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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...
Added: Jun 14, 2024
Learn about behavior change models for chronic disease management and explore program examples and resources to learn more.
...Diabetes Association's guidelines. The American Lung Association's Better Breathers Club connects people with...
Added: Jun 14, 2024
Learn about the care coordination model for rural chronic disease management, review implementation considerations, and explore program examples and resources to learn more.
...diabetes and obesity in the clinic and community. Oswego Health Care Management focuses on individuals...
Added: Jun 14, 2024
Learn about chronic diseases in the U.S. and why rural communities face unique challenges related to chronic disease management.
...diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke, and cancer are leading causes of death and disability. Chronic...
Added: Jun 14, 2024
Learn about sample evaluation measures for assessing the impact of a rural chronic disease management program.
...diabetes) Change in self-efficacy Change in medication usage and adherence Change in patient satisfaction...
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 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: 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: Jun 16, 2021
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a condition that continues to steal rural America's breath. Researchers, philanthropists, and healthcare professionals talk about new rural research efforts and the impact of COVID-19 on COPD. Also discussed is the importance of pulmonary rehabilitation, an impactful treatment long known to improve quality of life and now backed by new research proving it decreases death rates in select patients. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes, all are going in the right direction. Except for one chronic disease. That exception...