More than 53 million people live in rural America, but rural residents may experience healthcare challenges unlike those of their urban and suburban counterparts. Rural residents are more likely to be older patients, to be poor, and to carry a greater burden of chronic disease. At the same ...
Rural health advocates are pushing for more investments to address healthcare challenges facing regional Australia. The latest State of Australia Regions report outlined the Government has recognised major health issues facing rural areas and the need for a placed based investment. Rural reporter Georgia...
Healthcare disparities have the potential to negatively impact rural Americans much more than urban Americans. No doubt, rural healthcare currently is facing many challenges, such as lack of bed availability – even as COVID-19 decreases. Dr. Richard Watson is co-founder of Motient, a health ...
inadequate skill mixes, and uneven geographical distribution of the health workforce pose formidable challenges in achieving universal healthcare coverage, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) [1]. In Chad – a country which, despite petroleum exportations, remains very poor,...
An effective healthcare system has a critical role in the prevention and control of the chronic disease epidemic that is currently raging out of control. This chapter will review the major challenges that the rural Chinese health care system is currently facing and that it will face in the ...
3 Rural women's isolation, lack of transportation, and confidentiality concerns, as well as the lack of culturally competent educational materials and staff to meet the needs of immigrant women, pose challenges to quality reproductive health care in rural settings. Rural locales are also challenged ...
At times, they feel overwhelmed, stressed, undervalued and experience difficulty in maintaining diverse responsibilities within the role, such as health promotion and anticipatory care. This study aimed to examine the benefits and challenges community nurses experience when working in rural and remote ...
Many of the health care challenges facing the United States, including lack of utilization of preventive care, socioeconomic factors that affect access to and ability to afford health care, and the shortage of primary care clinicians, are affecting resid
He returned as a medical student — and founded Last Mile Health. Photo: Courtesy of Last Mile Healt... The challenges of bringing health care to everyone, everywhere Physicians Raj Panjabi and Seth Berkley are on a mission to ensure that every person in the world has access to decent ...
ROSEMONT, Ill.,Nov. 21, 2024/PRNewswire/ -- As often the sole provider of anesthesia care to rural communities, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) understand the unique challenges rur...