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Recognition highlights ECU Health’s commitment to rural health care
Published: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025 @ 8:21 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Members of the North Carolina Rural Health Association (NCRHA) visited Washington, D.C., on Feb. 14, 2024, to meet with elected officials and advocate for policies to improve access to care in rural areas.
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 @ 12:51 am
By: ENC NOW
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New roles represent organization’s continued evolution as rural health leader
Published: Thursday, February 1st, 2024 @ 11:24 pm
By: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live fireside chat and tele-town hall Wednesday, Jan. 10, from 6 to 7 p.m., to discuss Medicaid expansion, including impacts on rural communities, who is newly eligible and ways to apply for health care coverage.
Published: Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 @ 10:01 pm
By: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Rural Health is proud to recognize the selfless, community-minded spirit of health professionals and volunteers in communities across the state during National Rural Health Day 2023.
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2023 @ 12:19 am
By: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Rural Health, in partnership with East Carolina University and North Carolina State University, has been awarded a highly competitive Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society award
Published: Sunday, October 22nd, 2023 @ 10:53 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Budget to provide critical funding for rural health care
Published: Monday, October 16th, 2023 @ 9:42 am
By: ENC NOW
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Series of roundtables will take place in rural areas where hospital closures have impacted delivery of health care
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 @ 11:38 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live fireside chat and tele-town hall on Thursday, March 23, from 6 to 7 p.m. to discuss the importance of whole person health with a focus on realities in rural communities and available resources across the state.
Published: Friday, March 24th, 2023 @ 3:33 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Rural North Carolina has some of the most beautiful scenery in America, as documented by the growing numbers of tourists.
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 9:19 am
By: Tom Campbell
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National leadership role elevates focus on rural academic health care
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 3:50 am
By: ENC NOW
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ECU dental school’s innovation transforms oral health care in rural North Carolina
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 @ 10:13 pm
By: ECU News Services
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ECU, ECU Health research focuses on improving rural health
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 10:39 pm
By: ECU News Services
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ECU health sciences prepare its graduates to lead the rural workforce
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 4:29 am
By: ECU News Services
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ECU, ECU Health highlight innovative rural health education, research and patient care
Published: Friday, November 25th, 2022 @ 8:53 am
By: ECU News Services
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Rural Health is proud to recognize the selfless, community-minded spirit of health professionals and volunteers in North Carolina communities during National Rural Health Day 2022.
Published: Sunday, November 13th, 2022 @ 12:08 am
By: ENC NOW
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ECU medical student research highlights rural adolescent physical activity, health disparities
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 @ 10:34 pm
By: ECU News Services
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ECU alumna returns to care for patients in her rural, underserved hometown
Published: Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 @ 2:54 am
By: ECU News Services
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Today, East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and Vidant Health took the first step in the final approval process in creating ECU Health with a goal of becoming a national academic model for providing rural health care.
Published: Sunday, November 28th, 2021 @ 2:27 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The healthcare industry remains a major economic driver in rural, tobacco-dependent, and economically distressed communities. The Golden LEAF Foundation supports the healthcare industry by funding projects that directly lead to the creation of new jobs and increased access to healthcare services.
Published: Friday, November 19th, 2021 @ 9:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Rural Health is proud to recognize the selfless, community-minded spirit of health professionals and volunteers in North Carolina communities during National Rural Health Day 2021.
Published: Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 @ 11:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and Vidant Health took the first step in the final approval process in creating ECU Health with a goal of becoming a national academic model for providing rural health care.
Published: Monday, November 15th, 2021 @ 1:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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ECU’s Country Doctor Museum reopens, showcases rural health care during past pandemics
Published: Wednesday, July 14th, 2021 @ 4:50 am
By: ECU News Services
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Better health outcomes for rural North Carolinians focus of annual symposium
Published: Sunday, March 7th, 2021 @ 7:00 pm
By: ECU News Services
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More than ever, rural communities in America are in need of a strong advocate to help shape the future of health care delivery by strengthening academic hospitals and health systems.
Published: Friday, November 27th, 2020 @ 8:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Each year on the third Thursday of November, NOSORH leads National Rural Health Day, an annual day of celebration that shines a light on the vital health needs of an estimated 57 million people living in rural America.
Published: Thursday, November 19th, 2020 @ 3:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Rural Health is proud to recognize the innovation, quality of care and dedication of health professionals and volunteers in communities during National Rural Health Day 2020.
Published: Monday, November 16th, 2020 @ 7:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Since September, new COVID-19 cases have been increasing faster in rural counties, according to a new report by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
Published: Friday, November 13th, 2020 @ 3:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The COVID-19 shutdowns have ravaged rural health care.
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2020 @ 3:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation today announced that Ray Riordan has joined its team as program director for the NC Rural Health Leadership Alliance (NCRHLA).
Published: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020 @ 11:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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An 87-year-old doctor set up a hotspot in a rural eastern North Carolina parking lot to treat patients who don’t have internet access and can’t do virtual visits at home.
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2020 @ 8:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Vidant Health hosted a roundtable discussion on the challenges of rural health care and the need for Medicaid expansion with North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Mandy K. Cohen
Published: Monday, January 13th, 2020 @ 3:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper announced today that the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Office of Rural Health (ORH) has awarded 23 grants for disaster preparedness to health care providers affected by Hurricane Florence.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 6:00 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Since 2006, 11 rural hospitals in North Carolina have closed — seven in the past six years, as more people move to cities and suburbs.
Published: Thursday, October 10th, 2019 @ 10:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Thanks to new grant funding, graduates from several ECU College of Nursing departments will be poised to provide health care that makes a big difference in small communities.
Published: Thursday, September 26th, 2019 @ 9:33 am
By: ECU News Services
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The NC Office of Rural Health (ORH) has received a one-time $1 million grant from Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust to support health care providers in 34 FEMA-identified counties affected by Hurricane Florence.
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2019 @ 9:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Chief executives from seven rural hospitals shared with Governor Roy Cooper and Secretary Mandy Cohen of the Department of Health and Human Services their support for North Carolina to act now to close the health care coverage gap.
Published: Thursday, May 9th, 2019 @ 5:14 pm
By: Governor's Office
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As North Carolina's population ages, and demands for health care rise, nurses need the freedom to do more
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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More foreign-born doctors educated in the U.S. are seeking visa waivers to practice medicine in North Carolina
Published: Wednesday, February 6th, 2019 @ 7:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Rural Health is hosting six meetings across the state to gather stakeholder input regarding the J-1 Visa Waiver program and NC's Loan Repayment and Incentive Programs under N.C. General Assembly Session Law HB 998.
Published: Friday, January 25th, 2019 @ 6:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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