Rural Monitor Search Results for: community health workers
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Date: Oct 19, 2016
Much of a person's health is determined by social and environmental factors such as housing or access to healthcare. When these factors negatively affect a person's health, legal intervention combined with medical care may be the best treatment. - The Rural Monitor
...community health center in Mississippi, Geiger hired a lawyer to help low-income patients solve legal problems that affected their health. In the 1980s, the nation was hit hard by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. To fight...
Date: Nov 16, 2022
Palliative care, designed to treat the symptoms of a serious illness at any stage of diagnosis, is associated with better outcomes like higher patient satisfaction. Despite these benefits, many people in rural communities cannot access these services or don't know what palliative care is. The South Dakota Palliative Care Network is working to increase knowledge of palliative care among rural healthcare professionals, nursing students, and community members. - The Rural Monitor
...health or hospice." When communities lack these types of services, the conversation can shift to things like advance care planning, living wills, powers of attorney, and available community resources. Community presentations tend...
Date: Feb 21, 2018
Miners in rural New Mexico may forego care when they have to drive a long distance to see a primary care provider or specialist. The New Mexico Mobile Screening Program for Miners travels to 12 locations in the state to bring needed care to patients. - The Rural Monitor
...workers' pneumoconiosis (black lung) in the United States, with an age-adjusted death rate of 114.4 per million people [data no longer available online]. The national rate is only 2.9 per million. "Most people...
Date: Nov 29, 2023
Old Dominion University's new mobile clinic is bridging care gaps in underserved communities while providing clinical opportunities to nursing students. - The Rural Monitor
...health clinic workers in front of the clinic. Unexpected Impacts Initially, Rutledge had envisioned the mobile clinic serving mostly older patients. But soon after the clinic opened its doors, it became clear that the greatest...
Date: Aug 7, 2019
To address rising ER readmissions, an Arizona healthcare system and network partners adapted an unconventional EMS telehealth service to help rural patients. Coupled with care coordination, mobile telehealth units are saving the healthcare system money while better meeting patients' healthcare needs. - The Rural Monitor
...community mental health clinic and crisis stabilization unit and NIOREC partner. Having ChangePoint as a place to refer patients in need of behavioral healthcare has contributed to NIOREC's goal to get patients the most...
Date: Oct 23, 2024
Maternal deaths have increased in the U.S., with half of those deaths occurring in the year after childbirth. In many rural communities, accessing necessary postpartum care has become increasingly difficult. - The Rural Monitor
...workers. "Providers told us repeatedly: 'I have no training in perinatal mental health,'" Mills said. "And so they were desperate to get that knowledge." With funding from a federal RMOMS grant, MaineHealth is also launching...
Date: Aug 31, 2022
A skilled nursing facility in New Hampshire and national experts share the benefits telehealth services can bring to the residents and staff of rural long-term care facilities as well as the challenges some facilities face in providing these services. - The Rural Monitor
...worker can also talk with the psychologist and provide more context if needed in regard to residents' situations. University of Vermont Medical Center's Nursing Home Telepsychiatry Service provides telepsychiatry care and education to nursing...
Date: Feb 8, 2023
Across the rural West, an awareness of the health impacts of poor air quality – and how to minimize those impacts – is growing. - The Rural Monitor
...communities and develop new educational materials. "Risk communication messaging around wildfire smoke is directly informed by air quality data," said Kristin VanderMolen, PhD, an assistant research professor of atmospheric sciences...
Date: Aug 9, 2023
Project Swaddle uses community paramedics to bring wrap-around care to pregnant and postpartum patients. - The Rural Monitor
...workers, and other service providers in the community. Patients can enroll in Project Swaddle as early as the first trimester of their pregnancy and receive care up to 90 days postpartum; the program...
Date: Oct 17, 2018
Domestic violence impacts 12 million men and women annually. Here is a look into rural prevalence rates, provider knowledge gaps, and associated healthcare costs. - The Rural Monitor
...health-care workers remain challenged in screening and appropriately responding to IPV." Specific to rural providers, a 2013 report surveying 100 rural providers in northeastern New York found respondents lacked information in three areas...