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- Author: Lisa Inman
- Wednesday, Jul. 29, 2020
As agencies and institutions sounded alarms indicating the spread of the novel coronavirus, NRHA advocates went into high gear. NRHA CEO Alan Morgan began fielding a deluge of queries from local and national news outlets. “Who’s most at risk?” Morgan responded to one interviewer. “Elderly, low-income people with high health needs. That is rural America. If you were to have a cluster in a rural community it would turn bad quickly.”
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Rural Horizons
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To keep up with the demands of practice, nurse practitioners (NP) have to wear many hats. Fortunately, those serving rural areas are afforded more autonomy in their work than urban NPs, a recent study shows.
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Allee Mead
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Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center co-project directors Thomasine Heitkamp and Dennis Mohatt discuss the coronavirus outbreak’s effects on mental health, telehealth services, and the disparities already present in rural communities.
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Rural Horizons
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Diane Hall is a senior policy analyst with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and lead for the CDC’s Minority Health and Rural Health Team on COVID-19 response.
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Author:
Lisa Inman
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As agencies and institutions sounded alarms indicating the spread of the novel coronavirus, NRHA advocates went into high gear. Foremost among NRHA’s concerns for rural health care were hospital cash flow and support for provider agility in the crisis.
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NRHA
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Navigate shifting currents from the comfort of your home or office at NRHA’s 43rd Annual Rural Health Conference, the nation’s largest gathering of rural health professionals and the association’s first virtual event, June 16-19.
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Rural Horizons
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To improve oral health outcomes, it is necessary to understand and address the barriers that prevent individuals from accessing services.
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Rural Horizons
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A dearth of mental health practitioners, social isolation — perhaps now exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis — and perceived stigma can combine to make identifying, quantifying, and treating mental health issues complicated everywhere, but particularly in rural areas. Researchers are taking action to pinpoint rural mental health needs and solutions.
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Author:
Rural Horizons
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Telemedicine provides the opportunity to share resources, lower costs, increase access, and provide specialty services that might otherwise be unavailable.
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Provider shortages and limited access to health services are not new concerns for rural health systems, but access to emergency medical services (EMS) has also reached a critical juncture.
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Rural health care settings present unique challenges to older adults seeking care. Access to specialists and primary care may be an issue, with variables such as transportation, unemployment, and caregiver resources presenting additional barriers.
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