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Rural hospitals in Washington state are shaking things up as they face an increasingly difficult financial environment Source: Pinched for Resources

DAYTON — Senior centers around the country are grappling with stagnant or slipping attendance, but staff and volunteers at the Columbia County Senior Center are…

DAYTON — Shane McGuire is CEO of Columbia County Health System, which serves residents here and in Waitsburg, but he’s also an ambassador for rural…

It’s unlikely that the state of Washington intended to put its skilled nursing facilities on the brink of disaster when it overhauled its Medicaid system…

Talk to almost any primary care physician these days and what you’ll hear should frighten you. Many PCPs are actively looking for ways to get…

National Rural Health Association: The Problem: Rural hospitals are closing where patient populations are most vulnerable; rural patients and rural economies suffer. NRHA: Click to Read More

KING 5’s Amity Addrisi reports. Source: Telepsychiatry brings help to rural areas

As financial pressures have forced scores of small-town nursing homes to shut down, their residents often must relocate far from their families to find care.…

Rural medical facilities such as those in Walla Walla and Columbia counties face a number of challenges, one of which is a critical shortage of…