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Rural Hospitals Are Failing Due To Infrastructure Gaps & Smaller Margins, Not Care Quality

The following is a guest article by John Tonthat, CRO at Cellhub The Survival of Rural Healthcare Will Depend on Network Resilience and Remote Care, Cost-Effectively Delivered Rura...

Beyond the City Limits: Why Flexible Medical Roles Are a Lifeline for Rural Communities

Drive an hour past any major city and the world changes fast. Gas stations get fewer. Cell service gets spotty. And hospitals, the ones that still exist, often run on a skeleton cr...

Bridging Health Gaps: Why Rural Communities Need PAs

Access to healthcare continues to be a challenge for many people who live in rural communities. Long travel distances, provider shortages, and limited healthcare facilities can mak...

Industry Voices—The new model for rural healthcare is already taking shape

Community health plans are uniquely positioned to bring together technology and community partnerships to address local rural care needs, writes Tom Doran, president of Highmark He...

Medical Schools Work to Address Shortage of Specialists in Rural Healthcare

WebMD Ignite, partners launch new rural health network amid $50B federal investment

WebMD Ignite, a Johns Hopkins initiative and CCS Health, a care coordination software company, have launched a new initiative to improve rural healthcare by connecting existing res...

Rural America's healthcare crisis: The 10 most vulnerable states

  In Texas, fifty rural hospitals are at risk of closure. That is more than any other state in the country. Behind Texas, in descending order: Kansas (44), Tennessee (27), Georgia...

For Millions in Rural America, Medicine Is Still Far Away

Rural Health Transformation Program funding gives states broad flexibility and may help address longstanding access gaps. The post For Millions in Rural America, Medicine Is Still...

Mobile Healthcare Takes a Bigger Role in Rural Communities

New national toolkit highlights how mobile healthcare can expand access in rural communities. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Mobile healthcare is gaining great...

Report: Telehealth Uptake Is Lagging in Rural Areas

An Elevance Health Public Policy Institute study found rural patients used telehealth less than non-rural patients across all chronic conditions and insurance types. The post Repor...

My Wish For Better Care For Americans Living in Rural Areas

A letter to Medicaid Directors, State Leaders, and other invested collaborators who were awarded Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Grant funding. The post My Wish For Better Care F...

Lack of broadband service, funding gives rise to telehealth services in rural clinics

Clinics with better internet connections are now offering telehealth services to patients who can’t do it from their homes.

Doctors Work to Address Access to Trauma Care for Rural Residents

How Rural Background and Training Shape US Physicians’ Practice Locations

A new cross-sectional study is examining one of the most persistent questions in the US health-care system: why some physicians choose to practice in rural communities while others...

Patients Wary of Governments, Companies Pushing AI as a Rural Healthcare Solution

The $50 billion federal Rural Health Transformation Program is set to flood rural America with new AI health tools. That’s despite little evidence on whether health-related AI can...

Questions Remain on Rural Health Transformation Funds Effects on Rural Hospitals

West Virginia invests in simplifying access to rural healthcare

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) - Some West Virginia health organizations could be eligible for funding to help rural residents with their healthcare needs. According to West Virginia Gov...

Federal funding coming to Hawai‘i to strengthen rural health care

The federal investment will help train and retain more healthcare professionals, provide new ambulances in every county and modernize emergency communications.

Rural primary care company Hopscotch clinches $53M to expand beyond NC

As rural healthcare faces access challenges, Hopscotch focuses on a smooth and attentive patient experience while augmenting clinicians with technology.

Strengthen Your Mobile Healthcare Program with the RHI Hub Toolkit

The Rural Health Information Hub (RHI Hub) and the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis have created the Rural Mobile Healthcare Toolkit to help organizations start mobile h...

Earlier Lifeline for Rural Hospitals Faces Test Under ‘Big Beautiful’ Law

How telehealth is helping close the healthcare gap in rural Zimbabwe

Virtual consultations are replacing hours of travel, bringing affordable healthcare closer to rural Zimbabweans.

How telehealth is helping close the healthcare gap in rural Zimbabwe 

Nyazura, Zimbabwe – Bright fluorescent lights reflect off polished floors as Anymore Kadzunge returns for a routine ch...

Rural US Healthcare Has A Cybersecurity Problem — CMS Funding Can Help Fix the Part No One Sees

Rural hospitals need trained people, tested backups, downtime procedures, clinical continuity planning, and staff who know what to do when an alert fires. A framework won’t substit...