Rural health group to spread IOM recommendations

The National Rural Health Association said it is launching an initiative to better disseminate to rural healthcare providers recommendations in the Institute of Medicine report Quality Through Collaboration: the Future of Rural Health. The initiative, to be led by Forrest Calico, formerly an adviser to HHS' Office of Rural Health Policy, will include sharing best-practice information among providers. An NRHA spokesman said Calico helped prompt the IOM study on rural health quality. -- by Joseph Mantone