Rural Areas news from FierceHealthcare
NewsHouse passes foreign nurse bill to serve shortage areas
In a move to help hospitals in inner-city neighborhoods and rural areas attract nurses, the House of Representatives approved a bill, H.R. 1933, that would extend the entry of foreign nurses in areas Read more...
Report: Serious health access problems for rural Americans
A new report from the office of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius suggests that people living in rural areas face particularly difficult challenges in accessing healthcare, including higher rates of Read more...
Senate may add 5 percent bonus to Medicare for primary care MDs
After years of talk about the growing shortage of primary care doctors, the Senate seems to be doing something--maybe not something huge, but something--to address the problem. As part of a package Read more...
Emergency physician shortage settling in
The current state of emergency physicians is bad enough, with the 40,000 clinically active emergency doctors far from enough to treat the growing number of patients showing up in the ED. The shortage Read more...
| Press ReleasesVA Celebrates National Rural Health DayWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Rural Health (ORH) is joining the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) and other state and Read more >> Caduceus Software Systems Corp. Looks at Taking Advantage of the $19 Billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)BIRMINGHAM, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Caduceus Software Systems Corp. (OTCBB:CSOC) – would like to inform the public that on February 17, 2009, President Obama signed ARRA into law. The Health Read more >> Telemedicine Technology Links Rural Arizona to Concussion Care at Mayo ClinicProgram aims to fill gap in patient care PHOENIX, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A pilot program at Mayo Clinic using telemedicine technology is showing promise for patients with concussions in rural Read more >> Study Indicates Small Stores Adding Healthy Foods to Their Inventories in Response to Changes in WIC Food PackageANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A study funded by Altarum Institute indicates that small stores participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Read more >> eWaveMD to Unveil a new eHealth Platform at Med-e-Tel LuxembourgTEL AVIV, Israel, April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- eWaveMD, a leading provider of software solutions for the healthcare industry, will unveil its new eHealth platform at Med-e-Tel, the official event of Read more >> |
