Rural Monitor Search Results for: covid vaccination
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Date: Jul 12, 2023
Rural community pharmacies are often vital sources for prescriptions, vaccinations, patient education, and other healthcare needs, but the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis reported a decrease in the number of rural pharmacies from 2003 to 2021. A pharmacy chain in the Midwest, a pharmacy-based research network in the South, and an Illinois school of pharmacy discuss the rewards and challenges of operating in rural areas. - The Rural Monitor
...COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacies have been instrumental in providing testing, vaccines, antivirals, and much-needed...
Date: Mar 8, 2023
In the wake of acute COVID-19 comes another public health concern: Millions of rural Americans are experiencing Long COVID. With a federal agency representative weighing in on rural research efforts, a Tennessee rural health researcher shares his Long COVID story alongside a New York rural healthcare system who shares their story about the condition's management options. - The Rural Monitor
...COVID hit my family, and I wasn't spared," Hale said, referring to his pre-vaccination...
Date: Aug 31, 2022
A skilled nursing facility in New Hampshire and national experts share the benefits telehealth services can bring to the residents and staff of rural long-term care facilities as well as the challenges some facilities face in providing these services. - The Rural Monitor
...COVID could cause in long-term care facilities from the West Coast and wanted to do whatever it is we could to be proactive and try to prevent outbreaks," she said. Laurie Archbald-Pannone...
Date: Aug 17, 2022
A partnership between a Federally Qualified Health Center and the local ambulance district in Washington County, Missouri lets chronically ill patients access preventive care from the comfort of home. - The Rural Monitor
...COVID-19 testing, vaccinations, and infusions, and has since partnered with the St. Louis Food...
Date: Jul 13, 2022
Rural mortality rates had been improving until recent years when a perfect storm of the opioid epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic converged to reverse these gains. However, federally funded efforts have sought to stem the tide through community, clinical, and policy efforts. - The Rural Monitor
...COVID-19 through testing and mitigation programming and efforts to distribute vaccines and increase vaccine...
Date: Feb 2, 2022
The priority for rural population health is access, including access to health information needed to make personal health decisions. Two of the nation's health literacy experts join a federal agency official to review current rural challenges of accessing health information that is clear and usable. Along with an exploration of digital health literacy, recently expanded definitions of health literacy are discussed. - The Rural Monitor
...COVID-19 vaccine and the belief that acquiring the disease would negatively impact their life...
Date: Jan 19, 2022
Peggy Broussard Wheeler, Vice President of Policy at the California Hospital Association, discusses the challenges that the hospitals in her state and nationwide have faced before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also shares rural hospitals' unique strengths and the importance of collaboration and relationships. - The Rural Monitor
...COVID really pulled a curtain back on those issues, and we saw it in vaccine...
Date: Jul 28, 2021
Researchers and rural communities are working together to address rural cancer prevention and control, with federal funding supporting a wide range of projects. From targeting health behaviors, to making cancer screening and vaccination more accessible, to increasing rural participation in clinical trials, efforts to reduce rural cancer burden are underway across the country. - The Rural Monitor
...vaccination. Askelson is particularly excited about how federal funding has allowed her team to leverage their expertise to serve their community partners and help them execute their cancer control ideas and projects. She recounted...
Date: Jun 30, 2021
On the list of leading causes of death, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, impacts millions of rural Americans and their quality of life. Though limited treatments are available for COPD, research indicates that pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) provides major benefits, yet is currently under-prescribed and facing challenges from COVID-19 and from reimbursement policies. Researchers discuss the potential that tele-PR might bring to rural areas, and rural healthcare leaders highlight the benefits of their PR programs for service areas. - The Rural Monitor
...COVID-19 did delay the program's start, Johnson said now that these patients are vaccinated...
Date: Apr 28, 2021
Fast, reliable broadband is essential for people to access telehealth and patient portals as well as work and study from home, but rural and tribal areas fall behind urban and suburban areas in terms of broadband deployment and speed. Organizations in Alabama, Colorado, and Kentucky share how broadband affects their work and their patients' care. - The Rural Monitor
...COVID-19 pandemic, is "going to exacerbate these already existing disparities," since the people who would most benefit from telehealth still can't access it. In addition, the lack or poor quality of broadband prevents...