A strong workforce binds every complex network or system that supports human well-being. This is especially true in healthcare, where everyone from emergency responders to surgeons to pharmacists collaborate to protect and save lives. In rural communities, however, the healthcare workforce faces a... Read More
Hospital pharmacists play an often invisible but vital role in the healthcare system. They primarily work behind the scenes, experiencing fewer direct patient interactions than other providers. Nonetheless, they help to ensure that the right medications are promptly delivered to the right patients... Read More
Long distances. Time away from family. Gasoline. Inclement weather. Hotel rooms that don’t feel like home. Travel can be tiring for anyone. Unfortunately for rural cancer patients, travel is too often part of getting treatment. Radiation therapy demands daily treatment for five to eight weeks. And... Read More
Fallon Medical Complex’s eEmergency services ensured life-saving care in three separate pediatric trauma cases Baker, Montana, home to Fallon Medical Complex (FMC), sits in the southeastern corner of Montana, officially designated a “frontier” region by the Montana Department of Public Health and... Read More
The innovative model will act as a template for advancing mental healthcare and alleviating emergency room overcrowding throughout the rural Upper Midwest. The Billings Clinic Foundation and Dr. Eric Arzubi, Chair of the Psychiatry Department at Billings Clinic , recently developed a plan to... Read More
ELGIN, ND—Small hospitals, the centers of vital emergency care, face many challenges and typically struggle to obtain new technology on a limited budget. When emergencies arise, these hospitals are tasked with saving the lives of those who live nearby, assessing injuries, and making life-or-death... Read More
This year on National Rural Health Day , we join people from across the country to celebrate major achievements in rural health and look forward to the exciting advancements yet to come. We sat down with Trustee Walter Panzirer to explore why rural America is so close to his heart and to talk about... Read More
In honor of Healthcare Simulation Week, we are sharing stories from Simulation in Motion (SIM), a mobile education training system that brings state–of-the-art, hands-on training to prehospital and hospital personnel. Helmsley’s Rural Healthcare Program has granted over $20 million for SIM. The... Read More
Dr. Donald Warne, an Oglala Lakota from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine in 1995 as a primary care physician. “I went into primary care a little naively,” he now admits. “I thought I could have a big impact on Indian health as a... Read More