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RURAL HEALTH

From the editorial: "Just recognizing that Minnesota is graying, how its demographics are changing, and that unprecedented health care challenges are coming is, in itself, encouraging."
Expanding pharmacists’ role in health care promises help
The new contract agreement between SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa members and Essentia Deer River was reached Sunday.
From the column: "While (Essentia CEO) Dr. Herman speaks to the importance of equitable health outcomes, Essentia’s actions under his leadership tell a different story."

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Congressman Pete Stauber is urging federal officials to continue the facility's designation as a critical access hospital.
From the editorial: "Is it any wonder ... that Essentia, Aspirus St. Luke’s in Duluth, and our Twin Ports colleges and universities — and even our high schools and middle schools — are partnering and scrambling to attract and train health care professionals?"
From the column: "Headwaters High Value Network offers hospitals the benefits of scale without sacrificing independence."
Rural Minnesota is losing nursing home beds, with more than 10,000 beds lost since 2005. By 2024, demand is expected to increase 45%.
From the column: "The Minnesota Hospital Association released an analysis showing that rural providers were getting slammed."
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Cibolo helped create the Rough Rider network in North Dakota and the Headwaters Network in Minnesota. Both are collaborations between hospitals that want to stay independent but collaborate
The Sioux Falls-based health care system intends to combine forces with Wisconsin's Marshfield Clinic Health System.
More than $1 million in care was estimated to be provided by hundreds of volunteers.
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Since the pandemic, small health care systems have faced a crisis with staffing shortages and closures.
From the column: "Midwives save lives, and we need more of them. It is time for Minnesota to join the ranks of states offering licensure for certified midwives."

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