Category Archives: Veterans

3RNet Rural Jobs Network

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3RNet, the National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network, is a nonprofit organization that connects health care facilities in rural or underserved areas and health professionals looking for work.  They have representatives or “members” in all fifty states, the Mariana Islands, the Veterans Administration, and the Indian Health Service.   Find these representatives, and full details about the organization for both facilities and professionals, at https://www.3rnet.org/.  The web pages specific to Networks 16 and 18 states are:

The Office of Rural Health at the Washington Department of Health is subsidizing the 2020 series of introductory 3RNet Academy courses so Washington healthcare facilities can attend for no charge:

  • October 6, 2020 – Recruiting for Retention: Using Candidate Motivations to Strategically Market
  • October 20, 2020 – Combating Isolation in Rural and Underserved Recruiting
  • November 3, 2020 – Compensation Trends for Providers: Balancing Financial and Lifestyle Needs
  • November 17, 2020 – Avoiding Burnout through a Managed Scope of Practice
  • December 1, 2020 – Recruiting for Team Based Care in Rural and Underserved Communities
  • December 15, 2020 – Building Support for Your Recruitment Efforts at the Local Level

Find more information about the 3RNet Academy and courses at https://academy/3rnet.org/why-attend.html and https://academy.3rnet.org/agenda.html.  Register at https://academy/3rnet.org/register.html using coupon code 2021WA at checkout.  The webinars will be recorded, so registrants can watch them on their own schedule.  For questions about 3RNet: info@3rnet.org or 800-787-2512.  For questions about the Washington program: Faith Johnson at faith.johnson@doh.wa.gov or 360-236-2815.

8/14 AAKP HealthLine on Kidney Genetics

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AAKP will present a 10am PDT 14 August 2020 HealthLine webinar on Understanding Genetic Conditions: What You Need to Know.  For individuals who may be faced with inheriting a genetic condition, it’s important to know your family history, the different ways a genetic condition can be inherited, what genetic testing entails, and how you can work with your healthcare team to help manage the condition. The audio will feature genetic counselors as well as kidney patients with genetic conditions.  Find details and register at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/814066723276791822.

Find general information about HealthLine and recordings of earlier webinars, including their series of nine HealthLines on COVID-19 and…

  • Dialysis,
  • Transplant,
  • Vascular Access,
  • CKD,
  • Telemedicine,
  • Veterans,
  • Mental Health,
  • Nutrition, and
  • Clinical Trials,

…at https://aakp.org/programs-and-events/aakp-healthline/.

AAKP Webinar on VA’s Response to COVID-19

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AAKP has recorded a webinar by the Director of the Veterans Health Administration National Kidney Program, the Chair of the AAKP Veterans Health Initiative, and an AAKP Board Member in the US Army Medical Corps, discussing important information for veterans who have CKD about what the VA is doing in response to COVID-19.  Find the webinar at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJA_yCwHQOQ&feature=youtu.be.

11/13 AAKP HealthLine Webinar on Veterans Care

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AAKP will present a November 13, 2019 webinar on The Veteran’s Perspective: AAKP’s Veteran’s Health Initiative, when AAKP Ambassadors and veterans discuss private sector kidney care for veterans, how to obtain VA (US Department of Veterans Affairs) assistance, and care across the Department of Defense (DoD) and VA.  Register at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4555638814973772300.  Find more information about the AAKP Veteran’s Health Initiative at https://aakp.org/center-for-patient-engagement-and-advocacy/veterans-health-initiative/.