Rural Health Journalism Workshop 2022

8:40-9:45 a.m.  |  Hiding in plain sight: Finding data and research about rural health.

  • Grace Bagwell Adams, associate professor, health policy and management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia  |  Slides
  • Brett Kelman, correspondent, Kaiser Health News  |  Slides

 

10-11 a.m.  |  Few and far between: How sparse resources shaped the Covid-19 curve in rural communities

  • Moderator: Keren Landman, journalist, epidemiologist and physician, VOX  |  Slides

 

11:10 a.m.-12:10 p.m.  |  The truth about telemedicine: promise and limitations

  • Sinsi Hernández-Cancio, J.D., vice president, National Partnership for Women and Families  |  Slides
  • Tearsanee Davis, director of clinical programs and strategy, University of Mississippi Medical Center's Center for Telehealth  |  Slides
  • Sarah Rhoads, professor and chair, University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Department of Community and Population Health  |  Slides

 

12:10-1:15 p.m.  |  Luncheon speaker: Stephanie Boynton, VP/CEO of the system’s critical access hospitals, Erlanger Bledsoe in Pikeville, Tenn., which also includes Sequatchie Valley Emergency Department in Dunlap, Tenn., and Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy, N.C. “Keeping the doors open: A story of rural hospital survival.” Moderator, Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News.  |  Slides

 

1:30-2:30 p.m.  |  Bringing health care to the people: mobile screening and other routes to prevention

  • Dr. Rob Headrick, chief of thoracic surgery, CHI Memorial Rees Skillern Cancer Institute  |  Slides
  • Shannon Stephenson, chief executive officer, Cempa Community Care  |  Slides

 

3:45-4:45 p.m.  |  Building the rural health care pipeline

  • Dr. Leslie Griffin, program director, family medicine residency, University of Tennessee College of Medicine – Chattanooga  |  Slides
  • Ashoke "Bappa" Mukherji, chief executive officer, Java Medical Group  |  Slides
  • Dr. Lisa D. Beasley, assistant professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center; president, Tennessee Nurses Association  |  Slides