1. SESSION FOUR EVOLUTIONS IN RURAL LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH MAY 26, 2015 Rural Health Learning Collaborative

2. Collaborative Highlights Many thanks to our hosts and facilitators at the National Office of State Offices of Rural Health These webinars are underwritten by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. The continued goal: Sharing of good ideas and programs among participants

3. …brief history of how we got here… Supporting Groups / Convening Partners: APHA Rural and Frontier Committee National CC of CMS – QIN NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis Rural Health Affinity Group within NRHA NOSORH CDC OSTLTS Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Inclusion on list of partners does not imply endorsement of any particular agenda, speaker, or presentation.

4. Who to Contact for more Information? Teryl Eisinger, Executive Director, National Office of State Offices of Rural Health, teryle@nosorh.orgteryle@nosorh.org Kathryn Umali, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, KUmali@hrsa.govKUmali@hrsa.gov Kim Irby, Telligen QIN-NCC, Kimberly.Irby@qinncc.hcqis.org Kimberly.Irby@qinncc.hcqis.org Barbara Levin; Delmarva Foundation Population Health Center, levinb@qhs-inc.orglevinb@qhs-inc.org Kate Perkins, MCD Public Health kperkins@mcdph.org kperkins@mcdph.org

5. Participate ! Contribute ! Please fill out the attached survey monkey that you will be directed to after the webinar. Suggestions for topics and speakers are appreciated Please register as early as possible for sessions so we can anticipate the audience needs.

6. Special Thanks Stephanie Hansen at NOSORH for their able help and assistance in putting on the webinar Michael Meit for recruiting such wonderful presenters Our speakers, for their dedication to rural health and sharing with us today from their research Kathryn Umali and Tom Morris from FORPH for their leadership and efforts in many arenas