June 27, 2024
Rural Health Research on Rural Hospital Profitability from 2018 to 2023
Profitability of rural hospitals in 2020-21 and 2021-22 was influenced by the Public Health Emergency (PHE) funding distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Three briefs from the North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis center examine hospital profitability from 2018 to 2023, taking PHE funding into account.
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June 24, 2024
Rural Health Research: Understanding the Rise of Ransomware Attacks on Rural Hospitals
Among the key findings in this brief from the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center:
Eighty-four percent of ransomware attacks on rural hospitals resulted in operational disruptions. Common disruptions included electronic system downtime (81%), delays or cancellations in scheduled care (42%), and ambulance diversion (33%). Operational disruptions were similar in rural and urban hospital settings.
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May 24, 2024
Webinar: Why Housing is a Rural Social Driver of Health – May 29
Rural Health Research Gateway is hosting a webinar at noon CDT May 29 on understanding housing as a social driver of health for rural residents, including research on rural/urban differences in housing cost burden and quality.
Presenters will share recent research findings on rural/urban differences in housing cost burden and quality of housing stock.
The webinar will also include results from a series of key informant interviews on challenges and opportunities to support housing and improve health for rural residents.
After attending, participants will:
Cost: Free
When: Wednesday, May 29, 12:00 p.m. CT
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May 20, 2024
Webinar: Understanding Housing as a Social Driver of Health for Rural Residents – Wednesday, May 29, 1:00 p.m. ET
During this one-hour webinar, presenters will share recent research findings on rural/urban differences in housing cost burden and quality of housing stock.
This webinar will also include results from a series of key informant interviews on challenges and opportunities to support housing and improve health for rural residents.
After attending, participants will be able to describe differences between rural and urban residents in basic housing access and quality measures.
Attendees will also be able to identify opportunities to improve housing as a social driver of health through policy and programming.
Registration is free and required. Attendance of the live webinar is limited to 500 persons. If you are unable to attend, you will be able to access the recording.
Cost: Free
When: Wednesday, May 29, 1:00 p.m. ET
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April 25, 2024
Rural Health Research Gateway – Research Recap: LGBTQ+ Health: Rural vs Urban Inequities
From 2019-2020, rural lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults were more likely to report poor/fair self-rated health than rural heterosexual adults.
This Recap summarizes several policy briefs from the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center examining self-rated health, chronic conditions, mental health, and social and emotional support systems for LGBTQ+ populations.
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February 2, 2024
Rural Health Research – A Comparison of 2017 – 2019 Uncompensated Care of Rural and Urban Hospitals by Net Patient Revenue, System Affiliation and Ownership
Researchers at the North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center use 2017 – 2019 Medicare Cost Report data to study the association of uncompensated care with:
June 15, 2023
Ambulance Deserts: Geographic Disparities in the Provision of Ambulance Services
Access to timely ambulance service is an essential part of the emergency medical system. Yet ambulance access varies widely with significant gaps across the country. During this webinar, Dr. Yvonne Jonk, from the Maine Rural Health Research Center, will present key findings from a new chartbook that analyzes 41 states in 2021-2022 and identifies places and people that are more than 25 minutes from an ambulance station, also called an ambulance desert (AD). The chartbook presents data on ADs by state and county. Included are maps of AD locations and healthcare facility locations for every state with available data. Given that nine states lacked data on ambulance locations, the number of people living in ADs in the U.S. is likely higher than what was reported here.
Date: Monday, June 26, 2023
Time: 10:00 am Pacific, 11:00 am Mountain, 12:00 pm Central, 1:00 pm Eastern
Duration: approximately 60 minutes
Registration is free and required. Attendance of the live webinar is limited to 500 persons. If you are unable to attend, you will be able to access the recording, archived on the Gateway website.
