The wall between your facility and your community
Rural healthcare facilities are left to bear the burden of caring for these unique communities. Solutions that get carried over from urban areas are proven to be, not only ineffective, but detrimental as they fail to address the unique barriers to healthcare access of rural America.
- Workforce Shortages.
- Distance, Transportation & Internet
- Health Insurance Coverage
- Social Stigma and Privacy Issues
- Poor Health Literacy


Workforce Shortages

Distance, Transportation & Internet

Health Insurance Coverage

Social Stigma and Privacy Issues

Poor Health Literacy
Supporting the Rural Facilities

AB Med believes that the solutions need to work for both sides the facility and the community. We believe in Healthy Facilities, Healthy Communities! Contact us to learn how we can assist your facility in providing the healthcare quality that your rural community deserves!
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Rural Health is our passion and focus
REFERENCES & RESOURCES
- About Rural Health Care, https://www.ruralhealthweb.org/about-nrha/about-rural-health-care
- Life in the slow lane: Welcome to the internet in rural America, https://www.cnet.com/news/life-in-the-slow-lane-welcome-to-the-internet-in-rural-america/
- Healthcare Access in Rural Communities, https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/topics/healthcare-access
- Social Determinants of Health for Rural People, https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/topics/social-determinants-of-health#literacy-and-education
- 161 Rural Hospital Closures: January 2005 – Present (119 since 2010), https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/programs-projects/rural-health/rural-hospital-closures/
- Access to Rural Health Care – A Literature Review and New Synthesis, http://www.rupri.org/Forms/HealthPanel_Access_August2014.pdf#page=9
- Exposing some important barriers to health care access in the rural USA, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26025176
- Healthcare Access in Rural Communities, https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/topics/healthcare-access
By: Erik McLaughlin MD, MPH and Aikaterini Papadopoulou, B.Arch