US Pharma MarketingFor years, rural healthcare workers have quietly carried responsibilities far beyond the limits of their resources. In small hospitals scattered across communities with shrinking populations and long travel distances, physicians and nurses often function as emergency responders, care coordinators, social workers and lifelines, all at once.
Q&A: Changing the basic conditions under which rural care is delivered
Dr. Hamad Husainy says America's rural providers are doing heroic work with outdated systems, fractured communication and too little support. Meaningful transformation is possible, he says, but will require more than new technology. For years, rural healthcare workers have quietly carried responsibilities far beyond the limits of their resources. In small hospitals scattered across communities with shrinking populations and long travel distances, physicians and nurses often function as emergency responders, care coordinators, social workers and lifelines, all at once. Yet while modern healthcare increasingly depends on real-time information sharing and coordinated systems, many rural providers still work with delayed records,…
Source: Healthcare IT News