5 ALTERNATIVE PATHS TO PROFITABILITY
Combat the Closure Epidemic Successfully managing a rural hospital or clinic requires creative approaches to maximize potential revenue-generating opportunities. Unfortunately, there have been 94 rural hospital closings from January 2010 until December 2018, making closings one of the biggest issues to overcome in hospital management of rural facilities. With rural populations requiring enough staff and specialists to […]
ARE RURAL FACILITIES READY FOR COVID-19?
With the rise and influx of the COVID-19 virus, rural healthcare facilities have a much greater risk of quickly becoming overwhelmed and overrun without an emergency plan or a preparedness plan in place. Rural healthcare facilities are often smaller than major urban hospitals, limiting staff and confining sick patients often to one central location. When […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF TELE-HEALTH FOR RURAL HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
So, What’s The Importance of TeleHealth for Rural Healthcare Facilities? Rural healthcare facilities are facing unique challenges when it comes to proving timely access to quality healthcare. Most of the barriers to rural healthcare access, such as workforce shortages, distance and transportation, social stigma and privacy issues, can be overcome by utilizing tele-health solutions. Employing […]
FACILITY PREPAREDNESS FOR COVID-19
Importance of a Preparedness Plan Protecting both healthcare providers as well as patients from potentially deadly viruses such as COVID-19 is essential, even if you do not currently have an influx of patients who are carrying the strain of the virus. In order to minimize and eliminate the risk of spreading the virus throughout your […]
FIVE BARRIERS TO RURAL HEALTHCARE ACCESS
The wall between your facility and your community Timely access to quality healthcare services has a profound effect on every aspect of a person’s health. However, rural residents, who account for almost 19.3% of the US Population, are facing inequalities when it comes to both access and quality of healthcare. Rural healthcare facilities are left […]
NATIONAL DRUNK & DRUGGED DRIVING PREVENTION MONTH
Rural Healthcare Against Impaired Driving The month of December has been declared by presidential proclamation to be National Drunk & Drugged Driving Prevention Month. Throughout the nation, rural healthcare providers are making the commitment to do everything we can to stop the loss of life and tragic injuries that occur when impaired drivers get into accidents. The […]
COVID-19 PREPAREDNESS FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
The global pandemic of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and subsequent disease it causes, COVID19 is going to likely be the greatest medical challenge we have faced in the last 30 years. This guide is written by doctors, for doctors. We are the front line and must ensure we have good sharing of information, data, treatment strategies […]
CONTACT TRACING IN COVID-19
As regions of the country look to re-open and begin the recovery process from COVID-19 sheltering recommendations, safety and scientific evidence are two key concepts to focus upon. Contact tracing is a valued public health tool to help control communicable disease spread. The basic concept of contact tracing is identifying patients with a disease and […]
MEDICAL SURGE
Capacity, Capability and Emergency Management Plan What is Medical Surge? The COVID-19 pandemic has stressed the ability of healthcare facilities to provide an effective and coordinated response to this complex incident. The mass disruption of public health and medical services has highlighted the need for cohesive strategies that focus on management systems for major public […]
5 SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR FACILITY TO THRIVE DURING COVID-19
COVID-19 Healthcare Solutions AB Med is proud of our services in the fight against COVID-19. We support the HHS, FEMA, US Treasury Department. Our COVID-19 related performance ranges from keeping your patients healthy and offering surge capability to designing a customized screening service for your employees. Setting up portable field hospitals, establishing telemehealth services and […]
