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Focus on Fellows: Checking in with Three Rural Leaders
Interviews 3 former National Rural Health Association Rural Health Fellows about their experiences in the program and the impact on their careers. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 22, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

A Reason to Care: How Students Choose Rural Health
Highlights 4 medical students' who are choosing to practice in rural areas. Discusses how they chose their career paths, student debt, and their recommendations to increase exposure to rural health in medical school curriculums. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 22, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

A Prescription for Better Rural Nutrition
Discusses rural food insecurity for elderly Arkansas residents. The Good Food Rx initiative offers qualifying seniors free food, food delivery, cooking classes, and more. Highlights both transportation barriers and isolation for elderly residents. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 22, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Public Payment of Dialysis Treatment Has Changed the Rural Healthcare Marketplace
Highlights research exploring recent trends in distance to dialysis treatment for rural and urban residents. Discusses policy measures that have improved access to dialysis for rural residents over time, particularly for rural African Americans, as well as barriers to care that remain. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 20, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Reps. Sewell, Miller Introduce the Bipartisan Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals (ARCH) Act on National Rural Health Day
Bipartisan legislation addressing the financial stability of rural hospitals has been introduced. The bill would extend the Medicare-dependent hospital program and Medicare low-volume hospital payments as well as require a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on rural hospital designations. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 16, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

How the Bad River Tribe Flipped the Script on the Native American Opioid Crisis
Highlights the harm reduction strategy one Wisconsin tribe has implemented to reduce mortality from the opioid crisis. Discusses stigma, the high rates of overdose deaths for native people in Wisconsin, and the potential for harm reduction to lead to effective treatment. Describes their successes as a model for other Indigenous communities as well as harm reduction in general. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 16, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Could a Solution to Provide Legal Care in Alaska Work in Rural Minnesota?
Highlights the community justice worker (CJW) model in Alaska for access to legal care. The model, based on the community health aide model, is being studied for potential implementation in rural Minnesota. Discusses the attorney shortage in rural areas and the health impact this has on rural residents, particularly through access to safe and healthy housing and domestic violence situations. Notes that Indigenous populations in particular stand to benefit from the model. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 14, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Western Alaska Salmon Crisis Affects Physical and Mental Health, Residents Say
Summarizes discussions at a Senate Committee on Indian Affairs field hearing in Alaska on the impacts of the salmon crisis. In addition to economic issues, the crisis contributes to poorer mental and physical health. Discusses cultural food practices and the connection between harvesting and health. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 14, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

How Telehealth Is Bringing Specialist Care to the North Country
Highlights telehealth in rural New York, discussing both increased access to healthcare and remaining barriers. Notes the impact on access to specialists, behavioral healthcare, dentistry, and optometry. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 14, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

VA Announces New Graduate Medical Education Program to Help Expand Health Care Access to Veterans in Underserved Communities
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has created a graduate medical education pilot program in an effort to increase access to healthcare for rural, tribal, and other underserved Veterans. 100 or more physician residents will be placed in non-VA facilities in rural and other communities beginning in July 2025. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 10, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Rural Vermont Community Finds Success Distributing Narcan With a Vending Machine
Highlights the impact of a naloxone vending machine in a rural Vermont community. Describes the trend to offer naloxone not just through vending machines but also through awareness programming throughout rural America. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 9, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

The Biden-Harris Administration Is Taking Actions to Improve the Health of Rural Communities and Help Rural Health Care Providers Stay Open
Highlights actions taken by the Biden-Harris Administration with regard to rural healthcare. Areas addressed include access to health insurance, facility closures, cyber security, workforce shortages, telehealth, access to healthcare, and more. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 3, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

The Federal Communications Commission and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Announce November 17, 2023 Roundtable on the Connected Future of Maternity Care: Intersecting Maternal Health and Broadband Data
A roundtable will be convened on November 17th to discuss broadband as a social determinant of health and the potential for improving maternal health outcomes. The roundtable will be both in person and streamed online and is available to the public. Invited stakeholders include policymakers, public health experts, clinicians, community organizations, and more. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 2, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Treating Rural America: The Telehealth Solution
Part 3 of a documentary highlighting telehealth as a solution to healthcare access challenges, particularly for gender affirming care and maternal healthcare. Discusses the impacts of COVID on telehealth practice. Discusses barriers to telehealth such as broadband access and comfort with technology. Captions are available in the video player. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 2, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

FCC Launches Inquiry to Increase Minimum Broadband Speed Benchmark
The Federal Communications Commission has announced a Notice of Inquiry to evaluate the FCC's standard for broadband. States that the current standard is outdated, causing an undercount of the number of rural and other communities with insufficient high-speed internet. The inquiry will also set long-term goals for gigabit speeds and evaluate broadband data collection impacts. Comments may be submitted by December 1st. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 1, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news