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Addressing Rural Health Disparities with Data

WA State Department of Health

Addressing Rural Health Disparities with Data stevie.mathieu March 10, 2025 - 1:46pm This webinar demonstrates how public health professionals can identify, communicate about, and address health inequities in rural communities.

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Telehealth and Medical Education

Exploring Health

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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Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here’s Why There’s So Little Progress

KFF Health News

Recent efforts to address health disparities have run headlong into racist policies still entrenched in health systems. health care system and structural barriers have led to persistent health inequities that cost more than a million lives and billions of dollars, according to the national academies report.