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Reviewed: Nov 8, 2024
Provides resources and answers frequently asked questions related to healthcare access. Discusses the importance of primary care for rural residents and covers barriers to healthcare access in rural areas, such as transportation, insurance, and workforce issues. Highlights strategies to improve access to care for rural residents.
...diabetes, heart conditions, and high blood pressure compared to urban veterans. Moreover, suicide rates are higher...
Date: Jun 13, 2016
The initial shock of the opioid epidemic is settling, and rural communities have identified several avenues to combat opioid addiction. Rural organizations are implementing innovative solutions to shrink the number of opioid overdoses, and many are finding that great success requires teamwork. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes or heart disease?" asked Campanello. "I think when scientifically and medically proven to be a disease...
Date: May 2, 2018
Post-acute care (PAC) services available locally can make fully recovering from a serious illness or injury faster and easier, setting the patient and provider up for the best possible outcome. This article looks at how a tertiary facility's communication with skilled nursing facilities, a Critical Access Hospital's swing bed program, and a home health agency are improving patient transitions from acute care to PAC. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetic education, and wellness coaching are offered as post-discharge services to help prevent hospital...
Date: Mar 11, 2026
The second annual Rural Workforce Innovation Potluck brought together healthcare professionals from around the country to share their own experiences in rural recruitment, retention, and bridging workforce gaps. - The Rural Monitor
...Diabetes? There's 100 people around the country that are all about it. Food? We can get together...
Date: Dec 23, 2020
To address the issue of food insecurity in the rural Minnesota communities it serves, Lakewood Health System created Lakewood Engage, a community-based program with multiple initiatives including a "Food Farmacy," home delivery, and a farmers market. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetic. Because of the relationship built over time with the patient, who may come in as often...
Date: Jun 12, 2024
While loneliness and social isolation are often viewed as individual problems or even personal failings, there is growing awareness of the structural factors contributing to widespread disconnection. Amid a national "loneliness epidemic," some rural leaders are finding ways to help their neighbors connect. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes (14.7%), and obesity (41.9%), and with comparable levels of risk to health and premature...
Date: Jan 10, 2024
Rural health expert Tim Putnam, DHA, shares leadership perspectives and ideas gained from his roles as a rural hospital CEO, a member of a White House task force, and now in his academic healthcare policy position. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetic patient telling us they were not going to give it up. Without seeing where...
Date: Apr 7, 2021
Though often considered an urban problem, homelessness also affects rural individuals and families, impacting their health and well-being. A Vermont nonprofit leader shares her organization's work using the evidence-based solution Housing First and reminds us that for many, homelessness is just "one catastrophic event away." - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes; and heart, kidney, and lung diseases Source: Health Conditions Among Individuals with a History...
Date: Jul 2017
Offers detailed statistics on health conditions and behaviors for the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) population and for multiple and single-race NHPI populations, with comparisons to other racial groups and to the U.S. population as a whole. Topics covered include general health status, specific health conditions, disabilities, body mass index, physical activity, and substance use.
...Diabetes · Health conditions · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Population health · Rural-urban...
Date: 2003
Focuses on the top rural health concerns and objectives associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus areas. Volume 1 contains brief overviews of the top ten rural health priority areas, as well as associated models for practice. Volume 2 contains in-depth literature reviews for each of the top rural health priority areas. Volume 3 addresses additional focus areas, with overviews, literature reviews, and accompanying models for practice.
...Diabetes · Food security and nutrition · Health conditions · Injuries · Maternal health and prenatal care · Mental health...