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Publications:
“Rural Health Centers”, chapter 17, Section III, Business and Legal Essentials for Nurse Practitioners, Mosby Publishers, St. Louis, MO, 2006.
“Red Flag for Rural Hospitals”, Rural Roads quarterly magazine of the National Rural Health Association, Volume 4, No. 2, July, 2006 (Hughes, Alison and Philps, Michael)
“The Making of the Arizona Rural Health Plan,” Rural Roads, quarterly magazine of the National Rural Health Association, Volume 3, Number 4, Spring, 2006. (Hughes, Alison and Eng, Howard)
“Policy and the Origins of the Arizona statewide Telemedicine Program,” Chapter 34, Understanding Health Communication Technologies. John Weiley and Sons, San Francisco: 2004. (Weinstein, Barker, Beinar, Holcomb, Krupinski, Lopez, Hughes)
“Fluctuations in Telemedicine Case Volume: Correlation with Personnel Turnover Rates.” Telemedicine Journal and E-Health, volume 9, Number 4, 2003. (Krupinski, Hughes, Barker, Lopez, Weinstein)
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Biography:
Alison Hughes, MPA, has worked in the field of rural health for over two decades and in telemedicine technology for eight years. She has been able to apply her expertise at national and state levels through participation on major national organizational boards and committees in both the public and private sectors.
She has worked with Arizona’s small rural hospitals for over seven years, applying federal resources to advance performance improvement initiatives. Most recently, she has involved these hospitals in electronic health record planning and implementation. Currently, she serves as President of the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health. She is also a member of the National Rural Health Association’s Policy Board and is the immediate past President of the Arizona Rural Health Association. She has been on the board of the Universal Services Administrative Corporation and has held two federal appointments on the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and the Good Neighbor Environment Board. She has given numerous lectures and presentations on telehealth applications, rural health issues, and grant and funding development at the international, national, and state levels.
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