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7921. Hospital Partnership Gives UNK Students an Inside Look at Rural Healthcare - News
Date: Jun 18, 2026

Highlights the Rural Immersion Program, an initiative at a Nebraska university allowing students to shadow rural healthcare professionals. The program aims to build the rural health workforce in Nebraska. Source: UNK News.

...health workforce in Nebraska. Health career pathways · Health occupations · Recruitment and retention of health professionals...

7922. Transforming Health Care from the Ground Up - Resources
Date: 2018

Describes two examples of innovation driven by doctors, nurses, administrators, entrepreneurs, and patients involving a major transformation of healthcare delivery. One example was an initiative developed through the University of Mississippi Medical Center where a telehealth network was created to increase patient access to care in rural areas with a focus on Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs).

...Health Care from the Ground Up --- Describes two examples of innovation driven by doctors, nurses...

7923. Post-Acute and Long-term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States, 2017–2018 - Resources
Date: May 2022

Describes the supply, organizational characteristics, staffing, and services offered by post-acute and long-term care providers. Provides descriptions of service users, including residents of nursing homes and residential care communities, patients receiving home health or hospice care, and people who attend adult day services centers. Features statistics including distribution of post-acute and long-term care providers in 2017-2018, with breakdowns by metropolitan, micropolitan, or other areas.

...Health Statistics Health workforce supply and demand · Home health · Hospice and palliative care · Long-term...

7924. MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, June 2020 - Resources
Date: Jun 2020

Evaluates Medicare payment issues and offers recommendations to the U.S. Congress. Includes chapters on value-based payment in Medicare, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), the Medicare Advantage quality bonus program, the impact of changes in the 21st Century Cures Act to risk adjustment for Medicare Advantage enrollees, Medicare Part D, separately payable drugs in the hospital outpatient prospective payment system, and the Medicare end-stage renal disease prospective payment system. Examines the current payment policy for low-volume and rural dialysis facilities and proposes changes.

...Health Care Delivery System, June 2020 --- Evaluates Medicare payment issues and offers recommendations to the U.S. Congress...

7925. Rural-Urban Trends in Pediatric Emergency Department Visits for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions from 2016-2019 - Resources
Date: Apr 2026

Examines trends in pediatric emergency department visits for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs), including gastroenteritis, urinary tract infection, asthma, and diabetes, and discusses the role of primary care access in reducing ACSC-related hospitalizations. Provides data breakdowns by level of rurality and year, race and ethnicity, and health condition using 2016-2019 State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) data.

...care services · Health conditions · Health disparities · Policy · Primary care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

7926. Massachusetts Medical Society Physician-Led and Organization Grants - Funding
Deadline: Jan 15, 2026

Supports organizations in Massachusetts in the areas of quality healthcare services for the uninsured/underinsured and access to behavioral health.

...health · Community engagement and volunteerism · Health disparities · Healthcare needs and services · Substance use and misuse...

7927. Understanding the Social Determinants (Drivers) of Rural Suicide: A Focus on North Texas - Resources
Date: Jan 2024

Webinar discussing social determinants of health (SDOH) as a driver for suicide. Includes both national and Texas-specific statistics. Discusses unique factors for rural populations and rural subgroups at the highest risk. Offers resources and strategies for addressing rural SDOH disparities for suicide prevention. Captions available in the video player.

...Health and Nursing Health disparities · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Suicide and suicide...

7928. Bridging Rural Communities: Telehealth Innovations for Appalachia and Beyond - Resources
Date: Aug 2025

Video series on innovative approaches to telehealth in rural Appalachia, hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Center (MATRC) on August 1, 2025. Features speakers on telehealth use in veterans' healthcare, substance use recovery, palliative care, mental health, healthy aging, emergency preparedness and response, cancer screening, and other topics related to healthcare access, quality of care, and healthcare economics. Transcripts are available via video descriptions.

...Health screening · Healthcare business and finance · Healthcare quality · Hospice and palliative care · Mental health · Older...

7929. Strengthening the Workforce to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes in Rural Areas - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Jul 11, 2018

Obstetric services were available in 205 fewer rural hospitals in 2014 than in 2004. Realizing the importance of maternity and childbirth services, a CAH in Alaska works to keep its providers' skills sharp and a rural OB-GYN residency program in Wisconsin is beginning to train a new generation of physicians. - The Rural Monitor

...Health Association's Louis Gorin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Rural Health Care . "Rural communities...

7930. Rural-Nonrural Differences in Telemedicine Use for Mental and Substance Use Disorders Among Medicaid Beneficiaries - Resources
Date: Apr 2020

Presents a study on the rural and urban differences in use of telemedicine for mental and substance use disorder treatment among Medicaid beneficiaries. Breaks down data by patient demographics, year studied, and behavioral health disorder, among other measures.

...Health disparities · Medicaid · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Substance...