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someone who's disabled in a hospital bed in the background with a physician in the foreground.
Posted inHealthcare Workers

Rural hospitals can’t find the nurses they need to fight COVID

by Pew Trusts September 5, 2021September 4, 2021

By Aallyah Wright Stateline On any given day, Mary Ellen Pratt, CEO of St. James Parish Hospital in rural Lutcher, Louisiana, doesn’t know how she’s going to staff the 25-bed hospital she manages. With the continued surge of the COVID-19 delta variant, she’s had to redirect resources. Her small team, including managers, has doubled up […]

Two students work with a patient in a dental clinic
Posted inOral Health

Even before coronavirus, almost half of adults in rural areas went without dental care

by Liora Engel-Smith July 20, 2021December 8, 2021
Steve North and Amanda Martin of the Center for Rural Health Innovation, which administers the Spruce Pine-based MY Health-e-Schools program.
Posted inChildren's Health

School-based health centers fill rural provider vacuum

by Melba Newsome November 17, 2020February 8, 2021
shows a dentist and a dental assistant wearing masks, face shields, hair coverings, gowns and gloves to prevnt COVID working on a patient
Posted inOral Health

Dental deserts: Lack of adequate oral health care across North Carolina

by Carolina Public Press October 24, 2020October 23, 2020
Two glass vials that say "Naloxone HCL" and two wrapped syringes rest on a metal shelf at a needle exchange facility. In the background is a paper instructions on using the medication to reverse an opioid overdose
Posted inRural Health

With an eye toward enhancing the drug treatment ecosystem, feds award $1 Million to NC rural providers

by Liora Engel-Smith October 2, 2020January 29, 2021
shows signs advertising rural broadband at a lonely rural crossroads. Broadband is necessary for better telehealth penetration in NC's rural burgs.
Posted inRural Health

HHS plan to improve rural health focuses on better broadband, telehealth services

by Kaiser Health News September 5, 2020

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