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December 18, 2008 | Journal Article
Participants of the Southern Rural Access Program (SRAP) generally perceived that the SRAP's deliberate strategies yielded synergies that added to the program's impact.
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The State of Arkansas Department of Health sought to develop the Arkansas Primary Care Access Project, in which primary care group practices would serve as "hubs" in communities with populations below 10,000.
National Program
Program to increase access to health care services in eight rural underserved states.
November 16, 2009 | Program Result Report
Nurse practitioner Tina Monlezun, RN, MSN, bought the vacant clinic building and with a loan from Louisiana's Southern Rural Health Access project, was able to open the clinic and cover costs such as personnel and equipment.
November 16, 2009 | Program Result Report
In Texas the East Texas Area Health Education Center worked with 40 organizations - hospitals, social services agencies, and faith-based ministries - to develop the East Texas Health Access Network.
November 16, 2009 | Program Result Report
In Mississippi the Mississippi Primary Health Care Association created the Mississippi Access to Rural Care program, which helped recruit and place 134 primary care providers in some of the state's most remote and impoverished areas.
November 16, 2009 | Program Result Report
The South Carolina Rural Interdisciplinary Program of Training introduced 420 students in 12 health disciplines, to rural health care for five weeks during the summer.
November 16, 2009 | Program Result Report
A registered nurse experienced in the business side of health care, Harrison spent almost two months improving the billing system. As a result of her work, the hospital's charges increased from $9 million to $11 million a year initially and eventually went up to $14 million, says Curtis, adding, "That's the bottom line."
November 16, 2009 | Program Result Report
During the enrichment program, Jackson spent half of each day in the classroom, and the other half-day at the Natchez Regional Medical Center, shadowing staff in a different department each week. After completing the program, she went on to pursue a graduate degree in biological science.
January 1, 2007 | Book
The most consistent priority of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been to expand access to medical care for underserved individuals, a disproportionate number of whom live in rural areas. The Foundation has employed a number of approaches to improve health services for people living in rural areas. In this chapter, the award-winning author and frequent Anthology contributor Digby Diehl looks at a program designed to improve access to medical care for people living in some of the nation's most underserved areas?the rural South of the United States.