rural health
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Finance
Bipartisan Legislation To Offer Rural Hospitals Some Financial Relief Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania) want to extend financial programs to help rural hospitals.
Clinical Care
AMA Adopts New Policies Including Gun Violence Reforms and Climate Change DirectivesThe AMA is urging states to create 'safe-haven' programs to encourage treatment for physicians suffering from burnout and mental health...
Technology
Study Proves Value of Telehealth in Addressing Rural Health DisparitiesA three-year study in rural Alaska has shown that a telehealth program can help children access specialist services for hearing...
Innovation
Can the Hospital at Home Model Help Rural Hospitals Thrive?Illinois-based Blessing Health is one of three health systems involved in a pilot to test the innovative platform in a...
Finance
Rural Hospitals Getting Additional $450M in Relief Funds "No one from a hospital's financial operations standpoint cares for volatility in patient volume," says Jim Porter, managing director of...
Finance
CHQPR Offers Strategies To Keep Rural Hospitals OpenSome small rural hospitals are in danger of closing within the next two to three years.
Marketing
MaineHealth Marketing Exec Receives Top Award from Ad AgeThe health system was also awarded during the 39th Annual Healthcare Advertising Awards.
Telehealth
Healthcare Organizations Are Taking Another Look at Telehealth KiosksSelf-contained telehealth kiosks had a short-lived heyday about 10 years ago. Now they're getting a second chance, as healthcare organizations...
Telehealth
UnitedHealthcare Sees 2.5K% Increase in Telehealth UsageThe payer's 2021 data show a massive increase in telehealth use when compared with pre-pandemic levels.
Innovation
New Partnership Makes Healthcare Innovation a Community StrategyBallad Health and the East Tennessee State University Research Corporation are launching the Appalachian Highlands Rural Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance,...
Human Resources
The Pandemic Exacerbates the 'Paramedic Paradox' in Rural AmericaParamedics are hard to come by, and a long-standing workforce shortage has been exacerbated by turnover and resignations related to...
Covid-19
As U.S. Nears 1M COVID Deaths, One Hard-Hit County Grapples with Unthinkable LossPennsylvania's Mifflin County offers a snapshot into how one hard-hit community, with more than 300 dead, is coping.