COVID-19’s Current Impact on Rural Healthcare Delivery: Q&A with Brock Slabach
Brock Slabach, the National Rural Health Association’s Senior Vice President for Member Services, discusses the impact of COVID-19 on rural America’s healthcare organizations. The post COVID-19’s...
View ArticleAdvance Care Planning: New Realities in Times of COVID-19
Advance care planning — planning for decision-making in times of medical crisis — has always been intended for all people, all ages, with or without a chronic disease. Clinicians talk about the...
View ArticleHuman Trafficking in Native Populations: Q&A with Commissioner Jeannie Hovland
A conversation with the Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans about the nuances of human trafficking among Native populations and what is being done to address this issue. The post...
View ArticleStill Stealing Rural America’s Breath: An Update on Chronic Obstructive...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a condition that continues to steal rural America’s breath. Researchers, philanthropists, and healthcare professionals talk about new rural research...
View ArticleHistory of the Swing Bed: A Look Through the Rural Rearview Mirror
The healthcare delivery model known as the swing bed program has allowed rural and Critical Access Hospitals to serve patients by keeping them in their rural communities for post-acute care. Reviewing...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Rural Swing Bed: More than Just a Reimbursement Policy
“Swing bed” is that oft-heard phrase describing not a physical hospital bed, but post-acute care for the rural patient who is well enough to leave the acute care hospital but not well enough to be safe...
View ArticleUnderstanding the “Tool-ish-ness” of Telehealth: Q&A with Dr. Jonathan Neufeld
Clinical psychologist and program director for the Great Plains Telehealth Resource & Assistance Center, Dr. Jonathan Neufeld, clarifies telehealth as an “enabler” of healthcare delivery....
View Article“It’s the relationships”: Q&A with Peggy Broussard Wheeler
Peggy Broussard Wheeler, Vice President of Policy at the California Hospital Association, discusses the challenges that the hospitals in her state and nationwide have faced before and during the...
View ArticleA Career of Influencing Rural Healthcare Delivery: Bill Finerfrock and the...
Over 5,200 rural organizations participate in the Rural Health Clinics program, a reimbursement model dedicated to rural low-volume healthcare delivery and now in its 45th year. The National...
View ArticleRural Health Clinic Program at 45 Years: Created for Access and Still...
After a 1965 public law created the Medicare and Medicaid programs, many rural residents insured by these government health programs were unable to access care. This challenge was remedied by another...
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