McCrory, Wos Talk Reform, While Public Health Leaders Ponder Their Future
Gov. Pat McCrory and Health and Human Services Sec. Aldona Wos came to the State Health Directors’ meeting where they focused on big picture. But local public health officials are looking to insure...
View ArticleCisco Gets Serious about Lowering Health Care Costs
And they’re doing it by spending money for a new facility to provide health care for their employees. It’s part of a growing trend. By Rose Hoban How would you like to be able to walk downstairs from...
View ArticleBig Changes Coming to Medicaid
And those changes are not just driven by lawmakers in Raleigh. By Rose Hoban After a three-year debate over the future shape of Medicaid in North Carolina, lawmakers in the General Assembly passed HB...
View ArticleThe Death-Rate Divergence: Urban vs. Rural
By Shawn Poynter and Tim Marema The Daily Yonder Rural America’s above-average mortality rate ought to be getting more attention than it is, according to a former federal health official who will be...
View ArticleRural Hospitals Embrace Population Health in Quest for Relevance
Rural hospital administrators are recognizing that their foremost responsibilities lie beyond the hospital’s doors. By Taylor Sisk There are some 2,000 rural hospitals in the U.S. today, and, one...
View ArticleMcCrory, Wos Talk Reform, While Public Health Leaders Ponder Their Future
Gov. Pat McCrory and Health and Human Services Sec. Aldona Wos came to the State Health Directors’ meeting where they focused on big picture. But local public health officials are looking to insure...
View ArticleCisco Gets Serious about Lowering Health Care Costs
And they’re doing it by spending money for a new facility to provide health care for their employees. It’s part of a growing trend. By Rose Hoban How would you like to be able to walk downstairs from...
View ArticleBig Changes Coming to Medicaid
And those changes are not just driven by lawmakers in Raleigh. By Rose Hoban After a three-year debate over the future shape of Medicaid in North Carolina, lawmakers in the General Assembly passed HB...
View ArticleThe Death-Rate Divergence: Urban vs. Rural
By Shawn Poynter and Tim Marema The Daily Yonder Rural America’s above-average mortality rate ought to be getting more attention than it is, according to a former federal health official who will be...
View ArticleRural Hospitals Embrace Population Health in Quest for Relevance
Rural hospital administrators are recognizing that their foremost responsibilities lie beyond the hospital’s doors. By Taylor Sisk There are some 2,000 rural hospitals in the U.S. today, and, one...
View ArticleCone Health and Randolph Call Off Merger Talks
By Mark Tosczak Cone Health and Randolph Health announced Thursday they were ending talks to merge the two systems after 15 months of discussion. About a month ago it became apparent that Cone would...
View ArticleIn Rural Health, Location Matters
By Taylor Sisk Daily Yonder When it comes to your health, place matters. If you live in a rural county, the bottom-line truth is that you’re less apt to be healthy than if you lived in a more urban...
View ArticleNC Pregnancy, Abortion Rates Continued to Tick Down in 2016
By Rose Hoban With U.S. Senate confirmation hearings on Judge Brett Kavanaugh underway, advocates for abortion rights are expressing concern over what his confirmation might mean for access to the...
View ArticlePopulation gains and losses create two Americas, and the difference is mostly...
By Robert Cushing, The Daily Yonder, April 15, 2021 The graph compares population growth in large metro counties to small metros and nonmetro counties. Large metro counties include the core and...
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