Hospital closures also mean longer ambulance rides for rural residents. Charlie Brunner, the fire chief in Jackson County in ...

The only hospital in the area is weighing its future at a time of deep uncertainty for rural health care. nationwide.

HealthScreen program aims to bridge health care gaps in North Central Florida’s rural communities Florida Department of Health funds UF’s HealthScreen to enhance rural health care access.

A group of roughly two dozen leaders from the Big Bend will convene early next week in Tallahassee to discuss key challenges ...

This essay is the first in a 4-part series I’m calling Rural Health Resilience—a look at the state of rural health in America ...

Congress set aside $50 billion for rural hospitals and medical providers to allay fears over the billions more in historic ...

Rural communities transform from medical research's forgotten citizens to active contributors to scientific advancement ...

The failure to expand Medicaid and the cuts to reimbursements and subsidies on the Affordable Care Act marketplace policies ...

The University of Florida has launched HealthScreen, a program that focuses on North Central Florida’s critical gap in health screening services. HealthScreen will provide free screenings to identify ...

In Florida, 91% of rural hospitals do not have OB-GYN services, the highest percentage in the country. Over the past two years, more than 50 rural hospitals have ended their labor and delivery ...

Between 2005 and 2023, nearly 150 rural U.S. hospitals either closed or stopped admitting patients. Of them, 81 shuttered completely. The Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform has found ...