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

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.

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...