve end-of-life care need to consider the special challenges faced by rural hospices...
Pharmacy services in rural areas: is the problem geographic access or financial access?Michelle M Casey
Rural Health Research Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55414, USA
J Rural Health 18:467-77. 2002....
Do rural elders have limited access to Medicare hospice services?Beth A Virnig
Division of Health Services Research and Policy, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:731-5. 2004..To examine whether there are urban-rural differences in use of the Medicare hospice benefit before death and whether those differences suggest that there is a problem with access to hospice care for rural Medicare beneficiaries...
