Having a commonplace surgery -- such as a gallbladder removal -- may be safer when done in a rural hospital compared to a suburban or city hospital, a new study finds.The Flickering Lights of the U.S. Rural Hospital
Rural hospitals continue to drop off the map, with an average of 11 hospitals closing each year since 2010. As the rural healthcare system slowly erodes, the aftermath leaves permanent gaps for local services in the small communities left behind.
Earlier this month, iVantage Health Analytics issued
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New Health Care Plan Avoids Budget Strain
Sponsors of legislation to access federal Medicaid expansion dollars to purchase private health care insurance for the working poor said Tuesday they have devised a plan that would have no impact on the state tax-supported general fund.
The proposal would require small premium contributions from most enrollees and some co-pays while...
Nebraska Leads Nation in Training Rural Healthcare Workers
