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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...
Reviewed: Jun 24, 2026
Learn about workforce shortages impacting rural healthy aging programs.
...communities face direct care workforce shortages due to low wages, limited benefits, and fewer career advancement opportunities. This shortage impacts the availability of home health aides, residential care aides, and nursing assistants to support healthy...
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...
Date: Apr 22, 2026
With the help of the nonprofit Feonix – Mobility Rising, Waupaca County Catch a Ride in Wisconsin and the Transportation Rx program in South Texas are working to improve transportation in their rural communities and thus increase people's access to employment, healthcare, food, and other needs. - The Rural Monitor
...Health Conference, the South Texas program has provided 2,881 rides and served 539 patients. A webinar from the same time reported that 98% of respondents in a survey of 41 Transportation Rx clients felt...
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...
Deadline: Jul 23, 2026
Grants for projects in the Appalachian, Lower Mississippi Delta, and Northern Border regions that will provide career, training, and support services to eligible individuals in eligible counties and parishes. Grants will support workforce development activities that prepare dislocated workers, new entrants to the workforce, and incumbent workers for good jobs in high-demand occupations aligned with a regional or community economic development strategy. High demand industries include manufacturing, IT, healthcare, business, and energy.
...workers for good jobs in high-demand occupations aligned with a regional or community economic development strategy. Priority industries include manufacturing, IT, healthcare, business, and energy. Projects should provide customized support services that meet...
Reviewed: Apr 12, 2024
Provides resources and answers frequently asked questions related to telehealth and health information technology (HIT) in a rural setting. Discusses opportunities for these technologies to improve healthcare delivery, staffing, privacy, cybersecurity, broadband access, and other related topics.
...workers, including an inventory of curriculum resources that includes detailed course descriptions and training materials. ONC's Health IT Curriculum Resources for Educators , another 2016 publication, provides health IT instructional materials covering 25 topics, including...