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Rural hospital CEO urges providers to ‘get ready now’ as delta variant outstrips nursing resources

The delta variant of the novel coronavirus is gaining a frightening foothold in areas of the country with low vaccination rates, spurring the White House to mobilize “surge response teams” to combat the variant that threatens to undo the nation’s progress in beating back the pandemic. About 1,000 counties in the U.S. have vaccination rates… Read More »

Limitless enters ‘Smart Community’ project to support rural water suppliers

Community programme rewards customers and improves service Reduction in cost & carbon footprint by avoiding unnecessary visits by engineers Vyn’s short video AI and Analytics platform couples with Limitless’ crowd-based workforce to service more remote areas London, Northumbria, UK. 17th September 2020. Limitless, the AI-driven gig customer service platform, has entered into a project with… Read More »

Key to rural aged care: pay and train more

Aged care providers in rural and remote communities would be better equipped to provide safe and quality services if their workers were better paid and more qualified, a royal commission has been told. Regional communities are in the spotlight as the aged care royal commission holds three days of hearings in Mudgee in the NSW… Read More »

Why rural residents need better access to care, starting with high-speed Internet

Did you know that “rural America” encompasses 97 percent of the US land mass? And, 60 million people (20 percent of the U.S. population) live in rural America. This matters when it comes to healthcare. Because of the sheer distances, rural residents are increasingly isolated from reasonable geographic access to physicians, behavioral health professionals, outpatient… Read More »