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Rural health care
Rural paramedics are making routine house calls to avoid costly emergency room visits
Jun 28, 2024
Experts say community paramedicine programs, which involve paramedics checking in on people with known health issues before an emergency happens, can cut costs and ease strains on health care systems in rural areas.
America’s rural hospitals are in the red
May 17, 2023
A new federal program is dropping rural hospitals a lifeline to keep emergency services available as they struggle to turn a profit.
At this rural hospital, staffing shortages and telehealth visits have become standard
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sean McHenry
May 10, 2023
The pandemic changed tech and personnel matters, says surgeon Eric Henderson. But the empathy required and the lovely setting remain the same.
Company aims to buy and restore struggling rural hospitals in Tennessee
by
Blake Farmer
Mar 24, 2022
For rural communities, a key question: Can a new company that is taking over ownership restore confidence in the care the local hospital provides?
Rural vaccinations rise but still lag behind cities
Sep 6, 2021
An uptick in vaccination rates in the rural United States corresponds with rising COVID-19 infections and a slimming number of ICU beds.
What would rural health care from a discount retailer look like?
by
Blake Farmer
Jul 19, 2021
Dollar General, with more than 17,000 stores, is moving into health care. Many rural communities have lost hospitals in recent years.
H-1B visa freeze might hurt rural areas in need of doctors
Jun 23, 2020
In America, around 28% of doctors, 35% of home aides and 20% of nursing assistants are foreign born.
For public good, not for profit.
Hospital closure leaves soon-to-be mothers in rural Missouri without an OB-GYN
Jul 16, 2018
Another rural hospital has closed, the 85th to shutter in the U.S. since 2010. This latest closing happened in Dunklin County, Missouri, one of the poorest counties in the state. The hospital was home to the only OB-GYN physician in a region that has one of the highest premature birth and infant mortality rates in […]
As hospitals increasingly close in rural areas, communities consider a hybrid health center model
by
Blake Farmer
Mar 28, 2018
Without enough patients with health insurance, hospitals are closing in rural parts of the country. Some communities have turned to hybrid health centers — shy of a hospital but more than a clinic — to try to meet their community's health needs.
Reinventing the rural health care system
Feb 2, 2018
A new report outlines the challenges the health care system in rural communities faces.