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$10 Million in Grants Targets Community-based Efforts to Combat Chronic Diseases in the Delta Region
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy's Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program is giving $10 million to organizations across 8 states in the Delta region to address diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, stroke, and behavioral health concerns. The program emphasizes collaborations between organizations in rural communities to tackle chronic health conditions which disproportionately affect people in this region.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - August 11, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Telemedicine's Future on Display Now at UnityPoint Health
Des Moines-based patient monitoring program UnityPoint at Home may reduce readmissions and emergency department visits, and improve health for chronically ill people. Most of the patients participating in the program are age 65-100 and have ailments including heart failure, hypertension, stroke, and lung problems.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - September 7, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

The Death Rate Gap Between Urban and Rural America Is Getting Wider
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that mortality rates in rural areas for preventable deaths are plateauing and even increasing for the five leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke. They found that more than 70,000 deaths in rural areas could have been prevented with better public health resources and better access to healthcare.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - January 13, 2017 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Doing it hard in the bush: Aligning what gets measured with what matters
Abstract What gets measured gets managed. Funding of health services is substantially determined by operational activity and specific outcome indicators. In day‐to‐day clinical decision‐making, surrogate markers, such as glycosylated haemoglobin and blood pressure, are commonly used to modify risks of ‘hard’ outcomes that include kidney failure, ischaemic cardiac events, stroke and all‐cause mortality. In many settings, surrogates are all we have to go on. As a consequence, current health funding models heavily rely on surrogate‐based key performance indicators [KPIs]. While surrogates are convenient and prov...
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - November 30, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: Malcolm I. McDonald, Kenny D. Lawson Tags: Quality Improvement Report Source Type: research

Doing it hard in the bush: Aligning what gets measured with what matters.
Abstract What gets measured gets managed. Funding of health services is substantially determined by operational activity and specific outcome indicators. In day-to-day clinical decision-making, surrogate markers, such as glycosylated haemoglobin and blood pressure, are commonly used to modify risks of 'hard' outcomes that include kidney failure, ischaemic cardiac events, stroke and all-cause mortality. In many settings, surrogates are all we have to go on. As a consequence, current health funding models heavily rely on surrogate-based key performance indicators [KPIs]. While surrogates are convenient and provide i...
Source: The Australian Journal of Rural Health - February 15, 2017 Category: Rural Health Authors: McDonald MI, Lawson KD Tags: Aust J Rural Health Source Type: research

‘They’re Out There—If We Can Find Them’
Explores the impact of social isolation and loneliness on health, a particular concern in rural areas and for elderly people. Isolation has been linked with higher blood pressure and increased risk for stroke and coronary heart disease. Details these concerns as well as efforts to address them in rural Maine.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - April 12, 2017 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

‘They’re Out There — If We Can Find Them’
Explores the impact of social isolation and loneliness on health, a particular concern in rural areas and for elderly people. Isolation has been linked with higher blood pressure and increased risk for stroke and coronary heart disease. Details these concerns as well as efforts to address them in rural Maine.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - April 12, 2017 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Knowledge of medical students about epilepsy: Need for a change
Conclusion: The content of medical curriculum in Africa should emphasize not only the content of lectures on epilepsy but also the need for students to go through neurology posting during their training. The outcome would be both better knowledge and improved physician–patient relations.
Source: Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice - August 8, 2017 Category: Rural Health Authors: BA Ezeala-Adikaibe T Okpara OS Ekenze O Onodugo NP Ezeala-Adikaibe T Nnaji G Onyebueke Source Type: research

Doppler sonographic evaluation of venogenic extremity swellings: Analysis of 170 patients from Kano, Nigeria
Conclusion: There was a predominance of females and femoro-popliteal segments in DVT. Doppler ultrasound is very useful in the evaluation of extremity DVT. All clinically suspected cases should be evaluated with this modality due to limited sensitivity of clinical evaluation in the diagnosis of DVT. Further correlative studies in comparison to venography and hematologic indices are also recommended.
Source: Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice - September 11, 2017 Category: Rural Health Authors: A Ismail AM Tabari K Isyaku Source Type: research

The Pattern of significant lesions found in computerized tomography scan of recurrent seizure patients at a center in Enugu, Nigeria
Conclusion: Computed tomography scan has a high diagnostic yield, especially in elderly patients with recurrent generalized seizures. Brain tumors, encephalomalacia, and HCP are most common causes of recurrent seizures in the adults.
Source: Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice - December 1, 2017 Category: Rural Health Authors: AB Ezeala-Adikaibe SC Ohaegbulam CA Ndubuisi Source Type: research

Review article: Managing medical emergencies in rural Australia: A systematic review of the training needs.
Abstract The aim of the study was to determine the training needs of doctors managing emergencies in rural and remote Australia. A systematic review of Australian articles was performed using MEDLINE (OVID) and INFORMIT online databases from 1990 to 2016. The search terms included 'Rural Health', 'Emergency Medicine', 'Emergency Medical Services', 'Education, Medical, Continuing' and 'Family Practice'. Only peer-reviewed articles, available in full-text that focussed on the training needs of rural doctors were reviewed. Data was extracted using pre-defined fields such as date of data collection, number of particip...
Source: Rural Remote Health - February 22, 2018 Category: Rural Health Authors: Pandit T, Ray R, Sabesan S Tags: Emerg Med Australas Source Type: research

PCORI Board Approves $85 Million to Support New Studies on Opioids, Cancer and Other High-Burden Conditions
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors has approved $85 million in grants for 16 projects that will compare two or more approaches to improving care and outcomes for a range of conditions, including opioid use, cancer, depression, and stroke.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - August 21, 2018 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Optimal Strategies for the Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Recommendations
Authors: Abstract Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third most common acute cardiovascular disease, after myocardial infarction and stroke. The optimal diagnostic strategy for suspected PE among experts remains controversial, and it can differ based on factors related to the health care setting (i.e., urban, rural, or remote) that may impact access to diagnostic technologies. For instance, provision of timely diagnosis may be more challenging in rural and remote facilities due to lack of access to certain testing and imaging modalities and specialist expertise, as well as geographical barriers to care. Inabili...
Source: Rural Remote Health - October 4, 2018 Category: Rural Health Tags: Book Source Type: research

Rural Americans More Likely to Die from Preventable Causes
Blog post from the National Conference of State Legislatures celebrating National Rural Health Day and drawing attention to rural health disparities. Although the country as a whole has seen declines in four of five leading causes of death, that decline is slower in rural areas. Rural people experience higher death rates from heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 15, 2018 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Teleneurology service provided via tablet technology: 3-year outcomes and physician satisfaction.
CONCLUSION: In the assessment of neurology patients, tablets are a more cost-effective alternative to traditional telehealth technologies. The devices promote efficiency in consultations through ease of use and low transfer rates, and survey results indicate community physician satisfaction. PMID: 30825873 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Rural and Remote Health - March 4, 2019 Category: Rural Health Tags: Rural Remote Health Source Type: research