rural health

Research shows people are more likely to die younger in rural communities compared to cities, and the disparity has grown over the last three decades.

Health

Can a $50 billion rural health program make up for massive federal cuts to health care?

Lizzy McGrevy

A new federal project called the Rural Health Transformation Program was designed to address health deserts in rural communities. What is it, and what impact could it have in Indiana?

Health

$50B rural health 'slush fund' faces questions, skepticism

Lawmakers added a $50 billion program for rural health to President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending package with promises it would help plug the hole left by Medicaid cuts. Rural hospital and clinic leaders worry the infusion won’t reach the right places.

Southern Henry Ambulance Service’s vehicle and barn in Knightstown.

Health

Rural communities finding solutions to EMS coverage issues

Indiana Capital Chronicle

Time is tissue in the first responder community, and in rural areas across Indiana, they could be losing too much tissue for EMS responses.

A new report has found the majority of rural hospitals nationwide no longer have obstetrical care.

Health

Report finds more 42% of Indiana's rural hospitals no longer deliver babies

Natalie Krebs

The report by the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform found a growing number of rural hospitals no longer deliver babies.

Dr. Emily Hill checks on her patient Karinne Tudor, who is in labor with her second child at Iowa Specialty Hospital in Clarion, Iowa.

Health

As more rural hospitals stop delivering babies, some are determined to make it work

Natalie Krebs

At a time when many rural hospitals continue to make the tough choice to shutter their obstetrics units and stop delivering babies, some have found ways to make their units survive and, sometimes, even thrive.