J. Patrick Hart, PhD
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Phone: 712.644.2220
Email: jhart@harrisoncountyhealth.org
Harrison County Home and Public Health
- Completed Projects - (3)
- Publications - (9)
Completed Projects - (3)
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Analysis of Information Networking Technology in Sustaining Rural Delivery Systems
Research center: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Topic: Networking and collaboration
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How Will Rural Hospitals Meet Requirements for Patient Privacy?
Research center: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Topics: Care management, Hospitals and clinics, Legislation and regulation
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Rural Quality Improvement Focus on Diabetes
This project focused specifically on diabetes care management and quality improvement programming in rural areas as a way to understand the adaptability and policy implications of using chronic care coordination and other models in a rural environment.
Research center: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Topics: Care management, Chronic diseases and conditions, Diabetes, Quality
Publications - (9)
2004
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Information Technology and Rural Health Networks: An Overview of Network Practices
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 05/2004
This paper focuses on the use of information technology in rural health networks, based on detailed interviews with representatives for 15 rural health networks that received funding from the federal Rural Health Network Development Grant program.
2003
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Rural Hospital HIPAA Readiness and Resource Needs
Policy Brief
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 05/2003
This rural policy brief presents a survey of rural hospitals regarding the extent of their preparation for HIPAA requirements and their need for resources to implement them. -
An Assessment of Proposals for a Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Benefit: The Rural Perspective
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 01/2003
This policy paper assesses legislative proposals to add an outpatient prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program and their implications for the delivery of services and the welfare of beneficiaries in rural areas.
2001
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Comments on the June 2001 Report of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: Medicare in Rural America
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 09/2001
This paper comments on and critiques the findings in MedPAC's Medicare in Rural America.
2000
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The Area Wage Index of the Medicare Inpatient Hospital Prospective Payment System: Perspectives, Policies, and Choices
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 08/2000
This policy paper summarizes the positions of various rural health advocates and records the actions taken by Congress and the Health Care Financing Administration to improve the wage index. Finally, it outlines the research needed to energize the policy discussion of the uses and methods of calculating the hospital wage index. -
Designing a Prescription Drug Benefit for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries: Principles, Criteria, and Assessment
Maine Rural Health Research Center, RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 08/2000
This paper offers a rural perspective on the debate about the design/implementation of a Medicare prescription drug benefit. Background information on rural Medicare beneficiaries' need for, and access to, prescription drugs is provided, along with a set of rural-oriented principles for use in evaluating how various proposals may meet rural needs. -
Redesigning the Medicare Program: An Opportunity to Improve Rural Health Care Systems?
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 08/2000
With this paper, the RUPRI Rural Health Panel is presenting a well-defined framework for what should be included in any discussion of Medicare policies. -
Improving Prescription Drug Coverage for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries: Key Rural Considerations and Objectives for Legislative Proposals
Maine Rural Health Research Center, RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 06/2000
This policy paper combines the work from current projects of the Maine Rural Health Research Center and the Rural Health Panel of the Rural Policy Research Institute to provide a statement of specific rural considerations and objectives for any proposal that would add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program. -
A Rural Assessment of Leading Proposals to Redesign the Medicare Program
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 05/2000
This paper provides a critique of two proposals to redesign the Medicare program: the "Medicare Preservation and Improvement Act of 1999" and "The President's Plan to Modernize and Strengthen Medicare for the 21st Century." Rural implications of the proposals are discussed.