2022 Innovating Illinois Rural Health Event Series
A VOICE FOR RURAL INNOVATION
The Innovating Illinois Rural Health Event Series highlighted innovation and shared best practices to inform rural health delivery and improve the social, economic and environmental factors that contribute to health in rural communities. SIU Medicine Department of Population Science and Policy, along with its partners Southern Illinois Healthcare and SIU School of Law, hosted virtual and in-person events throughout 2022, starting with an April roundtable webinar focused on the intersection of health and economic development in rural communities. The hybrid format of this series provided opportunities to educate a wide audience and obtain a broad, community-based perspective, and culminated in a facilitated, data driven and implementation-focused live event.
The Innovating Illinois Rural Health Event Series was built on the success of two longstanding Illinois events – the SIH/SIU Health Policy Institute, and the Illinois Rural Health Summit.
Event: Innovating Illinois Rural Health Summit
October 27, 2022
The 2022 Innovating Illinois Rural Health Summit convened in Springfield on October 27, 2022, and featured a local, statewide and national perspective discussing topics such as maternal and infant health disparities, children and youth mental health, the role of rural hospitals, building a rural health workforce and rural opioid use. The Summit facilitated the exchange of knowledge, fostered innovative ideas and created a pathway for rural health improvement.
Special thanks to 2022 Innovating Illinois Rural Health Summit Supporters:
Janssen, Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN), Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Area Health Education Centers (IL AHEC), Walmart, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, and Illinois Vaccinates Against COVID-19 (IVAC), a project by the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Watch the recordings of this event:
Part 1
Welcome
-Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH; Dean and Provost, SIU Medicine
-Wiley Jenkins, PhD, MPH, FACE; Research Professor and Interim Chair, SIU Medicine Department of Population Science and Policy
-Woody Thorne, MSeD; Vice President, Community Affairs & Chief Development Officer, Southern Illinois Healthcare
Building a Healthier Rural Illinois: Challenges and Opportunities
-Sameer Vohra, MD, JD, MA, FAAP; Director, Illinois Department of Public Health
Medicaid in Action: Addressing Maternal and Infant Health Disparities
-Theresa Eagleson, MBA; Director, Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services
Part 2
Putting Children First: Mental Health and Wellness in Communities
-Moderated by: Katrina Hays, BA; Former Director of Community Impact, United Way of Central Illinois
-Amanda Walsh, JD, LLM, MSW; Director, Illinois Children’s Mental Health Partnership
-Anne Scheer, PhD; Assistant Professor, SIU Medicine Department of Population Science and Policy
-Angie Bailey, MSEd, MPH; System Director of Community Health, Southern Illinois Healthcare
-Colleen Cicchetti, BS, MEd, PhD, Executive Director of Center for Childhood Resilience, Clinical Psychologist at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and Associate Professor at Northwestern Medicine
Part 3
The Role of a Rural Hospital: How Hospitals Impact Community Health
-Moderated by: Becky Gabany MA; System Director, Community Health in Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Division, Memorial Health
-Pat Schou, MS, BSN; Executive Director, Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network
-Rex Brown, MHA; President and CEO, Hillsboro Area Hospital
The Future of the Healthcare Workforce: Educating a New Generation
-Hana Hinkle, PhD; Director, Department Head of the National Center for Rural Health Professions; Associate Director, IL Area Health Education Centers
Part 4
Rural Opioid Use: Where We Are and the Path Forward
-Monique A. Anawis, MD, JD; Medical Director, Health Equity Counsel, Office of the Illinois Attorney General
Closing Remarks
-Wiley Jenkins, PhD, MPH, FACE; Research Professor and Interim Chair, SIU Medicine Department of Population Science and Policy
Webinar: The Award-Winning Model of Healthy Hillsboro
July 2022
Innovative local partnerships are needed to create sustainable health improvements in rural communities. The Healthy Hillsboro model has pulled together a community hospital, an academic medical department and a health-focused corporate philanthropy to create community connection, project design and funding needed to successfully move the dial on mental and physical health. Learn how this award-winning project is improving social determinants of health and quality of life in Hillsboro, Illinois, through collaborations with local school districts and community organizations. Watch the recording of this webinar.
Webinar: Innovations in Rural Healthcare
May 2022
The Honorable Eric D. Hargan, former deputy secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services and Dr. Sameer Vohra, Chair, SIU Medicine Department of Population Science and Policy discussed chronic disease, access to care and public policy impacting rural health in Illinois. Watch the recording of this webinar.