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China Is Winning Some Health-Care Battles — And Losing Others

Susan Brink

October 05, 2019 |

NPR |

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Response Location: China

China has faced a multitude of issues when it comes to providing sufficient health care, but thanks governmental funding and an increased focus on maternal and child health, the country has seen a positive impact. Although not without room to improve in other sectors, so far, China has noted a significant decline in infectious diseases and an increase in those carrying health insurance.

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Free the Paramedics!

Allison McNearney

October 04, 2019 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Fort Worth, Texas

Community paramedicine programs have been in existence for years but are just recently gaining popularity as a means of letting paramedics act less like crisis managers and more like health counselors. Initially designed to "decrease emergency department utilization, save health care dollars and improve patient outcomes," the program flags frequent 911 callers and prompts a conversation between the paramedic and patient about joining the mobile healthcare program.

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These LA Doctors Do House Calls At Homeless Encampments

Matt Tinoco

October 03, 2019 |

LAist |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles and other California cities are expanding their "street care" efforts by sending medical professionals into homeless encampments to include houseless individuals in the state health care system. Doctors supply much-needed medications and physicals to help reduce the number of people in and out of emergency care.

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Community works to improve health care for farmworkers in rural Arizona

Sabine Galvis

October 02, 2019 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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Response Location: United States, Wilcox, Arizona

Health care can be hard to access for those in rural communities, so for one Arizona community, the Southeast Arizona Area Health Education Center partnered with the University of Arizona to bring health education to those that needed it. Focusing specifically on education addressing potential health concerns specific to this mostly farmworker community, the community center also "trains some locals as health promoters, or 'promotoras de salud,' to work as health educators and advocates."

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Iowa rural hospitals make tough choices to stay lean, provide needed care

Chelsea Keenan Sara Konrad Baranowski Natalie Krebs Mark Mahoney Michaela Ramm

October 01, 2019 |

IowaWatch |

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Response Location: United States, Iowa Falls, Iowa

Rural hospitals throughout the midwest are struggling to stay open, but in Iowa, small successes have been found through partnerships and resourcefulness. From converting the OB-GYN department to an department that provides mental health help to senior citizens to leasing space to larger hospitals for specialty practices, rural hospitals are finding creative ways to keep their doors open.

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N'West Iowa hospitals invest in region

Mark Mahoney

September 30, 2019 |

N’West Iowa Review |

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Response Location: United States, Rock Rapids, Iowa

Despite rural hospitals often struggling to remain open due to lack of consistent demand which creates financial troubles, there are eight hospitals across four rural counties in Iowa that are proving this notion wrong. Through dedicated doctors that have committed to living where they work to a strong community presence providing support, this system of hospitals is performing better than many of the larger counterparts.

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Seeking a Cure: ‘Take care of the customer and the customer will take care of you'

Sara Konrad Baranowski

September 30, 2019 |

Iowa Falls Times Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Iowa Falls, Iowa

Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls is one of the rare rural hospitals that has defied the odds and remained open, thanks in part to creative collaborations and the CEO's entrepreneurial attitude. From converting its obstetrics department into an outpatient mental health program for senior citizens in order to better match the demographics of the city to implementing a profit-sharing model with a local coffee shop, the hospital is doing what it can to remain open while also supporting the health of the community.

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How one small Wisconsin hospital was saved amid a statewide rural health crisis

Parker Schorr

September 30, 2019 |

Wisconsin Watch |

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Response Location: United States, Neillsville, Wisconsin

Rural hospitals often face a host of problems, especially when it comes to financial troubles; however, a small hospital in Wisconsin has been able to remain open by embracing a merger with a larger health care facility. This has lead to a handful of positive outcomes such as "significantly improved operating margins, higher quality and outcomes and better patient satisfaction"

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As Iowa's rural hospitals grapple with challenges, larger health systems offer avenue for specialty care

Michaela Ramm

September 30, 2019 |

The Gazette |

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Response Location: United States, Iowa

After learning that 17 of Iowa's rural hospitals were facing closures due to a lack of finances, so these smaller hospitals partnered with larger ones in order to focus on specialized care. Although challenges still remain on the horizon, these mergers have provided a solution that allows community members better access to care and the ability to remain in the areas they want to live.

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Immersion Program Seeks Next Generation Of Rural Doctors

Sebastián Martínez Valdivia

September 30, 2019 |

Side Effects Public Media |

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Response Location: United States, Sedalia, Missouri

Rural areas are often underserved when it comes to medical access, but a town in Missouri is working on changing this by immersing medical students in rural life. Offering students a glimpse of small town life while working alongside local healthcare providers, the immersion program serves as a recruitment tool and is showing promise.

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