Rural Monitor Search Results for: diabetes
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Date: Mar 27, 2024
Strategic collaboration allows rural organizations to combine resources and expertise to improve care and patient outcomes. Southern Illinois Healthcare, the Iowa Primary Care Association, and Minnesota's Winona Community HUB share how strategic collaboration has helped them conduct community health needs assessments, provide technical assistance to community health centers, connect patients to food and housing, and much more. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetic, food-insecure, and lacking appropriate housing, medications and annual wellness check-ups will not be sufficient...
Date: Jan 9, 2019
Rural Americans of all ages often go without eye healthcare, a gap that has obvious consequences: blindness and low vision. National associations and an FQHC administrator talk about how rural vision care can be improved to increase quality of life and prevent disability in rural patients. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetic retinopathy . Above that age range, another eye disease commonly causes vision loss: age-related...
Date: Aug 26, 2020
From decreasing stigma to increasing treatment access and the impact of COVID-19, experts and rural healthcare organizations speak out on alcohol use and misuse in rural America. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes that are chronic medical problems that have little to no stigma, but require care...
Date: Jul 1, 2020
Butler Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania received a HRSA Rural Health Care Services Outreach grant to develop a program for chronic disease patients. Partway through the grant cycle, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The hospital shares how it was able to transition its program services to an online format and develop new initiatives to address stress in the healthcare workforce and the larger community. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes, ischemic heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and hypertension. Program enrollees receive a wide...
Date: Aug 9, 2017
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is number 3 on the cause of death list. In rural America, it's the sole major chronic disease with increasing death rates. In May 2017, the COPD National Action Plan, a "blueprint for a multi-faceted, unified fight against the disease" was released. Rural stakeholders share perspectives of just how rural Americans with COPD might benefit from the plan's rural touchpoints. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes, all are going in the right direction. Except for one chronic disease. That exception...
Date: Mar 11, 2020
Libraries in South Carolina, Vermont, and Washington work to improve their communities' health by providing monthly programs and teaching patrons and staff how to access reliable health information online. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes who would ask her to look up health information for them, so she'd go to the library...
Date: Jan 20, 2016
Two veterans living in rural Missouri share their stories about how HealthTran, a non-emergent transportation service, came to their rescue during a desperate time of need. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetic, Haralson was at risk for further amputation unless he healed quickly. For three months...
Date: May 10, 2023
Montana Health Network's Regional Care Coordination program uses registered nurses to check in with adult patients with chronic conditions and connect them with any needed referrals or community resources. The program serves 8 counties in eastern Montana. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes patient in rural Montana, lives about 30 miles away from her provider. She is unable...
Date: Jan 9, 2019
Highlighting eye care as more than prescribing glasses, an optometrist explains how the medical model of optometry brings additional health benefits to rural patients. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes, we can check their blood sugar and get them in to see the primary...
Date: Nov 2, 2016
Women in Chuuk, Micronesia, often serve as caregivers for their families and communities. But without a formal education, many women can't move beyond their immediate environments. The Chuuk Women's Council provides education and training for Micronesian women, empowering them to become leaders in health. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes and obesity per capita , their training covers nutrition, cooking, exercise, and diabetes prevention and control...