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Brief articles providing updates on a range of rural health topics.

Better Together: Rural Hospital High-Value Networks

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Three rural healthcare experts discuss how rural hospital high-value networks can create economies of scale and value-based care capacity in order to enter into value-based payment contracts.

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April 19, 2023

Top 10 Rural Monitor Articles of 2022

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Articles on health literacy, community paramedicine, mental health services, and more made it onto the year’s most-read list.

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December 28, 2022

20 Years of RHIhub: A Message from the Director

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For 20 years, RHIhub has played a key role in supporting rural communities across the country. RHIhub program director Kristine Sande reflects on the mission, history, and future of RHIhub.

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December 14, 2022

Wiping Away the Tears: Addressing Increasing Death in Rural America

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Rural mortality rates had been improving until recent years when a perfect storm of the opioid epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic converged to reverse these gains. However, federally funded efforts have sought to stem the tide through community, clinical, and policy efforts.

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July 13, 2022

Let’s Get a Good Deal on Health Care

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Dr. Clint MacKinney explains the challenges rural hospitals face with current payment systems and the potential that value-based payment holds for meeting rural communities’ needs.

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May 18, 2022

Top 10 Rural Monitor Articles of 2020

Top 10 of 2020


Articles on COVID-19 concerns, health workforce, dementia, human trafficking, and more made it onto the year’s most-read list.

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December 30, 2020

Top 10 Rural Monitor Articles of 2019

Top 10 of 2019


Articles on mental health, eye care, school-based telehealth, rural EMS and more made it onto the year’s most-read list.

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December 24, 2019

Top 10 Rural Monitor Articles of 2018

Top 10 of 2018


Articles on health workforce issues, the opioid crisis, the social determinants of health, domestic violence, trauma/EMS, and palliative care all made it onto the year’s most-read list.

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December 26, 2018

Top 10 Rural Monitor Articles of 2017

Top 10 of 2017


The year’s most-read list includes articles on the health literacy, tick-borne diseases, COPD, American Indian health disparities, and a variety of innovative rural health approaches.

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December 27, 2017