As rural hospitals across the U.S. continue to grapple with financial strain, staffing shortages and service closures, ...

When Ted Matthews came out of retirement in early 2023 to retake the helm of the rural Texas hospital where he’d started his health care career, it was something of a rescue mission. They were ...

Copper Basin’s story is one playing out in rural communities across the nation. It highlights the challenges independent community hospitals face in an industry where giant health systems only ...

Just 2% of medical residency training occurs in rural areas, according to the Health Resources & Services Administration of HHS, even though about 20% of the U.S. population lives there.

How many people are really going to drive to a health facility to do telemedicine?” Providers in rural and underserved areas have come to rely on telehealth to expand access to neurology ...

If private insurers and public insurance programs don’t improve payments to hospitals, a wave of rural hospital closures are imminent, according to a new report from the Centers for Quality ...

But the lifeline that the 25-bed critical-access hospital offered to Williams and Lopez could disappear in Hondo and other communities like it. Rural hospitals across the United States fear ...

Responding to them in rural areas already presents unique challenges: weather, terrain, and available resources. Take away an area’s sole hospital and the ripple effects of a lack of care will ...