Marcia M. Ward, PhD, Director of the Rural Telehealth Research Center, suggests that evaluation of telehealth as a business model proves its growth and contributes to its evidence base.
Read MoreScalability Shows Signs of Telehealth Growth
Topics: Healthcare business and finance
Freestanding Emergency Departments: An Alternative Model for Rural Communities
First conceptualized in the 1970s, but not widely adopted in rural communities, freestanding emergency departments (FSEDs) have been getting another look as a sustainable rural option. This article discusses hospital-based versus independent FSEDs, the model’s financial viability, and highlights two FSEDs meeting their communities’ healthcare needs in Arizona and Illinois.
Read MoreHealthy Clinic Program Helps Colorado Rural Clinics Build Stronger Foundations
The Healthy Clinic Assessment program identifies gaps in clinic operations in order to make improvements and potentially earn Patient Centered Medical Home status.
Read MoreThe Limits of Medical Care
We need new approaches to keeping people healthy, instead of trying to heal them after they get sick.
Read MoreRestructuring of Vermont CAH and FQHCs Puts Emphasis on Preventative Care, Collaboration
A Critical Access Hospital has engineered a restructuring that puts it and seven rural clinics under one corporate umbrella.
Read MoreWhile Telehealth Workforce Expands, Barriers Slow Availability
Telehealth offers many benefits in rural and remote areas, but physician licensing, reimbursement and technology remain challenges.
Read MoreAn Interview with Clint MacKinney, M.D.
MacKinney, an emergency room doc, professor and RUPRI Health Panel member, discusses how health care can be transformed to a system of care that responds to patient and community needs.
Read MoreCare Coordination Keeps Patients, Providers in the Loop
Provides an update on three providers’ coordinated care services and the progress they’ve made since their stories were first published in the Rural Monitor. Includes programs in North Carolina, Idaho, and Missouri.
Read MoreLooking Back, Looking Ahead
What are the important events from 2002 to 2012 and what lies ahead in the next decade? Six people involved in rural health and human services weigh in.
Read MoreWhat I Saw in 2019
Myers visits the year 2019 and likes what he sees, especially the formation of regional health care systems.
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