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HHS supports community health centers with $728M boost
Nearly 400 community health centers will be getting a $728 million boost to build, renovate and improve operations, expected to serve 1.3 million patients, the U.S. Department of Health & Human
UVA to expand burgeoning telehealth program
University of Virginia just won a $1 million federal grant to create the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center. The goal: To expand telehealth capabilities and expertise among rural and urban
Telehealth's role expanding in disaster, ER relief efforts
We reported a few weeks ago on telehealth finding new utility in healthcare, completely apart from the usual physician-to-patient video-conference. Nearly two months later, telehealth's evolution
Rural hospitals partner with larger systems to survive
State budget cuts are expected to hit rural hospitals especially hard, as they already struggle with limited financial and workforce resources. To continue serving their oftentimes isolated
VA to start record exchange focusing on rural areas
In July, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will begin a new initiative to exchange veterans' health records between one of its medical centers and private healthcare providers in rural
New mom/baby app born from Imagine Cup
Yet another app is emerging as a possible real-world competitor, and the Imagine Cup hasn't even held its final contest yet. The latest app to catch the industry's eye: momEcare, created by Shawn
Rural health aid gets a $9.2M boost from HRSA
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources awarded the Georgia Health Policy Center with three contracts worth more than $9.2 million to provide healthcare access to rural regions of the
ONC aims funding to boost EHR use by critical access, rural hospitals
An additional $12 million in new technical support assistance is being provided by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT to help critical access hospitals (CAHs) and rural
HHS sets aside $32 million to boost rural health efforts
Whether you're measuring quality of trauma care or efficiency of teleheath networks, rural areas in the U.S. continually seem to lag behind the rest of the nation. That's one of the main reasons why
Case study: Medical group brings free annual care to rural U.S.
In some hard-to-reach parts of rural America, patients may have no access to medical care at all. However, non-profit group Remote Area Medical hopes to give such consumers at least a once-a-year
