Jan Probst ~ 40 years health services research, mostly into rural issues Guardian of Sam the rural health advoCATe. Bibliography: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1HMPkKfOyD5kE/bibliography/public/
Appreciate the study, but...The questions regarding "reasons" for gun ownership are limited to 2 items pertaining to perceived safety. Sam the rural health advoCATe notes that rural is different. Deer aren't going to harvest themselves. #PowerOfRuralCats jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Guns and Perceptions of Safety Among US WomenThis survey study examines perceptions of safety related to firearm ownership among women in the US.jamanetwork.comRural residents are appropriately wary of “robots for the rubes, actual care for us,” urban-centric health care policy, hisses Sam the rural health advoCATe. #PowerOfRuralCats dailyyonder.com/patients-war...
Patients Wary of Governments, Companies Pushing AI as a Rural Healthcare Solution | The Daily YonderThis story was originally published by KFF Health News. Two of the nation’s most powerful health officials predict artificial intelligence will play a keydailyyonder.comSadly shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe. This crisis has multiple contributors and will not be resolved until health care is designed and funded as an essential infrastructure element. #PowerOfRuralCats
Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP“Maternal mortality—death during pregnancy, childbirth, and the first six weeks after delivery—averaged 81% higher in rural areas than in urban ones from 2016-2019. Since 2005, 109 rural hospitals have closed outright. As of 2023, 60 percent of rural counties had no hospital-based obstetric care.“
Sam the rural health advoCATe agrees with this assessment. Funding for rural health services cannot survive on a pay-per-unit model, but needs a steady tax base or cost-based funding. #PowerOfRuralCats www.milbank.org/2026/07/bake...
Bake Sales Won’t Sustain Wyoming EMS, but a Few Reforms Might | Milbank Memorial FundEmergency medical services (EMS) are basic lifesaving infrastructure for any community.www.milbank.orgExactly, hisses Sam the rural health advoCATe. Meaningless cuts that will devastate rural communities. #PowerOfRuralCats
Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X)'Millions of women of childbearing age live in counties where there's no place to give birth. Nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts could devastate labor-and-delivery services in already struggling hospitals.' 19thnews.org/2026/07/mate...
Sam the rural health advoCATe hopes this project includes data pertaining to rural communities. @nationalacademies.org #PoerOfRuralCats www.nationalacademies.org/projects/CHP...
Data and Situational Awareness for Medical and Public Health Preparedness and Response: A Workshop SeriesThe Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies will convene a public workshop series on the use of data to support situational awareness for medical and public healt...www.nationalacademies.orgSam the rural health advoCATe agrees with this CEO. As urban hospitals are already tapping into rural funds by seeking CMS classification as "administratively rural," this problem is already widespread. It will repeat. #PowerOfRuralCats www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-man...
Rural hospital CEO sees 'no hope in the rural health transformation funds' - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & AnalysisHillsdale Hospital CEO JJ Hodshire dismisses the $50B Rural Health Transformation Program and details a specialty-growth strategy.www.beckershospitalreview.comSam the rural health advoCATe is purrleased to share new work on rural public health. #PowerOfRuralCats www.ovid.com/jnls/jphmp/a...
Engaging Rural Practitioners and Community... : Journal of Public Health Management & PracticeObjective:The Northeastern United States experienced the highest rates of synthetic opioid overdose deaths in 2019, and in 2020, 3 of the 8 states...www.ovid.comSam the rural health advoCATe is purr-leased to share new work on rural public health. #PowerOfRuralCats www.ovid.com/jnls/jphmp/a...
Engaging Rural Practitioners and Community... : Journal of Public Health Management & PracticeObjective:The Northeastern United States experienced the highest rates of synthetic opioid overdose deaths in 2019, and in 2020, 3 of the 8 states...www.ovid.comRural beneficiaries are less likely to be participants in any value-based care models. Sam the rural health advoCATe agrees this may limit the applicability of any findings re such models to rural. But given “value for whom?” may rural is lucky? #PowerOfRuralCats jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Representation in Medicare’s Value-Based Payment ModelsThis cross-sectional study characterizes beneficiaries who received care through Medicare’s largest voluntary payment models from 2013 to 2022.jamanetwork.comSam the rural health advoCATe is not surprised that rural folks are finding a way to convert a problem into a positive. #PowerOfRuralCats apple.news/AwY9VYGJXS_-...
As Maui recovers from devastating fires, a study offers vision for new rural health model — STATResearchers Alika Maunakea and Ruben Juarez are conducting one of the largest studies on the long-term health effects of wild and urban fire exposure.apple.newsApplause, says Sam the rural health advoCATe. The world needs more appreciation of the work of cats.
Richard M. NixonLarry got a mouse this morning.
Approved by Sam the rural health advoCATe. The page has concrete suggestions and information and explicitly recognizes the diversity (race, age, health status) across varying populations at different levels of rurality. #PowerOfRuralCats www.cdc.gov/rural-health...
Analyzing Demographics Within Rural PopulationsThis page gives researchers tips on disaggregating rural data by key demographic groups.www.cdc.govpublic health guythis is a super helpful new brief for anyone doing rural demographics and health research from the very talented team in CDC/ORH. really well done
Grimly shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe. This story illustrates both the personal results of lost healthcare (death) and the long-term community effects (population decline). We need policies aimed at restoring and supporting rural infrastructure. #PowerOfRuralCats
Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA"The tragedy might have had a different outcome if the hospital in Belzoni, a five-minute drive from Ball-Stribling’s home, hadn’t closed 13 years ago. Today, Humphreys County has no hospital, no emergency room, no urgent care clinic, and no county health department."
This analysis is highly endorsed by Sam the rural health advoCATe. Dr. Shepherd @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social has done a great job of setting out the structural barriers to health care faced by rural communities. #PowerOfRuralCats www.milbank.org/quarterly/ar...
Rural Health at a Crossroads: How Policymakers Have Failed Rural America and What Can Be Done for a Healthier Tomorrow | Milbank QuarterlyRural and urban areas have diverged significantly in health care access and health outcomes over the last four decades.www.milbank.orgThis is a very interesting idea, muses Sam the rural health advoCATe. Kittens are cheap to insure bc most are obnoxiously healthy. And rural kittens are more likely to lack coverage than their urban cousins. #PowerOfRuralCats
Eric Michael GarciaAndy Kim suggests a new health care policy: -Enroll every child in Medicaid until the age of 26 www.notus.org/healthcare/a...
While acknowledging very small n's, Sam the rural health advoCATe is pleased to see that rural kids participate equally in downward trends for carrying firearms to school. #PowerOfRuralCats jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
School Firearm Carriage Among US 12th-Grade StudentsThis cross-sectional study examines 30-year trends and subgroup patterns in school firearm carriage among US 12th-grade students to guide population-specific prevention approaches.jamanetwork.com*More than half* in rural areas, where all of the indicated barriers (lack of employer insurance, chronic disease, etc) are more prevalent, hisses Sam the rural health advoCATe. We need better policy choices. #PowerOfRuralCats
Timothy McBrideAlmost half of adults struggled to afford health care in 2025 www.roi-nj.com/2026/06/11/h...