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Steve North and Amanda Martin of the Center for Rural Health Innovation, which administers the Spruce Pine-based MY Health-e-Schools program.

School-based health centers fill rural provider vacuum

November 17, 2020 by Melba Newsome

School-based health centers fill rural provider vacuum - North Carolina Health News

Making healthcare available to students, faculty and staff on campus is vital to well-being in rural areas.

By Melba Newsome Growing up in a small town in central Wisconsin, many of Steve North’s relatives and friends assumed he would follow his father into medicine but North had other ideas. He earned a liberal arts degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993 but, instead of applying for medical school, he applied for […]

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

October 24, 2020 by Carolina Public Press

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

A shortage of oral health care providers, particularly in rural areas, hinders dental care access for low-income residents across the state.

By Christian Green Carolina Public Press The COVID-19 pandemic changed processes and protocols in the medical profession as exposure risk became a top priority for front-line health workers. For oral health care providers, the once routine act of peering into mouths became a dangerous and possibly even deadly work hazard. To avoid the risk, some […]

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

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

October 2, 2020 by Liora Engel-Smith

With an eye toward enhancing the drug treatment ecosystem, feds award $1 Million to NC rural providers - North Carolina Health News

Four agencies in eastern and western NC received federal grants to study and enhance drug treatment options in some of the state’s rural opioid hotspots.

By Liora Engel-Smith In the decade-plus since the opioid crisis entered public consciousness, two intertwined realities have emerged in North Carolina, both involve a death of sorts. One of these realities is easy to grasp: From 1999 to 2016 more than 12,000 North Carolinians died from opioid overdoses. The other reality concerns programs that may […]

shows signs advertising rural broadband at a lonely rural crossroads. Broadband is necessary for better telehealth penetration in NC's rural burgs.

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

September 5, 2020 by Kaiser Health News

HHS plan to improve rural health focuses on better broadband, telehealth services - North Carolina Health News

Rural North Carolina has some of the largest swaths of "white space" in the country, where broadband and even cell service don't reach.

By Sarah Jane Tribble Kaiser Health News Knowing it may be met with some skepticism, the Trump administration Thursday announced a sweeping plan that officials say will transform health care in rural America. Even before the coronavirus pandemic reached into the nation’s less-populated regions, rural Americans were sicker, poorer and older than the rest of […]

NC organizations fighting the rural opioid crisis receive a $4M federal boost

August 14, 2020 by Liora Engel-Smith

NC organizations fighting the rural opioid crisis receive a $4M federal boost - North Carolina Health News

Four agencies will tackle the opioid crisis in rural North Carolina with $1 million grants from the federal Department of Health and Human Services.

By Liora Engel-Smith Amid signs that the state is losing ground in its battle against the opioid crisis, four North Carolina agencies on the front lines of addiction and recovery have received $1 million apiece to address the issue in rural areas. Two recipients of the recent federal Department of Health and Human Services grants […]

An African American mother and her baby bond together as an illustration of maternal health and maternal and child health.

Federal health officials ask how they can help NC improve maternal health. They get an earful.

January 29, 2020 by Anne Blythe

Federal health officials ask how they can help NC improve maternal health. They get an earful. - North Carolina Health News

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Medicaid, Medicare administrators came to Raleigh for guidance on North Carolina’s maternal health needs.

By Anne Blythe Health care administrators traveled from the nation’s capital to the state capital this week as part of a listening tour on how the federal government could help North Carolina address some of its thornier maternal health issues. They got plenty of feedback from the dozens of North Carolina caregivers, patients, administrators and […]

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Congress Not Acting; Now Community Health Centers Weigh Closures

December 19, 2017 by Pew Trusts

Congress Not Acting; Now Community Health Centers Weigh Closures - North Carolina Health News

Congress had a deadline to reauthorize funding for community health centers by Sept. 30. They missed that deadline, and still lawmakers have not taken action.

By Michael Ollove Stateline Unless Congress provides funding before the end of the year, many of the nation’s 9,800 community health clinics will face service cuts or closure — potentially crippling a vital part of the health system that provides care in poor and underserved communities across every state. And the fallout could mean the […]

“Distracted” Lawmakers Overlook Clinic, Children’s Health Bills

September 25, 2017 by Rose Hoban

“Distracted” Lawmakers Overlook Clinic, Children’s Health Bills - North Carolina Health News

Although all the action on Capitol Hill in Washington seems to be about repealing the Affordable Care Act, there are a number of vital health care bills on a short deadline.

By Rose Hoban Even as health care advocates worry about whether the most recent Obamacare “repeal and replace” legislation moving through Congress has a chance at passage, leaders at the state’s community and rural health centers are worried about the absence of bills that could seal their fates. Kim Schwartz, CEO of the Roanoke Chowan […]

ECU dietician Jill Jennings gives the thumbs up to Duplin schools nurse Ellen Cottle as she completes a demonstration of her telehealth/ telemedicine equipment.

ECU Helps Expand Telemedicine at Duplin County Schools

June 6, 2017 by Taylor Knopf

ECU Helps Expand Telemedicine at Duplin County Schools - North Carolina Health News

East Carolina University is teaming up with Duplin County schools on a project to bring telemedicine directly to students in school.

By Taylor Knopf Starting this fall, Duplin County students can visit the school nurse’s office to see a primary care doctor, a behavioral health specialist, a dentist or a dietician. East Carolina University is teaming up with the county school system on a grant project to bring telemedicine into the schools. Not only will the […]

Combining Healthcare With Job Opportunities Could Spell Success for Charlotte’s Underserved

May 9, 2017 by Judy Cole

Combining Healthcare With Job Opportunities Could Spell Success for Charlotte’s Underserved - North Carolina Health News

Charlotte Community Health Centers’ mission is to provide one-stop, affordable healthcare for the most underserved patient populations.

By Judy Cole Charlotte’s Goodwill Opportunity Campus glistens with the promise of a freshly minted coin. Opened in June 2016, the state-of-the-art, multi-use facility offers site-wide WiFi, smart lighting and flexible workspaces purpose-built to be reconfigured to meet changing demands. The campus is the culmination of a process that began in 2012 when Goodwill Industries […]

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