February 21, 2013
Winter 2013
Celebrating Ten Years of the Rural Monitor
Revisiting Topics From the Last Decade
- Housing: Despite Challenges, Rural Housing Organizations Meet Big Needs in Small Towns
by Candi Helseth 
Coordinated Care: Care Coordination Keeps Patients, Providers in the Loop
by Candi Helseth
Sidebar: What is a Patient-Centered Medical Home?- Health Promotion: Health Promotion Programs Continue to Combat Growing Obesity Epidemic
by Candi Helseth
Sidebar: Obesity Prevention Resources
Special Features
- Ten Years in Rural Health: 2002 – 2012
A list of major events in the last decade. - How Things Have Changed
Selected rural statistics on poverty, population, etc., from the last decade. - Looking Back, Looking Ahead
by Beth Blevins
What are the important events from the past ten years and what lies ahead in the next decade? Six folks involved in health and human services weigh in. - Update: Where Are They Now?An update on some of the people and organizations the Rural Monitor has covered in its Around the Country feature over the last 10 years.
Challenges for Human Services
by Kathleen Belanger
Rural Human Services: We’ve come so far and have so far to go!
Promotes the idea of the creation of an Office of Rural Human Services, similar to the Office of Rural Health Policy.
Look What’s Coming
by Wayne Myers, M.D.
What I Saw in 2019
Myers visits the year 2019 and likes what he sees, especially the formation of regional health care systems.