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Maintaining a Strong Rural Health Safety Net

Bamboo News

Due to capital funding struggles, some patients in rural areas even have to drive over 100 miles to access certain needed services that may not be available from rural hospitals, including hip replacements, maternity services, shoulder surgeries and orthopedic surgeries. During this National Rural Health Day on Nov.

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McBride honored for rural health advocacy

Washington University in St. Louis - Institute for

Tim McBride, PhD, co-director, CAHSPER, & public health faculty scholar, received the 2024 Rural Excellence in Advocacy Award from the Missouri Rural Health Association, for the exceptional impact that he has made to healthcare in rural MO for 30+ years.

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McBride honored for rural health advocacy

Washington University in St. Louis - Institute for

Tim McBride, PhD, co-director, CAHSPER, & public health faculty scholar, received the 2024 Rural Excellence in Advocacy Award from the Missouri Rural Health Association, for the exceptional impact he has made to healthcare in rural MO for 30+ years.

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Finding a passion for rural public health

Berkeley Public Health

Rural Health Innovation Scholar Julian Levine is an emerging rural public health leader in West Virginia.

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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. BY ERIC LARSEN and TOMMY IBRAHIM.

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Rural health disparities widen for MA enrollees: 4 takeaways

Becker's Hospital Review - Health Equity

"New CMS report reveals widening health disparities among Medicare Advantage patients in rural areas in 2023. Findings show growing gap in care quality and impr

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Community Health Workers Spread Across the US, Even in Rural Areas

KFF Health News

Community health worker programs can address common barriers in rural areas, where people face higher rates of poverty and certain health problems , said Gabriela Boscán Fauquier, who oversees community health worker initiatives at the National Rural Health Association.