Aug 20, 2014
Summer 2014
Rural Diabetes
Diabetes
Management in Rural Areas Takes Holistic, Community
Approaches
by Candi Helseth
Programs in Florida and Kentucky are helping diabetic
patients better manage their health, and promoting
community awareness of the disease.
Telehealth
Invigorating and Innovating Diabetes Care
by Candi Helseth
Home monitors and other technologies are helping diabetic
patients live healthier lives, cutting health care costs
and hospital visits.
Sidebar: Diabetes: A Closer Look
Challenges for Human Services
by Kathleen Belanger
Keeping PACE
with the Rural Elderly
PACE, the Program of All-inclusive Care that helps
elderly people remain independent, is especially needed
in rural areas.
Look What's Coming
by Wayne Myers, M.D.
Hospital
Quality: Tough Issue!
Discusses whether quality measures and patients' wishes
may be at odds, and how that affects the perception of
whether rural hospitals provide quality care.
Around the Country
Rural
Patient Centered Medical Homes Achieve New
Standards
by Candi Helseth
Crete Area Medical Center Physicians' Clinic and
Ammonoosuc Community Health Services are among the very
few rural safety net providers that have achieved Level 3
PCMH recognition.
Rural Spotlight
An
Interview with John Halfen, MD
by Beth Blevins
Halfen, the Medical Director of Lakewood Health System in
Staples, Minnesota, discusses the challenges of
transitioning to a patient centered medical home model.