Rural surgical facilities UPMC Cole, a rural health network serving north-central Pennsylvania and south-central New York, is breaking ground on a 5.5-megawatt solar farm, the first within the UPMC system. Upon completion, UPMC says the farm will generate enough clean energy to meet nearly all the electricity needs of UPMC Cole’s Coudersport, Pa., hospital…
A report from WILX-TV in Lansing, Mich., examines the plight of rural hospitals in the Wolverine State. It’s the latest in a string of recent mainstream media reports that put the plight of rural hospitals in front of the general public. “Rural hospitals say their health care services are at…
A new study by researchers at the University of Louisville, published this week in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, examined the perioperative outcomes of rural-dwelling patients undergoing lung and colon cancer surgeries in a rural facility ... and found no significant differences, save for a lot less…
