Exploring Health

JANUARY 15, 2025

Teaching Medical Students to Use Telehealth Can Reduce Rural Health Inequities Telehealth use has skyrocketed since the COVID-19 pandemic. This term refers to the issue of rural residents not being able to access healthcare improvements that are present in urban areas. Medical students have yet to be taught how to use it.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 20, 2025

She left behind her career as a health unit coordinator in Florida. But since moving, Drysdale hasn’t been able to find a lasting job near her Eden home in Rockingham County, and shes worried its because of her age. Since Medicaid expansion last year , more than 22 percent of new enrollees are people aged 50-64.

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Ageing and Health Mental Health and Public Health Health Inequalities Rural Health 131

NC Health News

MARCH 19, 2025

By Jane Winik Sartwell Carolina Public Press Financial pressures on rural hospitals keep some North Carolina facilities from adequately serving pregnant women, new mothers and babies, but that isnt the full picture. Even so, they cant afford to lose too much money, or their ability to provide other services could suffer.

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NC Health News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

By Anne Blythe As executive orders and new policy directives come out of the White House at a dizzying pace, many health care workers have found themselves in a quandary. Now many doctors and other health care providers are uncertain what to do if immigration officers, often referred to as ICE, show up in their waiting rooms and clinics.

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