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      <title>A New Network of Rural Providers in Arkansas Looks to Take On The 'Needs and Pain Points' of Behavioral Healthcare</title>
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      <description>The Arkansas Rural Behavioral Health Access Network hopes to answer a question known to rural providers everywhere: How do we make sure all patients are able to get the care they need?</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Where Primary Care and Clinical Pharmacy Services 'Intersect': Louisiana Program Helps Patients Understand and Manage Medications</title>
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      <description>The Intersect program at Arbor Family Health connects chronic disease patients with nurse health coaches and clinical pharmacists.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Collaborating for Transportation Access in Rural Communities</title>
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      <description>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.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Unapologetically Built Backwards: ONU HealthWise, Pharmacist-Driven Healthcare Access in Rural Ohio</title>
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      <description>Healthcare delivery in rural America must sometimes occur outside of the traditional access points of clinics and hospitals. In rural Ohio, a university pharmacy department has a dual focus of not just preparing their pharmacist graduates to be rural practice-ready but also providing mobile services in nearby rural counties. Faculty and students explain their work in a state that's granted pharmacists provider status.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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