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11. When It's Not Enough: Sleep's Impact on Rural America's Health and Safety - The Rural Monitor
Date: May 24, 2023

Pivoting from a universal question, "How'd you sleep?" clinical sleep experts, a federal public health agency representative, and Nebraska Extension discussed sleep's impact on rural health and public safety. - The Rural Monitor

...When It's Not Enough: Sleep's Impact on Rural America's Health and Safety...

12. Facing Unique Challenges, Rural Communities Find Unique Solutions to Protect Against Wildfire Smoke Exposure - The Rural Monitor
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

...Facing Unique Challenges, Rural Communities Find Unique Solutions to Protect Against Wildfire Smoke Exposure - The...

13. A Rural Therapist and School Program Address Teen Mental Health - The Rural Monitor
Date: Jan 25, 2023

Rural teens face a higher prevalence of behavior problems, anxiety, and suicide rates than their urban peers, but there are fewer behavioral health providers in rural areas to help these teens. A trauma therapist in rural West Virginia and a school program in rural Wisconsin incorporate teenagers' strengths and interests and connect them with trusted adults in order to improve their mental health. - The Rural Monitor

...social worker, added, “It promotes healthy problem-solving, resilience skills, empowerment, and connections among students and staff.” Clintonville High School's Sources of Strength team includes three staff members: two teachers and a district school...

14. Philanthropy, Cross-Collaboration, and the Ecosystem That Is Rural Healthcare Delivery: Q&A with Dr. Shao-Chee Sim - The Rural Monitor
Date: Sep 21, 2022

As vice president for research, innovation, and evaluation at Texas-based Episcopal Health Foundation, Shao-Chee Sim, PhD, discusses how philanthropic organizations can make small rural research investments — and, in particular, leverage cross-funder collaboration — that impact not only funders themselves, but also healthcare delivery systems and the rural Americans they serve. - The Rural Monitor

...social determinants of health and population health management. When hesitancy and uncertainty exist on the part...

15. Telehealth Brings Important Services to Rural Long-Term Care Facilities - The Rural Monitor
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

...social worker can request that other residents meet with the psychologist. The social worker can also talk with the psychologist and provide more context if needed in regard to residents' situations. University of Vermont Medical...

16. Breaking the Cycle: Missouri Community Paramedicine Program Brings Primary Care to High-Risk Patients - The Rural Monitor
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

...Breaking the Cycle: Missouri Community Paramedicine Program Brings Primary Care to High-Risk Patients - The...

17. Training Rural to Serve Rural: Baccalaureate-MD Programs and Their Rural Results - The Rural Monitor
Date: Aug 3, 2022

Rural healthcare delivery experts continue to emphasize the critical need for rural workforce. Using uniquely designed combined baccalaureate/medical degree programs, two university-based medical education teams shared not only the successes in training and placing physicians in rural areas — but the unique impact their service-oriented students and programs have on their academic environment. - The Rural Monitor

...Health, Medicine, and Human Values that is geared to rural New Mexico and the state's specific social determinants...

18. Staving Off One's Mortality: Rural Kidney Health and Its Disparities - The Rural Monitor
Date: Jun 15, 2022

For the 240,000 rural Americans with complete kidney failure, it's likely that very few knew they even had kidney disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, kidney disease is usually silent; 90% of people with kidney disease don't know they have it. With research pointing to the high costs of kidney disease for pediatric and adult patients alike — mostly covered by Medicare — experts and researchers discuss rural disparities around access to disease-stabilizing treatment and to renal replacement therapies. - The Rural Monitor

...Staving Off One's Mortality: Rural Kidney Health and Its Disparities - The Rural Monitor --- For...

19. Bringing Mental Health Services to Rural Residents - The Rural Monitor
Date: May 4, 2022

A new library initiative in Texas and an established crisis line in Georgia are bringing mental health services directly to rural residents through teams of lay mental health workers and mental health professionals. - The Rural Monitor

...Bringing Mental Health Services to Rural Residents - The Rural Monitor --- A new library initiative in...

20. The Codes of Care: How Words and Numbers Have Transformative Power for Rural Healthcare - The Rural Monitor
Date: Apr 13, 2022

The greatest opportunity to tell the rural healthcare delivery story is an opportunity often missed — and that opportunity involves translating clinical documentation into medical codes. In addition to describing how the story and quality of clinical care gets translated from words into alphanumeric numbers, medical coding experts also pointed to aligned efforts to familiarize those in graduate medical education settings with the impact of their clinical documentation. - The Rural Monitor

...health outcomes. These data also help public health researchers track progress toward advancing health equity in rural America.” ICD-10 Z Codes: Capturing Social Determinants...