rural health
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Nursing
Hygienists Brace for Pitched Battles With Dentists in Fights Over Practice LawsIllinois trails many other states in allowing dental hygienists unsupervised contact with patients. In Colorado, on the extreme end, hygienists...
Clinical Care
Rural Hospital in New York Rising to ChallengesBon Secours Community Hospital is maintaining financial sustainability and working through a $40 million revitalization project.
Covid-19
What Will It Take to Boost Vaccinations? The Scene From Kentucky's Back RoadsKentucky is in the midst of a COVID-19 wildfire sparing no part of the state; new case counts topped 4,000...
Payer
Sanford Health Plan Launches Bundled MA ProductThe new plan -- Align powered by Sanford Health Plan ? covers Medicare Advantage enrollees in South Dakota, North Dakota...
Telehealth
Advocates Press CMS to Make Permanent Rural Tele-behavioral Health ServicesThe letter notes that 20% of rural Americans experience mental illness, and that rural America is disproportionally adversely affected by...
Covid-19
When COVID Deaths Are Dismissed or Stigmatized, Grief Is Mixed With Shame and AngerAmericans who have lost loved ones to COVID in communities where the disease isn't taken seriously may encounter efforts to...
Clinical Care
Under Pressure, Montana Hospital Considers Adding Psych Beds Amid a ShortageAcross Montana, such units routinely hit capacity and some struggle to find enough workers to staff them.
Human Resources
Lack of a Vaccine Mandate Becomes Competitive Advantage in Hospital Staffing WarsAbout 39% of U.S. hospitals had announced vaccine mandates.
Telehealth
Teladoc Offers Hurricane Ida's Victims Free Virtual CareTo access the service, telephone Teladoc directly at 855-225-5032.
Strategy
Rural Healthcare Is 'Personal' Says Departing Margaret Mary Health CEOTim Putnam, DHA, MBA, shares details about his career experiences, working on the Biden-Harris Administration COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force,...
Covid-19
To Stoke Rural Vaccination Rates, Trusted Farmers Are Asked to Spread WordBoosting COVID-19 vaccination rates in rural America is now less a problem of access and more an issue of trust.
Covid-19
Have Vaccines, Will Travel: On the Road With a COVID EntrepreneurKyle Austin, a traveling pharmacist, set up his mobile clinic in Virginia City on a recent Saturday, the latest stop...