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Taking to the skies: How a doctor cares for patients in rural Colorado
Many daily commutes are on the ground — car, train, bikes — but what if you took to the air? Dr. Charles Frankum has spent over two decades flying himself to some of the most remote hospitals in Colorado and Kansas, including the Southeast Colorado Hospital District in Springfield, Colo.
Rural care provider secures critical funding to stay open and serve patients
A grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development has prevented the impending closure of Bucktail Medical Center and preserved its ability to deliver essential care to thousands of rural residents of central Pennsylvania.
Maternal Health: Resources from the Field
Maternal Health: Resources from the FieldImproving maternal and infant outcomes in the U.S. is a top priority for health care organizations.
Maternal Health: Rural Maternity Care
Rural populations have limited access and availability of quality maternity care. With many labor and delivery units closing, hospitals and health systems are exploring various ways to provide maternity care. AHA highlights stories from rural hospitals below.
Denver Health Focuses on Primary Care Training in Underserved Areas
Recruiting and retaining skilled health care professionals to meet projected demands is a challenge everywhere, especially in rural and underserved areas.
New center to study health disparities impacting rural, underserved communities in Pa.
Penn State College of Medicine has launched the Center for Advancing Health Equity in Rural and Underserved Communities. The center's initial focus is on reducing cancer health disparities and improving health literacy and education in cardiovascular health, cancer, and diabetes for minority, underserved, and rural populations.
A labor of love: UC Davis residents bring OB-GYN and cardiothoracic care to rural California
The UC Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento, Calif., has teamed up with Doctors Medical Center in Modesto to allow residents to practice medicine in the Central Valley as they train to become board-certified specialists.
'Forward-thinking efforts’ at rural health system expand access, strengthen the workforce
The health system is focusing on four strategic pillars to guide its work: Experience (of patients, employees and others); Education and Research Mission (through learning and innovation); Stewardship (to build healthy communities and public trust); and Operational Excellence (to attain financial stability)
Reaching and treating rural victims of sexual assault
Thanks to a federal grant, Vanderbilt University Medical Center is aiming to provide care for women at one of the darkest times in their lives.
Rural hospital’s Mobile Integrated Healthcare program closes care gaps
Monadnock Community Hospital’s Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) program is closing care gaps in the rural community of Peterborough, N.H., and the eastern Monadnock region.