AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoRural Health Funding: Federal officials missed a deadline to announce next year’s awards from a $50 billion rural health fund, leaving states waiting for details. Children’s Care: Pediatric ICUs closed in Montana, Oregon and Missouri over the past year. Staffing shortages and high costs may leave seriously ill children traveling farther for care; a new partnership aims to expand school-based health services. Behavioral Health: Benefis plans to close a Great Falls clinic and end behavioral health services, while construction is underway on a behavioral health crisis center in the city. Prevention: Montana health officials urged families to test their homes for lead. The CDC and FDA also declared a multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to broccoli sprouts over; 34 people, including Montana residents, were sickened and three were hospitalized. Health Workforce: Carroll College received a $1.7 million grant to develop a physician assistant program, and MSU hosted midwifery skills training for nurse-midwifery students.
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