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    <link>https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/rural-monitor</link>
    <description>Articles and resources on key rural health issues, from the Rural Health Information Hub</description>
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      <title>Collaborating for Transportation Access in Rural Communities</title>
      <link>https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/rural-monitor/feonix-mobility-rising</link>
      <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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      <title>'Our Peers Can Be The Best Teachers': Rural Hospitals Learn From One Another at Innovation Potluck</title>
      <link>https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/rural-monitor/workforce-innovation</link>
      <description>The second annual Rural Workforce Innovation Potluck brought together healthcare professionals from around the country to share their own experiences in rural recruitment, retention, and bridging workforce gaps.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>'No Safe Level of Lead': How Mining Towns Are Reducing the Risk of Lead Exposure – And What Other Rural Communities Can Learn from Them</title>
      <link>https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/rural-monitor/lead-exposure</link>
      <description>Efforts to grow public awareness, encourage testing, and expand resources in Idaho and Kansas may offer a blueprint for lead poisoning prevention.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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