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Date: Nov 2000
Study based on 1997 and 1999 data of the utilization of specific preventive healthcare services by rural women and men. Assesses the impact of rural residence, the availability of health care providers and technology, demographic factors, and health insurance status on the likelihood of obtaining the following preventive health care services: blood pressure screening, cholesterol screening, colon cancer screening, Pap smears, mammograms, flu shots, and pneumonia vaccinations.
...cancer screening, Pap smears, mammograms, flu shots, and pneumonia vaccinations. --- The Influence of Rural Residence...
Reviewed: Nov 14, 2025
Angel Flight East, a free medical flight service, has expanded their focus to include more patients from rural areas through their Rural & Rare Reach program.
...cancer types or serious congenital conditions. Some of the funds will be used to specifically...
Date: Jun 13, 2018
The Oregon Washington Health Network and the Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center are addressing behavioral health challenges through peer counselors and heart disease/cancer prevention through community education. In addition, they're collaborating with local healthcare facilities and medical schools to improve recruitment and retention. - The Rural Monitor
...cancer prevention OWhN began to provide classes about heart-healthy living and hands-only CPR training...
Date: Mar 2000
Investigates urban-rural disparities for racial and ethnic minorities in six health areas: infant mortality, cancer screening and management, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV infection, and child and adult immunizations. Provides data for the years 1991-1995.
...cancer screening and management, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV infection, and child and adult immunizations. Provides...
Date: Apr 2025
Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) April 2025 meeting. Covers physician fee schedule updates and improving the accuracy of relative payment rates; structural differences between the stand-alone prescription drug plan (PDP) and Medicare Advantage–Prescription Drug plan (MA–PD) markets; the utilization and delivery of Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits; the effect of Medicare Advantage on rural hospitals; paying for software technologies in Medicare; access to hospice and certain services under the hospice benefit for beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease and beneficiaries with cancer; and regulations, star ratings, and fee-for-service Medicare policies aimed at improving nursing home quality.
...cancer; and regulations, star ratings, and fee-for-service Medicare policies aimed at improving nursing...
Date: Sep 2014
Describes the built environment, policies, and availability of facilities for physical activity in eight rural communities, four in Alabama and four in the Mississippi Delta, to inform diet and physical activity interventions. Acts as part of a partnership to eliminate cancer health disparities in the Deep South. Includes community data by Rural Active Living Assessment (RALA) measures, such as sidewalks, destinations, and walk-ability.
...cancer health disparities in the Deep South. Includes community data by Rural Active Living Assessment...
Reviewed: Apr 22, 2025
Resources, information, and frequently asked questions examining the role that rural schools play in the health of students and the community. Discusses school-based healthcare services, nutrition, physical activity, mental health, health education, and more.
...Cancer Curriculum for Appalachian Kentucky Middle and High Schools discusses the creation of a cancer...
Reviewed: Mar 20, 2026
Ohio Northern University's College of Pharmacy's HealthWise Mobile Clinic Services offers a rural mobile healthcare access point for providing care allowed by the Ohio pharmacist scope of practice.
...cancer-focused skin examinations, hepatitis C detection History-guided cancer screening advice with a tailored...
Reviewed: Jun 8, 2023
Introduction to Project ECHO and how rural communities are using Project ECHO to train members of the healthcare workforce.
...Cancer Survivors in Rural Communities Website Details Project ECHO telementoring and patient navigation practices used...
Date: Feb 2018
Statement given at the February 2018 National Rural Health Association (NRHA) Policy Institute. Discusses the goals of the Connect2Health Task Force: to understand the future interplay of broadband, technology, and health policy and to ensure the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) stays ahead of the innovation curve. Highlights the FCC's focus of broadband deployment to provide a foundation for health and describes a broadband-enabled project in Appalachian Kentucky created to provide healthcare services to cancer patients.
...cancer patients. --- Remarks of Commissioner Mignon Clyburn (as prepared): National Rural Health Association Statement given...