BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every facet of the health care
delivery system, including the workforce. Rural health systems have been particularly hard …

Rural health providersface numerous well-documented challenges in their efforts to manage
population health. 1 With unprecedented changes necessitated by the novel coronavirus …

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a dramatic toll on hospitals worldwide, but few are
feeling the pressure as acutely as America's rural hospitals. They have struggled to compete …

Research and media reports about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have largely
focused on urban areas due to their high caseloads. However, the COVID-19 pandemic …

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to tax hospitals throughout the country, there is a
growing concern that many hospitals, in particular rural hospitals, may not have the reserve …

BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dynamic effect on the health workforce.
Throughout the pandemic, as COVID-19 cases have come in waves, the workload of health …

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is exposing the fragility of health care
in rural areas of the US. The pandemic-related hospital financial crisis may exacerbate the …

Ensuring and Sustaining a Pandemic Workforce It seems clear that health care delivery
organizations, educators, and government leaders all have to be willing to cut through …

The forces in play during the COVID-19 pandemic–driven slowdown and recession have
affected the demand for health care and, consequently, the willingness of hospitals, health …

An unemployed father with undiagnosed depression. An isolated grandparent with diabetes
and an empty fridge. A mother worried about escalating violence from an abusive spouse. A …