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Date: Mar 8, 2023
In the wake of acute COVID-19 comes another public health concern: Millions of rural Americans are experiencing Long COVID. With a federal agency representative weighing in on rural research efforts, a Tennessee rural health researcher shares his Long COVID story alongside a New York rural healthcare system who shares their story about the condition's management options. - The Rural Monitor
...worker this year. "We find that addressing the psychosomatic and mental health symptoms of Long COVID is also very key to the improvement in both subjective and objective measures," Aversano said, while Butler added that...
Reviewed: May 3, 2023
The Facing Diabetes Project helps adults and children in rural South Dakota prevent or manage their diabetes through group medical visits and education sessions.
...community. For example, those living in the Tschetter Colony eat their meals communally, so discussion topics focused more so on portion control and healthy snacks than on meal preparation. Group medical visits also took place...
Added: Mar 27, 2024
Provides an overview of rates of unintentional injuries in rural areas and common causes.
...workers experience a higher fatality rate , primarily due to agricultural transportation and tractor accidents. In some of these industries, such as farming, families may also live and work on site, which increases their exposure...
Added: Feb 18, 2021
Considerations for evaluating early childhood health promotion programs in rural communities.
...communities, one of the greatest challenges to planning, implementing, and evaluating initiatives is that the program may serve a smaller population. This may result in a small sample size for evaluation, which can limit ability...
Date: Nov 6, 2024
From the 2036 physician supply predictions: 6% shortage in urban, but 56% in rural. With supply influenced by 100 years of attitudes, health policies, and federal funding, this historical review leads up to the recent decades of new federal funding and policies that experts said will be changing this geographic maldistribution of physicians. - The Rural Monitor
...workers. Fast-forward three decades into the 1960s, when historians noted the nation's health policies began to link with the country's increasing social awareness. Because health insurance had become so popular with...
Date: Jan 19, 2022
Peggy Broussard Wheeler, Vice President of Policy at the California Hospital Association, discusses the challenges that the hospitals in her state and nationwide have faced before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also shares rural hospitals' unique strengths and the importance of collaboration and relationships. - The Rural Monitor
...health issues? I'm so proud to be doing this work because I think that when you're facing these challenges, you learn how to band together. Rural facilities are great collaborators with each other...
Date: Jul 29, 2020
Referred to as a form of "modern-day slavery," human trafficking occurs in every state and is not limited by the size of a community. Health services are one of the most common points of access to a lifeline for those actively being trafficked, giving healthcare professionals an advantage to help victims escape. A rural hospital CEO, a SORH director, a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, and a Safe Harbor Regional Navigator share how they combat human trafficking through training and raising awareness. - The Rural Monitor
...communities and, as human beings, we have the responsibility to treat human trafficking as the crisis it is and to do our part to tell the story and make a difference," emphasized Aucker. Polaris...
Information for rural providers on Medicare's billing for education provided to a patient’s caregiver related to support for the patient’s physical and/or mental health.
...workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors can provide and bill for medically necessary CTS to support patients in carrying out their treatment plans for mental health conditions. What are the billing codes...
Added: Jun 14, 2024
Learn about care transitions models for chronic disease management and explore rural program examples and resources to learn more.
...Communities Using Care Transitions Models for Chronic Disease Management Avera Health , located in South Dakota, uses CTI to aid recently discharged, newly diagnosed, or chronically ill cardiac patients with congestive heart failure. Avera Health provides...
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
...Health Policy (FORHP). It named the newly funded program the Regional Alliance Chronic Disease Coordination and Management (RACDCM) Program. The RACDCM Program, which serves rural Butler, Clarion, Indiana, and Jefferson counties, has 15 consortium members...