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Category: Rural Hospitals

Coronavirus, Hospitals, Public Health, Rural Hospitals

Inslee extends COVID-19 lockdown tothrough Jan. 4 in Washington state

December 8, 2020

The hospitalization projections are scary. We’re already at 80% ICU capacity in Washington. Unless this turns around, our system will be overrun.

Coronavirus, Emergency Medicine, Rural Health, Rural Hospitals

What Happened When the Only ER Doctor in a Rural Town Got COVID

December 4, 2020

Papenfus is the lone full-time ER doctor in the town of 900, not far from the Kansas line. ““I’m chief of staff and medical director of everything,” he says.

Coronavirus, Healthcare Providers, Rural Health, Rural Hospitals

Rural hospitals are under siege from COVID-19 . . . here’s what doctors are facing, in their own words

November 20, 2020

In many communities, the goodwill seen early in the pandemic has given way to COVID fatigue and anger, making it hard to implement public health measures

Biotechnology, Coronavirus, Rural Health, Rural Hospitals, Vaccines

Rural hospitals can’t afford ultra-cold freezers to store the leading Covid-19 vaccine

November 11, 2020

The vaccine has to be stored at -70 degrees Celsius. Typical freezers don’t get that cold, making distribution of this vaccine a logistical nightmare.

Coronavirus, Rural Health, Rural Hospitals

COVID-19 Patients Swamp Rural Hospitals

October 20, 2020

The nation’s pandemic hotspots have shifted to rural communities, overwhelming small hospitals that are running out of beds or lack enough intensive care units.

Coronavirus, Hospitals, Rural Health, Rural Hospitals

Prognosis for Rural Hospitals Worsens With Pandemic

August 26, 2020

As COVID-19 spreads, a growing number of rural communities find themselves without their hospital or on the brink of losing already cash-strapped facilities.

Coronavirus, Rural Health, Rural Hospitals

Rural Hospitals Hang on as Pandemic Reaches Smaller Communities

July 22, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic battered large, metropolitan areas this spring, rural hospitals prepared to be next on the frontlines.

Coronavirus, Rural Health, Rural Hospitals

Rural America is more vulnerable to COVID-19 than cities are, and it’s starting to show

June 24, 2020

When you look at the factors that make a population more susceptible to the coronavirus, rural communities are at higher risk than major cities.

Coronavirus, Minorities, Rural Health, Rural Hospitals

The South May See the Largest Share of Coronavirus Misery

April 13, 2020

Hotspots are being detected throughout the South, and the virus is seeping into rural communities where hospitals are ill-prepared to meet the challenge.

Coronavirus, Rural Health, Rural Hospitals

‘When It Starts Getting Into Your Local Hospital, It Becomes Real’

April 8, 2020

St. James Parish, La. is the hardest-hit counties nationwide for COVID-19 cases per capita, placing its small rural hospital on the pandemic’s front lines.

Coronavirus, Rural Health, Rural Hospitals

Pockets of Rural America Are Less Vulnerable to COVID-19’s Economic Fallout — For Now

April 7, 2020

Small and isolated rural areas that lagged during the economic boom may fare better, relatively speaking, in the aftermath of the pandemic.

Coronavirus, Rural Health, Rural Hospitals

Coronavirus Threatens The Lives Of Rural Hospitals Already Stretched To Breaking Point

March 21, 2020

Rural hospitals may not be able to keep their doors open as the coronavirus pandemic saps their cash, their CEOs warn, just as communities most need them.

Coronavirus, Hospitals, Rural Hospitals, Seniors

Millions Of Older Americans Live In Counties With No ICU Beds As Pandemic Intensifies

March 20, 2020

Fifteen counties in Washington state have no ICU beds. Four have no hospitals at all.

Coronavirus, Rural Health, Rural Hospitals

Coronavirus Threatens Strained Rural Health Care System

March 17, 2020

Rural areas face numerous challenges as they encounter a coronavirus: fewer hospitals, longer distances to care and a higher proportion of vulnerable people

Hospitals, Medicaid, Rural Hospitals

Medical Groups Slam Trump Medicaid Rule

February 28, 2020

Rule would slash funding putting hospitals in peril of closing, particularly rural hospitals that already are shuttering at unprecedented rates, opponents say.

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