Rural health care crisis: Can telemedicine close the gap?
Between 2005 and the present, 195 rural hospitals have closed, with a 50-hospital net reduction occurring just between 2017 and 2023. These closures, compounded by significantly worse measures of social determinants of health (SDOH), high prevalence of Medicaid or Medicare patients, and longer commute times, have created a crisis of access for rural Americans.
The disproportionate impact on rural residents
Compared to their urban and suburban counterparts, …
Rural health care crisis: Can telemedicine close the gap?
