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  • Cleveland Rape Crisis Center responds to need with new office in Shaker Square

    October 10, 2019 |

    FreshWater Cleveland |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    The Cleveland Rape Crisis Center spent months deeply listening to their community before opening a new location in Shaker Square. The new location was decided upon as a direct response to the stated needs of the African-American community, who often face unique challenges in reporting and being treated for sexual assault. The center is funded by Ohio’s Victims of Crime Act program, and besides offering standard sexual assault services like counseling and case management, it also does community outreach beyond sexual violence.

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  • In France, Elder Care Comes with the Mail

    October 09, 2019 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: France, Revin

    Mail carriers in France are stepping in to provide health checks to the vulnerable and elderly as part of a program known as Veiller Sur Mes Parents – or “Watch Over My Parents.” Not only does this service help create connections between community members and provide reassurance to family members, but it also acts as an additional stream of revenue for La Poste by expanding the postal work job description to include "picking up prescriptions, returning library books, and delivering flowers."

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  • China Is Winning Some Health-Care Battles — And Losing Others

    October 05, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: China

    China has faced a multitude of issues when it comes to providing sufficient health care, but thanks governmental funding and an increased focus on maternal and child health, the country has seen a positive impact. Although not without room to improve in other sectors, so far, China has noted a significant decline in infectious diseases and an increase in those carrying health insurance.

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  • Free the Paramedics!

    October 04, 2019 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Worth, Texas

    Community paramedicine programs have been in existence for years but are just recently gaining popularity as a means of letting paramedics act less like crisis managers and more like health counselors. Initially designed to "decrease emergency department utilization, save health care dollars and improve patient outcomes," the program flags frequent 911 callers and prompts a conversation between the paramedic and patient about joining the mobile healthcare program.

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  • These LA Doctors Do House Calls At Homeless Encampments

    October 03, 2019 |

    LAist |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles and other California cities are expanding their "street care" efforts by sending medical professionals into homeless encampments to include houseless individuals in the state health care system. Doctors supply much-needed medications and physicals to help reduce the number of people in and out of emergency care.

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  • Community works to improve health care for farmworkers in rural Arizona

    October 02, 2019 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Wilcox, Arizona

    Health care can be hard to access for those in rural communities, so for one Arizona community, the Southeast Arizona Area Health Education Center partnered with the University of Arizona to bring health education to those that needed it. Focusing specifically on education addressing potential health concerns specific to this mostly farmworker community, the community center also "trains some locals as health promoters, or 'promotoras de salud,' to work as health educators and advocates."

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  • Iowa rural hospitals make tough choices to stay lean, provide needed care

    October 01, 2019 |

    IowaWatch |

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    Response Location: United States, Iowa Falls, Iowa

    Rural hospitals throughout the midwest are struggling to stay open, but in Iowa, small successes have been found through partnerships and resourcefulness. From converting the OB-GYN department to an department that provides mental health help to senior citizens to leasing space to larger hospitals for specialty practices, rural hospitals are finding creative ways to keep their doors open.

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  • Seeking a Cure: ‘Take care of the customer and the customer will take care of you'

    September 30, 2019 |

    Iowa Falls Times Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Iowa Falls, Iowa

    Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls is one of the rare rural hospitals that has defied the odds and remained open, thanks in part to creative collaborations and the CEO's entrepreneurial attitude. From converting its obstetrics department into an outpatient mental health program for senior citizens in order to better match the demographics of the city to implementing a profit-sharing model with a local coffee shop, the hospital is doing what it can to remain open while also supporting the health of the community.

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  • As Iowa's rural hospitals grapple with challenges, larger health systems offer avenue for specialty care

    September 30, 2019 |

    The Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States, Iowa

    After learning that 17 of Iowa's rural hospitals were facing closures due to a lack of finances, so these smaller hospitals partnered with larger ones in order to focus on specialized care. Although challenges still remain on the horizon, these mergers have provided a solution that allows community members better access to care and the ability to remain in the areas they want to live.

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  • Seeking a Cure: The Quest to Save Rural Hospitals

    September 30, 2019 |

    IowaWatch |

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    Response Location: United States, Rock Rapids, Iowa

    Keeping hospitals open and operating in rural Iowa isn't an easy task, but short-term proposals, pilots, and demonstration projects are all helping to explore the possibilities. One particular example that is showing promise is the Avera Merrill Pioneer Health Campus which was "bankrolled through a combination of community donations, hospital association funding and a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture."

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