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Focus on Rural Health

Focus on Rural Health features stories about rural health leaders and people working in rural North Dakota healthcare organizations.

Saving Lives

December 14, 2018

Peer support specialists are trained to use their experiences in recovery to help others.
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Connect and Engage

August 16, 2018

Critical Access Hospitals in North Dakota are using telehealth and technology to connect and reconnect to meet the needs of their rural patients.
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Project ECHO: Changing North Dakota Fast

June 18, 2018

Project ECHO is using video technology to address the opioid epidemic by connecting specialists at academic or specialty health center "hub sites" with community-based primary care teams.
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A Medical Journalist Insider

May 14, 2018

Dr. Kay Miller Temple is a medical writer for Rural Health Information Hub. She is also a physician with over 30 years of experience. That, coupled with her rural upbringing, helps her research and write articles with a unique perspective on complex rural health issues.
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Unmasking Brain Injury

April 2, 2018

The results of brain injuries often can't be seen. Survivors, however, are finding their voices through the Unmasking Brain Injury project launched by the North Dakota Brain Injury Network.
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