rural health

Alongside the passage of billions of dollars in Medicaid spending reductions over a decade, Oklahoma is also vying for an opportunity available to all 50 states to fund sustainable rural health care initiatives.

“Country Doctor,” a documentary now streaming on HBO Max, highlights the crises rural hospitals face amid provider shortages and a lack of resources.

The $50 billion rural health fund established in President Donald Trump’s megabill seeks to help stabilize and strengthen rural hospitals and providers.

A new OU Health Sciences initiative fueled by a federal grant is sending PA students on three-month rotations in rural primary care clinics that integrate mental health services.

This legislative session, Oklahoma lawmakers will consider a range of health bills on topics like abortion, maternal health, parental leave and improving rural health.

The hospital's owner and CEO, Madhukar Sharma, says monthly shortfalls well into the six-figure range fueled his decision to close the facility.

Policy think tank Heartland Forward is partnering with Oklahoma libraries to expand telehealth access.

Tillman County is set to break ground on a critical access hospital Aug. 26 in Frederick after the work of state and federal lawmakers.

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a bill that joins the state into a licensing compact for physician assistants.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reappointed an Oklahoma farmer last week to a committee supporting minority farmers.