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

The University of Florida’s new HealthScreen program will use mobile health vehicles to send community health workers and ...

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 ...

According to the CDC, the all-cause mortality rate in 2014 in urban areas was 704.3 per 100,000 population, compared with 830.5 per 100,000 in rural areas, which comprise approximately 15% of the ...

Medicaid and coverage gaps. One issue Florida health care faces is that of coverage gaps. ... who is also the board chair for the Alachua County Organization for Rural Needs dental clinic, ...

Organizations should step up and improve rural health by offering new, innovative ways to improve access to the care that rural residents so desperately need. During Rural Health Month, it’s a ...

Rural schools in Florida to receive money to ... telehealth services,” said Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Mary Mayhew. “Technology can bridge gaps and provide ...

The Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences received a $1.39 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration in 2017 to provide nursing students in the master’s ...