December 20, 2024

Feature Article: How Federal Funding Helped Build a Rural Cancer Care Network

This feature article in The Rural Monitor describes how an urban nonprofit organization collaborated with a regional health care system and a rural physician’s office to create a network that brings comprehensive cancer care to residents in rural Georgia.

The Southeastern Rural Cancer Care Network used federal funds administered by FORHP’s Community Based Division through the Rural Health Care Coordination Program.

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October 7, 2024

Building a Sustainable Rural Health Workforce for the 21^st Century: A Report of the 2024 Rural Health Workforce Summit

The U.S. is in the midst of a workforce crisis, with a critical shortage of qualified health care and related professionals. In the American College of Healthcare Executives’ 2023 survey, hospital leaders cited workforce challenges as the number one issue confronting hospitals.

These issues are especially pronounced in rural areas, where workforce shortages compound existing barriers to accessing high quality and equitable health care.

This report

• Summarizes a May 2024 summit of national rural health workforce experts to discuss strategies for increasing the supply of rural health workforce.
• Presents 3 principles related to rural, to inform 4 core strategies for building and maintaining the workforce.
  • Community culture
  • Innovation, and
  • Payment structure
    • Strategies cover workforce roles partnerships and networking, technology to improve access to care and educational pathways.

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