Nurse practitioners play key role in opioid addiction treatment in very rural areas
Giving nurse practitioners the authority to prescribe buprenorphine has brought that gold standard treatment for opioid addiction to people who
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‘Weekend Effect’ Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21, 2020 — Stroke patients have a higher risk of death if they’re admitted to a rural hospital
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Seven dead, dozens infected after ‘superspreader’ wedding in rural US
A wedding in rural Maine became a coronavirus “superspreader” event that left seven people dead and 177 infected, renewing fear
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Health disparities in rural US: Higher coronary artery disease death in women under 65 and people with heart failure
Women who live in rural areas are dying of coronary artery disease prematurely, and living in a rural area is
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COVID-19 response plan addresses unique challenges for rural hospitals and health systems
Major metropolitan areas such as New York, Seattle, and Detroit have dominated news of the COVID-19 outbreak, but rural hospitals
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Gaps remain in rural opioid crisis research
Rural areas have been hit hard by the opioid crisis, but few studies have been done to understand how to
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