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Rural America is a Fertile Field for Digital Health

The Health Care Blog

Our rural health care system has suffered badly during the COVID-19 pandemic. It entered the pandemic with severe structural weaknesses, including magnified health disparities and inequities, lower rates of vaccination in the general population, and high risk of rural hospital closures. Eric Larsen.

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Rural Hospitals and Patients Are Disconnected From Modern Care

KFF Health News

Leroy Walker arrived at the county hospital short of breath. Walker, 65 and with chronic high blood pressure, was brought in by one of rural Greene County’s two working ambulances. The Greene County Health System, with only three doctors, has no intensive care unit or surgical services. EUTAW, Ala. Then: Beep.