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The state health department has created a set of guidelines aimed to better serve people living in rural communities.
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“Ghost town” is a phrase that’s been used to describe medical facilities in both urban and rural Pennsylvania.In March the state ordered health systems to…
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While U.S. cities may be seeing the initial wave of COVID-19 cases, the novel coronavirus is expected to spread to nearly every community in the…
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On today's program: Efforts to crack down on sexual harassment in state government have stalled; a local incubator is supporting Hispanic businesses;…
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The door to the emergency room at the Ellwood City Medical Center is locked. A sign states that the hospital is temporarily closed “until further notice.…
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A new fiscal model aimed at keeping rural hospitals solvent is expanding in Pennsylvania, though this global budgeting strategy doesn’t always prevent…
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Telemedicine has the potential to connect people in rural communities to health care providers who might otherwise take hours to reach by car. But a new…
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A new University of Pittsburgh study asks whether a revenue model set to be introduced in six rural Pennsylvania hospitals next year can both reduce…
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Two dental clinics in northern Pennsylvania have reduced hours due to the instability of federal funding.Keystone Rural Health Consortia operates the…
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Courtney Bittner is mom to 3-year-old Bentley, and 3-week-old Nash.She was ecstatic about her first pregnancy, and immediately went to Somerset OB/GYN…