Dead Zone: Rural hospitals and patients are disconnected from modern care

Rural Hospitals and Patients Are Disconnected From Modern Care

EUTAW, Ala. — Leroy Walker arrived at the county hospital short of breath. Walker, 65 and with chronic high blood pressure, was brought in by one of rural Greene County’s two working ambulances. Nurses checked his heart activity with a portable electrocardiogram machine, took X-rays, and tucked him into Room 122 with an IV pump pushing magnesium into his arm. “I feel better,” Walker said. Then: Beep. Beep. Beep. The Greene County Health System, …

Dead Zone: Rural hospitals and patients are disconnected from modern care

Technological gaps handicap rural hospitals as billions in federal funding to modernize infrastructure lags. Reliance on dated systems is eroding care.

Rural Healthcare Disconnected from Modern Care

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