rural health care

Nationally, the CDC is seeing a widening gap in mortality rates between urban and rural communities.

The Huntsman Cancer Institute has plans to build a new facility on the land to better serve rural Utahns and Utah County’s rapidly growing population.

The money is aimed at improving access to mental health and substance abuse care in more remote parts of the state.

Especially in rural parts of Utah, it can be a challenge to train, hire and keep health care workers. During the Legislature's interim session in St. George, local leaders described how they'd like lawmakers to help.

Rural health departments need to adapt to protect their communities from the extreme heat that climate change is bringing to Utah. But many of the same challenges they face today will make it even harder in the future.

Expertos dicen que los factores sistémicos son barreras comunes para establecer y mantener programas de capacitación para médicos en las zonas rurales de Estados Unidos.

Across the nation, rural areas have a harder time finding enough EMTs to respond to 911 calls.

Many rural providers in Utah provide care through family practice providers rather than services that are more common in metropolitan hospitals.

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Hospital employees in Heber City and Park City became the first rural healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. As of this week, doses of the vaccine have now been delivered to every local health department in the state, according to the Utah Department of Health.