Articles tagged as: rural hospitals
February 14, 2023
Rural hospitals worry as lawmakers move to lower costs for patients
Indiana lawmakers have seized on high health care costs as a priority problem to tackle this legislative session, but rural hospitals with thin profit margins are worried — and want more help from the state.
Read MoreJanuary 4, 2023
When rural hospitals close, access to critical care is put in jeopardy
In many rural towns, local hospitals are community fixtures. When they close, the entire community feels the ripple effects.
Read MoreAugust 12, 2021
Indiana EMS Faces Shortages As Demand For Services Increases
Transferring a critically ill patients is becoming increasingly difficult, according to hospital leaders, government officials and industry advocates. Patients are spending hours — or sometimes days — in rural hospital emergency rooms waiting for an ambulance.
Read MoreApril 7, 2020
Rural Hospitals Face Additional Challenges In Fight Against Coronavirus
Cities are getting hit the hardest by the coronavirus right now. In Indiana, nearly half of the confirmed cases are in Marion County, but with the expected surge still weeks away, rural communities face additional challenges.
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2020
As 2020 Begins, Another Rural Hospital Closes
In Missouri, six rural hospitals closed in the last five years. It's part of a group of states that have seen higher rates of closures -- states that haven't expanded Medicaid.
Read MoreOctober 11, 2019
How One Wisconsin Hospital Was Saved Amid Rural Health Crisis
To survive, Wisconsin's rural hospitals are consolidating, getting creative about doctor recruitment and tapping new segments of the medical market.
Read MoreOctober 11, 2019
Seeking A Cure: The Quest To Save Rural Hospitals
This five-part series examines the financial problems faced by rural hospitals across the U.S. More than 110 have closed in less than a decade, and the trend accelerated last year. Others have cut services such as maternity wards to survive.
Read MoreOctober 10, 2019
Immersion Program Seeks Next Generation Of Rural Doctors
To help address a shortage of medical professionals, a University of Missouri program immerses future doctors, pharmacists, nurses and other health workers in small-towns.
Read MoreOctober 9, 2019
How This Rural Hospital Operates In The Red And Stays Open
The Big Fork, Minnesota municipal hospital is a chronic money-loser. But without it, local leaders fear the community's health would suffer and employers would melt away.
Read MoreOctober 8, 2019
Why Rural Hospitals Keep Closing Maternity Wards
To avoid closing, some hospitals have cut services, including labor and delivery units. That's had a big impact on small Iowa communities.
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