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Digital diabetes education improving rural communities in Arkansas

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is leveraging digital health to expand diabetes education and support for rural communities across the state, addressing significant access barriers such as long travel distances and limited local resources.
Telling the Hospital Story, Wellness/Preventive Care, Promoting Healthy Communities, Rural issues
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New mammography coach brings early detection tools to Alaska’s rural communities

This fall, Providence Alaska Medical Center launched a new mobile mammography coach designed to bring high-quality breast cancer screening directly to rural communities across the state.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Rural issues, Patient care and Information, Heart Disease, Cancer, Diabetes, and Other Chronic Diseases
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A Sanford Health doctor takes to the skies to bridge the rural health care gap in South Dakota

Storks delivering babies may be a flight of fancy, but a real South Dakota maternal-fetal medicine specialist flies hundreds of miles each week to reach rural patients who would otherwise face hours-long drives for specialized care.
Telling the Hospital Story, Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities, Care Delivery Transformation, Maternal Health, Rural issues
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Rankin County Hospital District | Texas: Swing Bed Program Helps Patients Get Continuing Care in Their Community

Rankin County Hospital District (RCHD) supports a “swing bed” program designed specifically for transitional care provided in rural and critical access hospitals, allowing patients to move from acute care to skilled nursing and rehabilitation services within the same facility.
Quality & Patient Safety, Inpatient Rehab Facility PPS, Patient Safety Initiative, Skilled Nursing Facility PPS, Post-Acute Care
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Rural Health Services Committee Roster

2024 Rural Health Services Council Roster.
Rural issues
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Rural Advisory Groups

A description of the rural advisory groups.
Rural issues
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Telemedicine helps rural Arkansas hospitals provide pediatric cardiac MRI, CT scans close to home

Arkansas Children’s Hospital is utilizing telemedicine to expand access to care and support rural hospitals that lack pediatric cardiac MRI and CT expertise.
Telling the Hospital Story, Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities, Child and Adolescent Health, Telehealth, Rural issues, Collaboration & Partnerships
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Strengthening the rural workforce: East Alabama Health tackles nursing shortage

Maintaining a trained workforce is one of the greatest challenges facing rural hospitals today. In Alabama, the shortage is particularly and increasingly severe, especially when it comes to nurses. East Alabama Health is addressing the problem in multiple ways.
Telling the Hospital Story, Workforce, Nurses, Rural Workforce, Rural issues
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Small Adirondack facility debuts modern emergency wing

Clifton-Fine Hospital in St. Lawrence County, N.Y., adjacent to the Canadian border, was long challenged by low patient numbers and an outdated, cramped emergency room so small and crowded that staff struggled to treat multiple patients with space or privacy.
Telling the Hospital Story, Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities, Rural issues
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Arizona launches first rural medical school branch to combat physician shortage

The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and Onvida Health are partnering to establish Arizona’s first rural regional medical school branch in Yuma County.
Telling the Hospital Story, Community Benefit, Rural issues, Collaboration & Partnerships