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COVID-19 Exposes Threat to America's Broken Rural Health Care System

Description
Recording of an April 21, 2020, webinar featuring members of the Bipartisan Policy Center's Rural Health Task Force. Discusses the Task Force's policy recommendations to stabilize the rural healthcare infrastructure and ensure local access to care as outlined in the report Confronting Rural America's Health Care Crisis. Describes how these recommendations will address the closures of obstetrics units, promote value-based care, provide incentives for clinicians to stay in rural areas, and remove barriers to telehealth. Transcript available by clicking the dots above the video description, then selecting Show Transcript.
Date
04/2020
Type
Video/Multimedia
Organization
Bipartisan Policy Center Rural Health Task Force
Tagged as
Access · Health workforce supply and demand · Healthcare quality · Hospitals · Maternal health and prenatal care · Policy · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · Rural-urban differences · Telehealth

Organizations (1)

  • Bipartisan Policy Center Rural Health Task Force, view details