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Minnesota Offers Farmers and Families Free Helpline
The Minnesota Farm & Rural Helpline is a free, confidential helpline available 24/7 for farmers and farm families dealing with stress. Users can call the number or access the website for resources related to crisis intervention, daily living assistance, and...
read more5 Things We Must Do To Improve the US Health Care System
Mental and behavioral health are part of our general health and should be treated as such. Not a day goes by where I don’t talk about mental health with my patients. Society’s stigma around mental health is a problem, but I think we’re progressing toward greater...
read moreKaty Backes Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA, is Keynote Speaker at 5th CALS Conference on Rural Emergency Care
Katy Backes Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA, is the keynote speaker at the 5th CALS Conference on Rural Emergency Care on Sept. 27, 2019. Kozhimannil will speak on: "The effects on the rural communities with loss of OB providers and perinatal/neonatal program." The conference...
read moreRural MN Improves Post-Hospital Stroke Care
TeleStroke/Vascular Neurology Patient Navigator Program Summary Need: Improve post-hospital stroke care access in order to improve physical function and well-being for stroke patients living in a 6-county area in rural Minnesota. Intervention: Implementation of an...
read moreMeasles outbreak: How doctors can change anti-vaccine minds
By Anna Almendrala, NBC News When Theresa Ward had her first child 14 years ago, the Pittsburgh mom followed the pediatrician’s recommendations and fully vaccinated her son on schedule. But when the boy turned 3, Ward began to worry about risks associated with...
read moreNational Nurses Week 2019
May 6-2, 2019
read moreHow telemedicine keeps patients in rural communities healthy
By Veronica Combs Technology is often blamed for taking away jobs. In the healthcare industry, radiologists—the people who read MRIs and CT scans—are worried about being replaced by algorithms. One type of technology may actually save healthcare jobs,...
read moreCMS considers tossing hospital star-rating methodology
By MARIA CASTELLUCCI The CMS is considering scrapping the model it uses to assign hospital star ratings, signaling a big shift from the agency's stance just seven months ago. In conjunction with releasing new ratings on the Hospital Compare website Thursday for the...
read moreNursing Homes Are Closing Across Rural America, Scattering Residents
By Jack Healy, New York Times MOBRIDGE, S.D. — Harold Labrensz spent much of his 89-year life farming and ranching the rolling Dakota plains along the Missouri River. His family figured he would die there, too. But late last year, the nursing home in Mobridge, S.D.,...
read moreThree Ways Rural Hospitals Can Reverse Financial Distress
By Michael Morgan, VP Due Diligence and Strategic Analysis , Community Hospital Corporation Thin margins have long been a reality for most rural hospitals, but a worsening array of issues—from increasing charity care and bad debt to declining reimbursements and rural...
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