Hospital closures also mean longer ambulance rides for rural residents. Charlie Brunner, the fire chief in Jackson County in ...

The University of Florida’s new HealthScreen program will use mobile health vehicles to send community health workers and ...

This essay is the first in a 4-part series I’m calling Rural Health Resilience—a look at the state of rural health in America ...

Sen. Jason Brodeur, a Lake Mary Republican, previously carried a Senate companion bill ( SB 1568) on allowing electronic ...

Florida did not expand Medicaid as most states did, so the impact may be lesser than other places, but reductions loom.

Increased accessibility: Approximately 46 million Americans live in rural areas, many with limited access to health care. 5 Telehealth platforms enable patients to connect with mental health ...

In Florida, 91% of rural hospitals do not have OB-GYN services, the highest percentage in the country.. Over the past two years, more than 50 rural hospitals have ended their labor and delivery ...

Rural Health Care preview. Preview: Season 21 Episode 5 | 30s Video has Closed Captions | CC. We examine innovative solutions being used to bridge the healthcare access gap in rural communities.

A garbage bag hangs from a hospital sign along U.S. 17 in Williamston, N.C., on Thursday, April 11, 2024. As rural health care faces a workforce crisis, Paul Singh writes about one partnership in ...

We've also launched a virtual behavioral health program in 26 critical access hospitals, helping rural emergency providers connect with mental health specialists in under an hour—improving care ...