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Date: Jan 2022
Examines the affordability of prescription drugs among Medicare beneficiaries. Explores whether Medicare beneficiaries skipped doses, took less medication, delayed filling a prescription, or did not fill needed prescriptions due to cost concerns. Explores affordability concerns by race and ethnicity, sex, family income, urban versus rural counties, and presence of select chronic conditions.
...Chronic respiratory conditions · Diabetes · Medicare · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: May 30, 2018
Super-utilizers are those patients who are hospitalized multiple times each year and, due to circumstances outside their control, are unable to make the changes needed to keep them out of the ER. Three rural Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are working on reducing these readmissions and improving their super-utilizers' health. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes, chronic pain, PTSD, depression, adrenal insufficiency, and a heart transplant. This patient was a top super...
Reviewed: Mar 12, 2026
Learn about how lay health workers provide services that address community needs and perspectives, serving as a patient advocate, educator, mentor, and outreach worker.
...diabetes, through health education for management and prevention, improved access to care, and better integration...
Date: May 3, 2017
From over-the-counter medication use, to decisions about personal or family disease treatments, health literacy impacts the most everyday of health decisions. But, distance and Internet connectivity challenges make it difficult for rural residents to get health information. To navigate health information gaps, school nurses, newspapers, public libraries, churches, public health departments, and hub-and-spoke academic institutions are working in creative ways. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes, hypertension, and cholesterol, disparities that can be modified by behaviors, the program is based...
Date: Oct 26, 2022
After a 1965 public law created the Medicare and Medicaid programs, many rural residents insured by these government health programs were unable to access care. This challenge was remedied by another public law: the Rural Health Clinic Services Act of 1977. Using a historical framework, rural health policy experts, researchers, and clinicians reviewed the Act's impact on outpatient healthcare delivery in rural America. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetic foot infection and the education to help the patient avoid the worst complication: an amputation...
Date: Nov 25, 2020
Alisa Druzba, director of the New Hampshire's Office of Rural Health and Primary Care, discusses her journey to becoming a SORH director, the ways her state has been affected by the pandemic, and the favorite parts of her job. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes outcomes, we're going to help them figure out specific towns that those patients...
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: Nov 28, 2018
Scott County, Indiana, has been in the national spotlight since experiencing the largest HIV outbreak in rural America's recent history. The town's only physician at the time, Dr. William Cooke, took action to bring healing and hope to his community of Austin and the surrounding county. In this Q&A, he shares the motivation behind his compassionate approach to care. - The Rural Monitor
...diabetes clinic, and the hepatitis C/HIV clinic. I can also provide HIV care for a neighboring...
Added: Jul 30, 2026
How mobile integrated healthcare and community paramedicine programs extend care beyond traditional clinical settings in rural communities.
...diabetes, and COPD. Post-discharge care and follow-up. CPs provide follow-up care after...
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...