Articles on health literacy, community paramedicine, mental health services, and more made it onto the year’s most-read list.
Read MoreTop 10 Rural Monitor Articles of 2022
20 Years of RHIhub: A Message from the Director
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.
Read MoreAiming For ‘Real and Accessible’: EMS Simulations Give Rural Providers Hands-On Experience
Rural EMS providers have fewer chances to practice their skills on the job, but simulation tools can help small agencies prepare for high-stress calls.
Read MoreIncreasing Knowledge of Palliative Care in South Dakota
Palliative care, designed to treat the symptoms of a serious illness at any stage of diagnosis, is associated with better outcomes like higher patient satisfaction. Despite these benefits, many people in rural communities cannot access these services or don’t know what palliative care is. The South Dakota Palliative Care Network is working to increase knowledge of palliative care among rural healthcare professionals, nursing students, and community members.
Read MoreRural Health Clinic Program at 45 Years: Created for Access and Still Delivering Care
After a 1965 public law created the Medicare and Medicaid programs, many rural residents insured by these government health programs were unable to access care. This challenge was remedied by another public law: the Rural Health Clinic Services Act of 1977. Using a historical framework, rural health policy experts, researchers, and clinicians reviewed the Act’s impact on outpatient healthcare delivery in rural America.
Read More‘Filling the Cracks’: How a Rural Maine Community Kept its 24/7 Urgent Care Open with Paramedics
To keep 24/7 urgent care available in Maine’s Moose River Valley, a new pilot program lets paramedics take shifts staffing the local health center after-hours and on weekends.
Read MorePhilanthropy, Cross-Collaboration, and the Ecosystem That Is Rural Healthcare Delivery: Q&A with Dr. Shao-Chee Sim
As vice president for research, innovation, and evaluation at Texas-based Episcopal Health Foundation, Shao-Chee Sim, PhD, discusses how philanthropic organizations can make small rural research investments — and, in particular, leverage cross-funder collaboration — that impact not only funders themselves, but also healthcare delivery systems and the rural Americans they serve.
Read MoreTelehealth Brings Important Services to Rural Long-Term Care Facilities
A skilled nursing facility in New Hampshire and national experts share the benefits telehealth services can bring to the residents and staff of rural long-term care facilities as well as the challenges some facilities face in providing these services.
Read MoreBreaking the Cycle: Missouri Community Paramedicine Program Brings Primary Care to High-Risk Patients
A partnership between a Federally Qualified Health Center and the local ambulance district in Washington County, Missouri lets chronically ill patients access preventive care from the comfort of home.
Read MoreTraining Rural to Serve Rural: Baccalaureate-MD Programs and Their Rural Results
Rural healthcare delivery experts continue to emphasize the critical need for rural workforce. Using uniquely designed combined baccalaureate/medical degree programs, two university-based medical education teams shared not only the successes in training and placing physicians in rural areas — but the unique impact their service-oriented students and programs have on their academic environment.
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