rural medicine

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We explore the kind and quality of healthcare available in rural hospitals in an age of growing technological and resource-heavy medicine. Do we risk a two-tiered system where the best care possible is only available in large cities near major medical centers? And are there options available for people who might have to travel hundreds of miles for specialist care? ����

Guests include Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association; Theresa Gleason and Erica Manor from the Providence Hickel House, a hospitality facility on the campus of the Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage; and with Geraldine Picha, who stayed at Hickel House during her son's medical emergency last year.

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N.B. ��Beginning with this episode, we are shifting the release date of the podcast to the first and third Thursdays of the month.

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Dr. Tessa Reinke joined the Finding Joy podcast to share what it is like to be a “country doctor.” She met her husband while in medical school on the east coast. They settled down in a small town in Washington, partially because the rural aspect allowed her to indulge in work she enjoys, “I am a full spectrum family medicine doctor. I see people from birth to hospice.” Dr. Reinke also shares her challenges with coming out of COVID, especially regarding establishing trust with information-saturated patients and how it impacts her support staff. Dr. Reinke has advice for those who are experiencing similar struggles as healthcare professionals. Listen in to learn all about it!

“Finding Joy: The Health Care Professional’s Journey to Well-being" is a podcast resource developed by a team of interprofessional education researchers from Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane. They’re promoting well-being among students, faculty, and healthcare professionals during challenging times. Funding is provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration.

The Interprofessional Education Research team wishes to thank the following individuals for their invaluable contributions to this project:

• Dr. Barb Richardson, nurse, educator, and interprofessional champion;

• Cameron Cupp, creator of the “Finding Joy” musical score and current enrollee at WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine;

• Washington State University staff from Marketing and Communications, Financial Services, and the Collaboration for Interprofessional Health Education Research and Scholarship; and

• Claire Martin-Tellis, Executive Producer, and Solen Aref, student intern, who developed the first five episodes of the “Finding Joy” podcast.

This episode of “Finding Joy” was produced by Doug Nadvornick, Program Director, Spokane Public Radio.

If you would like to reach out, please contact our team by sending an email to: medicine.ipoc@wsu.edu We also encourage you to visit our podcast blog as well as our team's website at: https://opioideducation.wsu.edu/about/.

Effective July 27, 2023, Appalachian Regional Heathcare System has changed its brand to UNC Health Appalachian. This move reflects efforts to align with UNC Health’s rebranding strategy.

On this special bonus episode of Mind Your Business, we speak with Chuck Mantooth, President/CEO of the newly named UNC Health Appalachian, about this branding transition and what it means for healthcare in the High Country.

While the community will begin to see the transition to the new logo beginning in October, it will take some time for the new brand to be updated in all places. This will happen in phases and items such as digital assets will change over quickly; however, larger scope projects like signage will gradually transition.

Mind your Business is produced weekly by the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce. This podcast is made possible each week by Appalachian Commercial Real Estate and sponsored in part by Appalachian Regional Healthcare System.

Farmers face a number of barriers when it comes to seeking health care. Whether it’s a lack of access to services or a “she’ll be right” attitude, many farmers rarely seek professional help for their pain. Ash sat down with Dr Kate Gunn from the University of South Australia to discuss the study that she is involved in, which seeks to improve how chronic pain management strategies are delivered in rural communities. 

Join Dr. Reid as she interviews Dr. Robert Grossman, a family practice physician who spent over 30 years caring for patients in a frontier designated area of North Dakota. He graduated AOA from the University of Colorado medical school and served as an associate professor of family medicine at the University of North Dakota medical school. In 2006, he was chosen as North Dakota’s Outstanding Rural Health Provider.

He shares moments from his career in rural family medicine, including his training, transition to early practice, and most challenging and joyful moments along the way.

Spoiler alert: He is also Dr. Reid's Dad!

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Canadian ER doctor Tiffany Keenan’s discovery of medical cannabis started with a documentary on TV, something indicative of how many doctors are still uninformed about medical cannabis and the science behind it. She did more research, and soon began prescribing cannabis to patients in her private practice.

Most of her cannabis patients are over 50 and they’re not looking to get high, she says. They’re looking to relieve pain and prefer CBD-based solutions.

“Especially in smaller towns, the word kind of gets out that people are getting relief from this and then they tell their friends,” Dr. Keenan tells The Cannabis Enigma.

Treating chronic pain with cannabis, Dr. Keenan explains, means that patients can sometimes stop taking more dangerous medications. “What I’ve been so encouraged by is that the patient’s when they start even just using CBD based preparations, they’re able to come off of — many times — opioids.”

Even in a country like Canada, where cannabis is legal for both medical and recreational use, many doctors still have a lot to learn, particularly about the endocannabinoid system, Dr. Keenan adds, referring to the body system that interacts with cannabinoids.

“In Canada now, even though the medical product is legalized there, still many physicians are uninformed that we have this amazing system that has so many receptors all throughout our body with this great potential to help,” she says.

This episode was produced by Michael Omer-Man, Elana Goldberg, and Matan Weil, edited by Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man, and Yoav Morder was the sound engineer. Music by Desca.