As healthcare organizations refine their strategies, evolving technology, policy shifts and integration challenges are ...

More than half of rural hospitals had positive margins in 2023, but financial challenges still cause many to close service lines or their operations entirely, KFF Health News found. KFF Health News ...

The ability to have an appointment with a doctor or other health care provider by video visit or telephone call has improved ...

Morehouse School of Medicine has launched a new partnership to address the opioid crisis in rural South Carolina, with added ...

An interest in different cultures led Matthew Mahar to pursue an anthropology minor in college and to subsequently travel extensively. More recently, it’s ...

Rural providers have used federal grant funding to set up virtual obstetric networks and hire community health workers.

A stressed primary care system has led many doctors to start practices that charge membership fees in exchange for shorter ...

A major piece of legislation that backers hope will usher in a modern-day renaissance in rural communities across Florida has the full support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture ( USDA ).

Sixty U.S. senators have introduced a bill to permanently expand telehealth flexibilities for Medicare beneficiaries. The Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies, or ...

The Good, the Bad, and the Elegy is a twice-monthly newsletter showcasing the best – and the worst – in rural media and entertainment. Rural Remix is a podcast feed that cuts through rural stereotypes ...

U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Angus King, and a bipartisan group of 58 senators introduced legislation to expand telehealth ...

A UAA study of childbirths over two decades reveals geographic disparities and numerous and cumulative risk factors.