Healthcare IT Today July 30, 2019
The following is a guest blog post by Chris Logan, Director, Healthcare Industry Strategy at VMware.
In the last decade, technology has significantly helped the healthcare industry make strides to improve care in rural settings. But many providers in rural areas still face major obstacles. For instance, 1 in 5 rural hospitals are at risk of imminent closure, and almost 50 percent of all rural counties lack an OBGYN. Most troubling of all is rural access to mental health services: 65 percent of rural counties do not have a psychiatrist and 47 percent do not have a psychologist.
There are two core issues that rural providers are facing.
The first is a technical issue. Infrastructure is vastly different in rural...
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