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Date: Mar 6, 2019
Rural healthcare facilities must plan and prepare for a wide range of natural and man-made disasters. A tornado in Iowa, an earthquake in Alaska, and an armed hostage standoff in South Dakota provide lessons in how rural providers can help ensure the safety of their patients, staff, and community in difficult circumstances. - The Rural Monitor
...EMS and air medical transport, pharmacies and primary care providers, is essential to being ready...
Date: Jan 10, 2024
Rural health expert Tim Putnam, DHA, shares leadership perspectives and ideas gained from his roles as a rural hospital CEO, a member of a White House task force, and now in his academic healthcare policy position. - The Rural Monitor
...EMS provides. I'd always advocated that everybody needs to be an EMT because the lessons...
Date: Jun 13, 2018
The Oregon Washington Health Network and the Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center are addressing behavioral health challenges through peer counselors and heart disease/cancer prevention through community education. In addition, they're collaborating with local healthcare facilities and medical schools to improve recruitment and retention. - The Rural Monitor
...EMS response can take up to 30 minutes to reach a person in cardiac arrest...
Date: Jan 6, 2016
The Director of the Oregon Office of Rural Health shares his state's strategies to address common rural health issues and also newer epidemics such as opiate abuse. - The Rural Monitor
...EMS providers for training. The grants are modest – $300 for individuals and $2,500 for agencies...
Added: Mar 27, 2024
Learn how community risk reduction is an effective fire prevention strategy and how it is being implemented in rural communities.
...EMS Information System Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS), Centers for Disease...
Reviewed: Aug 29, 2025
A community group formed in Winnemucca, Nevada, to educate community members about Alzheimer's disease and other dementias and to support older adults with dementia and caregivers in need.
...em (Alzheimer's Awareness Turkey Trot) held Thanksgiving morning Tablets are available to those living...
Date: Feb 8, 2023
Across the rural West, an awareness of the health impacts of poor air quality – and how to minimize those impacts – is growing. - The Rural Monitor
...EMS worker, he saw a noticeable increase in asthma and COPD exacerbations when the smoke...
Date: Apr 4, 2023
The April 2023 episode of RHIhub's podcast features Kathy Wibberly, Director of the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center, discussing the many effects, both positive and negative, that the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) has had on rural access to telehealth, and what the post-PHE rural landscape will look like.
...EMS personnel now, for doctors. For doctors, it's not reciprocity, it's just an expedited...
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Grants for life-saving equipment, prevention education, and disaster relief for first responders and public safety organizations. The Foundation recognizes the needs of rural and volunteer departments throughout the country and will consider their applications despite not being within 60 miles of a Firehouse Subs restaurant.
...EMS, municipal & state organizations, public safety organizations, nonprofits, and schools are encouraged to apply. Geographic...
Date: Apr 10, 2024
While an estimated 20% of Americans live in rural areas, 40% of traffic deaths occur on rural roads. - The Rural Monitor
...EMS agencies often cover much broader swaths of land than urban agencies, leading to significantly...