rural hospitals

With COVID-19 Vaccine Hopes High, Obstacles Remain For Rural Areas

By • Nov 12, 2020
A syringe needle filling with a vaccine
Weyo / Adobe Stock

The news of a promising COVID-19 vaccine from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and the German company BioNTech is generating optimism this week.

But in the Mountain West, there will be significant challenges in storing and distributing this type of vaccine in rural areas.

COVID-19 Tests Hospitals' Financial Fragility – And New Ways Of Delivering Health Care

By • May 15, 2020
Exterior of the William Bee Ririe Medical Clinic building.
Noah Glick

The United States is seeing its highest unemployment levels since the Great Depression. And nurses, doctors and other health care workers are not immune to pay cuts and furloughs.

Rural Hospital Closures Extend Ambulance Transportation Times, Study Finds

By • Feb 27, 2020

Rural hospital closures are becoming more common, and that’s leading to longer response times for ambulances to reach the scene of an emergency, according to a recent study.