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Montana Rural Health Advisory Board
The Montana AHEC and MORH utilize a conjoint Advisory Board to provide guidance and direction for the two statewide programs. Members of the Advisory Board are nominated, elected and serve for three years. The intent is to have representation from individuals and organizations serving the Montana health care industry; including health care providers, health facility administrators, health professions education and consumers.
Upcoming Meetings
Next Advisory Board meeting
- Friday, November 13th 2009, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- Hilton Garden Inn, 2023 Commerce Way, Bozeman, MT 59715 | ph:(406) 582-9900
Meeting Agenda:
MT AHEC/ORH Advisory Board Meeting
November 13, 2009
- Welcome and Introduction
- Minutes
- Chair Reports
- Executive Director Report
- Healthcare Workforce in Montana
- Primary Care (See mailed Primary Care report; attached WWAMI Expansion Proposal)
- Nursing
- Allied Health
- HIT (See attached HIT Workforce report)
- EMS
- Regional Workforce Initiatives – What Montana’s regional AHECs are doing
- Statewide Workforce Initiatives/Issues
- Legislative Interim Committee (See attached Primary Care Briefing Paper)
- Healthcare Forum (http://www.montanahealthcareforum.com/work-groups/building-and-supporting-montanas-healthcare-workforce/)
- Other Issues/Topics
- Pathways Into Health – October Conference in Big Sky; Montana role
- Partnership opportunities
- Improving data collection
- Other Business
- Adjournment
Click Here for Directions to the Hilton Garden Inn
Advisory Board Members
- Gordon Belcourt - Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council (representing Native American Technical Assistance)
- Dick Brown - Montana Hospital Association (representing hospitals)
- Edith Clark - Former Montana Representative (HD 28)
- JoAnn Walsh Dotson – MT DPHHS Family & Community Health Bureau (representing public health)
- Jay Erickson, M.D. - WWAMI Clinical Medical Education Coordinator (representing rural physician clincal education)
- Megan Evans, M.D. - MT Family Medicine Residency Program (representing resident physician)
- John Felton – RiverStone Health (representing public health)
- Laurie Francis - Community Health Partners, Inc. (representing public health & health care)
- David Garloff – College of Allied Health at MSU-Billings (representing allied health)
- Mike Geurin, M.D. - Family Medicine Residency Program (representing physicians)
- Renee Harris – Health Science Education Specialist/State HOSA (representing K-12 education)
- Gayle Hudgins - Director, School of Pharmacy & Allied Health Sciences (representing Pharmacy education)
- Jim Knight – Associate Director, Extension Services (representing outreach health education)
- Marge Levine - Montana Primary Care Association (representing public health)
- Thelma McClosky-Armstrong (Board Chair) - Eastern Montana Telemedicine Network (representing health service providers)
- Mary McCue, Esq. - Montana Dental Association (representing dentistry)
- Peg Norgaard – Northeast MT Health Services, Inc (representing Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, Hospitals)
- Nels Sanddal (Board Vice Chair) - Critical Illness & Trauma Foundation (representing trauma care)
- Trudi Schmidt - Montana Senator (representing SD11)
- Randy Sechrest, M.D. - St. Patrick Hospital (representing healthcare providers)
- Claudia Stephens - Migrant & Seasonal Farmworkers Council (representing migrant health)
- Neil Sun Rhodes, M.D. - IHS physician (representing physicians)
- Clarann Weinert - College of Nursing (representing nursing education and nursing research)
- G. Brian Zins - Montana Medical Association (representing physicians)
Ex-Officio Members of the Advisory Board
- Susan Barton - Director, Eastern Montana AHEC
- Lisa Benzel - Director, South Central Montana AHEC
- Natalie Claiborne - Assistant Director, Montana Office of Rural Health
- Grace Decker - Admin. Associate, Western Montana AHEC
- Mary Helgeson - Placement Coordinator, Eastern Montana AHEC
- Peter House - Associate Director, Regional WWAMI AHEC Program Office
- Kristin Juliar - Director, Montana AHEC and MORH
- Sharon Kott - Admin. Associate & Program Coordinator, Montana AHEC and MORH
- Joan Miles - MHA, Grants and Program Development, South Central Montana AHEC
- Shalina Mirza - Project Coordinator, Montana AHEC and MORH
- Bergen Morehouse- Program Coordinator, South Central Montana AHEC
- Frank Newman - Associate Director, Montana AHEC and MORH
- Casey Palmer - Program Assistant, South Central Montana AHEC
- Suzie Thomas - Admin. Assistant, Eastern Montana AHEC
- Lawrence White, Jr. - Director, Western Montana AHEC
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