Website Search Results for: rural referral center
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Date: Nov 14, 2018
Age and health status shouldn't be barriers to advance care planning. Advocates share that proactive discussions now can impact the ease of future decision-making about personal healthcare needs. - The Rural Monitor
...referral for a rural patient," she said. "We had the patient's address and a good map, but even an hour past the appointment time, we still hadn't located the patient's home. Then...
Information for rural providers on Medicare's BHIS billing for care management in a primary care setting for patients with behavioral health needs.
...referrals. Close Collaboration On-Site Physicians and other clinicians practice in the same facility with some shared systems, such as scheduling and medical records. They collaborate through consultation, co-create coordinated care plans for patients...
Date: Dec 12, 2018
For many rural Americans, distance to a specialty healthcare center hundreds of miles away makes for a long, uncomfortable, and expensive trip. In the past several decades, dozens of charitable flight services have cropped up to transport rural veterans, cancer patients, the chronically ill, and even abused children to treatment. - The Rural Monitor
...centers in Hays, Kansas, and Glenwood Springs, Colorado, are interested in partnering to provide free flights to patients without insurance. "So, we're close," Langland confirmed. "There is no shortage of air ambulance companies...
Reviewed: Jan 27, 2026
In Paris, Texas, a rural public-private partnership (P3) used the U.S. Department of Transportation's framework to create a reliable, low fare transportation system with positive impact on healthcare access.
...center, sharing ATCOG's mission for improving healthcare access and economic opportunities, supported a 3-year funding commitment. Owned by RCCH Healthcare Partners, the 300 bed, acute care hospital providing health and wellness services, also...
Reviewed: Dec 12, 2025
Describes how stigma impacts whether individuals seek treatment for substance use disorders.
...referrals during their regularly scheduled primary care visits. If the behavioral health and primary care services function in a co-location model, patients can also receive behavioral health services at their primary care location, instead...
Reviewed: Mar 12, 2026
Information on the outreach agent model for community health workers and how it is similar to the health educator model with additional outreach responsibilities.
...referrals Support access to telehealth equipment and appointments Help community members enroll in health and social services Through outreach efforts, such as home visits, CHWs can work with patients to identify issues such as health...
Reviewed: May 9, 2022
Learn protective factors for suicide and how rural communities can strengthen protective factors to reduce risk of suicide.
...referral, and follow-up To ensure access to effective care, rural areas may integrate behavioral healthcare and suicide prevention into primary care settings and ensure providers have the information, training, and resources they need...
Date: Apr 22, 2026
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. - The Rural Monitor
...center." Feonix - Mobility Rising works with communities to determine what kind of transportation program will work best for them, considering factors such as available community partners, population, and median household income. After the three-year...
Date: Nov 16, 2022
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. - The Rural Monitor
...referrals are needed, know where the specialty palliative care providers are located. "In those communities, we've been able to really provide that education around 'What is palliative care?'" Berke said. "It's really hard...
Date: Nov 1, 2022
The November 2022 episode of RHIhub's podcast features Jennifer Conner, DrPH, an associate professor with the Delta Population Health Institute at the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University, and Jason Lofton, MD, a family physician at the Lofton Family Clinic in De Queen, Arkansas, in a discussion about rural obesity and how rural patients can live their healthiest life.
...center just to get out of his house. And, so sometimes people are willing, they just need that little bit of encouragement to say, you know, actually...