October 21-October 22 Rural Matters! Emerging Health Opportunities and Challenges  

Keynote: Re-Calibrating A “Place-Primacy” in Public Policy: Rural Communities, Rural Regions and the Rural-Urban Continuum (Fluharty)

Health Care Reform Implications for Rural Areas (Braun)

Medication Safety and Health Care Reform: The Impact of Reform's New Regulations on Hospital and Health System Pharmacy Practice in Rural Communities (Francis)

Interim Update on Maryland Telehealth Survey (Dillman)

Obesity: As an environmental issue (Fadden)

Hunger and Health: Federal Nutrition Programs in Rural Maryland (Kaiser)

Promoting Your Medical Clinic With Social Media Networking (Finch)

Social Norm Campaign in a Rural County (Lee & Todd)

Playmates Today.Colleagues Tomorrow (Browning)

Maryland Nurse Practitioner 2010 Regulatory Changes (Nettina)

What Maryland Adults Know and Do About Preventing Tooth Decay: Preliminary Results (Horowitz)

Improving Access to Maryland Rural Oral Health Services (Burleson)

FRIDAY OCTOBER 22, 2010

Policy Implications of Health Care Reform (Elehwany)

Community Efforts to Support War Veterans: The Rural Picture (Walker)

Maryland's Commitment to Veterans (Barber)

Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Rural Communities: Worcester County (Shultz & Tilghman)

Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Rural Communities through Home Visiting (Conway & Wilburn)

Rural Matters Expanding Rural Primary Care Medical Training in Maryland (Rixey)