Jennifer Vogel
People in the small western Minnesota city of Hoffman are trying to figure out how to weather the closing of a nursing home, the biggest employer in town. Read more →
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Dave PetersA federal inspector general is recommending that most of the nation’s small, rural hospitals get more scrutiny for the extra money they receive. Minnesota seems more vulnerable than most states. Read more →
When a man with a dislocated knee came to the emergency room in the small city of Appleton, in western Minnesota, he was treated by a doctor who had never worked on this particular condition. But the doctor was able to hit a button and consult on camera with a specialist in another location. Read more →
DULUTH, Minn. — It’s harder to find allies for rural healthcare in a polarized Congress in Washington, a rural health policy official told attendees of the Minnesota Rural Health Conference here this morning. “We have lost a lot of the moderates,” said Maggie Elehwany, policy vice president of the Kansas-based National Rural Health Association. “We’ve Read more →
DULUTH, Minn. — “Stuff is going on right now and it’s getting really aggressive.” That was the message this morning to several hundred Minnesota health-care providers, hospital administrators and medical students from Eric Shell of the consulting firm Stroudwater Associates. Shell, whose firm is based in Maine, was the opening speaker at a two-day Minnesota Read more →
Public health experts and community development officials are increasingly being urged to combine efforts.
Daily Yonder’s health insurance map makes rural Minnesota look better than the rest of rural America.
A wave of hospital consolidation brings with it an air of inevitability in rural Minnesota. There can be benefits, but some worry that standardization brings loss of local control.