Those in rural areas face some distinctive health issues, including shortages of health professionals and services. Rural Kansans often must travel long distances for care and they tend to be older, poorer and less healthy than people in cities and suburbs. KHI researchers and journalists track the challenges facing rural residents, highlight solutions, and provide that information to policymakers and the public.
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The Hamilton County commission has been presented a proposal to issue $3 million in no-fund warrants to support the hospital in this far western Kansas community. Administrators have said without the bond, the hospital would run out of money as early as June. Hospital officials will make the case to the community for approving the funds at a meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday at the Syracuse High School gymnasium.
0 | May. 07, 2009 |
The health care difficulties that rural areas face are unique from their urban counterparts. On top of limited staff sizes and finances, rural areas face the additional burden of long distances between health care providers and their constituents. This document describes how rural areas fared in the 2009 Kansas County Health Rankings.
0 | Aug. 27, 2008 |
More than 15 percent of the patients served by a free dental clinic early this year reported they have never been to a dentist.
0 | Nov. 24, 2007 |
The story is familiar, but it has a twist: Immigrants from Mexico move to southwest Kansas seeking work at farms, feedlots or meat processing plants. Public health workers in the region respond with literature and services in Spanish to meet the needs of the immigrants.
0 | Mar. 02, 2006 |
March, 2006 - Roughly one-half of all local public health departments in the United States are both small and rural. Sixty percent of local health departments that responded to a survey in 2000 said they were located in a non-metropolitan area, the designation for “rural” developed by the Office of Management and Budget and used for policy purposes by agencies such as the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Forty-eight percent of local public health departments were categorized as “rural” in 2002 using a more refined definition, Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes. One-half of local health departments responding to the 2000 survey served populations of fewer than 25,000 people, and 69 percent served populations of fewer than 50,000 people.
0 | Jun. 01, 2004 |
Kansas Mission of Mercy (KMOM), a free dental clinic sponsored by the Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation, served more than 2,000 patients on the campus of Pittsburg State University from April 30 through May 2, 2004. This report analyzes data from an exit survey given to participants of the clinic.
0 | May. 15, 2013 |
The Hamilton County commission has been presented a proposal to issue $3 million in no-fund warrants to support the hospital in this far western Kansas community. Administrators have said without the bond, the hospital would run out of money as early as June. Hospital officials will make the case to the community for approving the funds at a meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday at the Syracuse High School gymnasium.
0 | May. 08, 2013 |
Gov. Brownback has been criss-crossing the state touting his plan to provide level funding for universities in Kansas next year. The final stop on the governor’s tour was Tuesday at the University of Kansas School of Medicine’s Salina campus.
0 | Mar. 01, 2013 |
A two-day conference on improving health care outcomes in rural communities will be held in Wichita by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, a quasi-governmental organization established by the health reform law.
0 | Feb. 25, 2013 |
Rural hospitals could provide critical help in addressing the physician shortfall in the state, according to Dr. Douglas Girod, the new executive vice chancellor of the University of Kansas Medical Center. KU Med is also trying to train more physicians by proposing to build a $75 million medical education building on the Kansas City, Kan., campus.
0 | Jan. 24, 2013 |
The Kansas Association of Local Health Departments surveyed its 99 members Wednesday, asking which had depleted or nearly depleted their supply of flu vaccine. Among the 43 that replied: 21 are completely out, 17 are "low on supply," and five were able to restock after running out once or more.
0 | May. 23, 2013 |
Following a heated exchange between two network chief executives, the board regulating digital health record exchange in Kansas voted yesterday to prohibit the networks from charging each other connectivity fees until at least 2015.
0 | Mar. 19, 2013 |
The Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee agreed to amend a House-passed bill that would create a joint legislative committee for overseeing KanCare and the state's efforts to develop alternatives to institutional care.
1 | May. 20, 2013 |
Every day a small army of Kansans — officials estimate there are about 16,000 of them — are at work helping some of the state’s neediest cope with the demands of daily life so that they can remain in their own homes rather than nursing homes or state institutions.
0 | May. 16, 2013 |
For many generations, Kansans were governed by experienced, educated and thoughtful people who realized the great difference that government had made in their lives. The people elected to office had known lives before a time of new and noble purpose. They had come through a civil war, a panic, a great depression and two world wars. They saw the need for a government. It could not go away.
2 | May. 18, 2013 |
Over the five decades leading to a new millennium, state government in Kansas had assumed a rhythm of reform and advancement. Today it thrums with the drone of demolition.
0 | Oct. 17, 2012 |
Members of the governance committee for the Kansas Board of Regents agreed the full board should hear the pros and cons of a proposal to train mid-level dental practitioners. Regents' officials said the discussion likely would happen before the Legislature convenes in January.
5 | Nov. 01, 2010 |
Proponents say e-cigarettes deliver only nicotine with none of the hazardous chemicals of traditional cigarettes. The smoke-like vapor emitted is virtually odorless and harmless, they say. But opponents say little is known of e-cigarettes' health effects and until they've been rigorously studied, they should be banned - at least from public spaces.
2 | May. 18, 2013 |
Over the five decades leading to a new millennium, state government in Kansas had assumed a rhythm of reform and advancement. Today it thrums with the drone of demolition.
1 | May. 20, 2013 |
Every day a small army of Kansans — officials estimate there are about 16,000 of them — are at work helping some of the state’s neediest cope with the demands of daily life so that they can remain in their own homes rather than nursing homes or state institutions.
5 | Oct. 23, 2012 |
The Kansas Health Institute recently completed its first health impact assessment, which examined the potential health effects associated with casino development in Southeast Kansas. This new report features findings of the health impact assessment and outlines recommendations to maximize the positive health benefits of a proposed casino and mitigate its potential negative effects on health.
2 | Apr. 22, 2013 |
Gov. Sam Brownback signed into law a bill requiring the University of Kansas Medical Center to create a center for conducting non-embryonic stem cell research.
1 | May. 01, 2013 |
Larned State Hospital has fired its nursing director, but state officials would not comment on why, according to a report published by the Garden City Telegram. The hospital — one of two state-run inpatient facilities for mentally ill adults — has struggled with staffing issues in recent years.
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