by Beth Blevins In his first week as director of the Utah Office of Primary Care and Rural Health, Matt McCullough faced a potential crisis: a Rural Health Clinic (RHC) in the southeastern part of the state was in danger of losing federal certification. Fortunately,...
by Beth Blevins A Minnesota program is aiming to tap the unused potential of international medical graduates who live in the state but can’t practice there. The , housed in the Minnesota Department of Health’s Office of Rural Health and Primary Care (ORHPC), evolved...
By: Beth Blevins Rural EMS organizations in Wisconsin are learning to work together and rally for their needs, as evidenced by the recent EMS Day at the Capitol. The event grew out of an effort begun in 2015 by the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health (WI-ORH) to assess...
By: Beth Blevins Although most folks don’t think of New Jersey as “rural,” the New Jersey Office of Primary Care and Rural Health (NJ SORH) is working hard to reach out to the more than 700,000 residents who live in what the state defines as its non-metro areas. As...
By: Beth Blevins Bringing people together to learn from one another is the goal of collaboration—a goal that’s being achieved in Rural Health Summits held across Vermont. At the request of the Vermont State Office of Rural Health and Primary Care (VT SORH/PC), leaders...