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A NorthStar Ambulance stands at the ready near a farm in Industry, Maine.

Improving Health Care Quality

Can Community Paramedicine Improve Health Outcomes in Rural America?

Publication / Mar 24, 2023

Improving Health Care Quality

Filling Behavioral Health Gaps in Rural Communities

Publication / Feb 08, 2023

pregnant mom and daughter walk barefoot in front of rural homes

Advancing Health Equity

Restoring Access to Maternity Care in Rural America

Publication / Sep 30, 2021

Empty hospital corridor in Wellington, Kansas

Achieving Universal Coverage

Stranded: Rural Hospitals in Crisis

Video / Feb 23, 2021

Improving Health Care Quality

Q&A: Preparing for Pandemic in Rural Minnesota: How One Critical Access Hospital Is Working to Transform Care Delivery

Blog / Mar 31, 2020

Improving Health Care Quality

Q&A: Response to COVID-19 Lags in Rural Communities

Blog / Mar 27, 2020

New Mexico Community Health Workers

Improving Health Care Quality

How New Mexico’s Community Health Workers Are Helping to Meet Patients’ Needs

Case Study / Feb 19, 2020

Building Partnerships to Improve Health in the Rural South: CareSouth Carolina

Improving Health Care Quality

Building Partnerships to Improve Health in the Rural South: CareSouth Carolina

Case Study / Feb 03, 2020

rural woman with new infant in field

Improving Health Care Quality

The Rural Maternity Care Crisis

Blog / Aug 15, 2019

Improving Health Care Quality

Practicing Medicine in Rural America: Listening to Primary Care Physicians

Publication / Feb 06, 2019

rural united states

Improving Health Care Quality

Strengthening Health and Health Care in Rural America

Blog / Oct 04, 2018

Maryland Global Budget Program

Controlling Health Care Costs

Changes in Hospital Utilization Three Years into Maryland’s Global Budget Program for Rural Hospitals

Journal Article / Apr 03, 2018

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