Rural
LSU Health New Orleans receives $3 million to improve health equity and care in rural, medically underserved communities
LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing has been awarded nearly $3 million to create a program to improve health equity and care in rural and medically underserved communities in Region 6 (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.) It is one of only ten such awards granted by the Health Resources and Services Administration …
Journalists Dig In on the Fiscal Health of the Nation and Hospital Closures in Rural Missouri
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WCU hosts first Rural Health Summit
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) – Physicians from across Mississippi gathered together with medical school students at William Carey University for a first-ever conference on rural healthcare. Organizers of the inaugural Rural Health Summit at WCU hope it will improve care in areas such as diabetes and mental health. The event began Friday night and wrapped up …
UVA Health Expands Remote Patient Monitoring Network in Rural Virginia
The health system is using federal grant money to deploy 40 digital health kits to six new sites in rural parts of the state, allowing healthcare providers to enhance RPM efforts for patients with chronic care needs. UVA Health is adding six new sites to its telehealth platform to improve access to care for rural …
EHRs don’t reduce costs for rural hospitals
by Claudia Rhoades, Brian Whitacre and Alison Davis Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are computer programs used by hospitals to collect information about patients, treatments, and outcomes. Some experts believe that EHRs can improve health care quality and reduce hospital costs by reducing errors, facilitating the flow of information, and allowing health professionals to do tasks …
Rosen Announces More Than $1.2 Million in Funding to Improve Rural Nevada and Tribal Health Care Facilities – Jacky Rosen
This Grant Funding Was Made Possible Thanks To The American Rescue Plan, Which Senator Rosen Helped Pass WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released the following statement announcing more than $1.2 million coming to Nevada from the Emergency Rural Health Care Grants Program, made possible by funding from the American Rescue Plan …
U.S. Department of Transportation Awards $6.67 Million to Rural Freight Technology Project in Kansas
Wednesday, August 10, 2022 FHWA 27D-22Contact: [email protected].: (202) 366-0660 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today awarded a $6.67 million Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) grant to the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Great Plains Rural Freight Technology Corridor Project. The grant will help the project use advanced …
Rural Community Perspectives on Transportation and Health (Spring 2022) – Kansas Health Institute
Rural Community Perspectives on Transportation and Health (Spring 2022) By Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Healthworks, Kansas Hospital Association, Kansas Health Institute | June 30, 2022 Print READ IT HERE: Kansans in rural communities often must travel great distances to meet healthcare, social and occupational needs. Transportation challenges in these communities may contribute to …
Buy and Bust: When Private Equity Comes for Rural Hospitals
MEXICO, Mo. — When the new corporate owners of two rural hospitals suddenly announced they would stop admitting patients one Friday in March, Kayla Schudel, a nurse, stood resolute in the nearly empty lobby of Audrain Community Hospital: “You’ll be seen; the ER is open.” The hospital — with 40 beds and five clinics — …
Webinar on rural health care innovations in Illinois is May 19
May 12, 2022 Webinar on rural health care innovations in Illinois is May 19 Eric D. Hargan, former U.S. Department of Health and Human Services deputy secretary and Sameer Vohra, chair of the SIU School of Medicine’s Department of Population Science and Policy, will discuss chronic disease, access to health care and policy impacting rural …
