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1.Andean Health and Development / SALUDESA
A U.S.-based not for profit organization which has been working in rural Ecuador, South America creating a sustainable primary health care system.
URL:http://AndeanHealth.homestead.com/Home2.html
2.Arcadian Management Services Inc.
Information on services offered by organizing rural providers to respond successfully to managed healthcare.
URL:http://arcadianmgt.com/
3.Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Inc.
Public health care provider for central Australian Aboriginal people. Based in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
URL:http://caac.mtx.net/
4.Rural Healthcare in Nebraska
Rural hospitals: fighting for survival.
URL:http://net.unl.edu/swi/pers/rhospital.html
5.Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health
The mission of the Office is to improve the health of rural communities and their residents throughout the Commonwealth by implementing numerous objectives.
URL:http://porh.cas.psu.edu/
6.RuralNet
Marshall University School of Medicine's Online Rural Health Magazine, written and published by MUSOM students.
URL:http://ruralnet.marshall.edu/
7.National Laboratory for the Study of Rural Telemedicine
University of Iowa (USA) - Encourages interdisciplinary research into the causes, consequences and prevention of communicable, chronic, environmental and occupational diseases in countries with substantial agrarian economies.
URL:http://telemed.medicine.uiowa.edu/
8.Appalachian Regional Healthcare
Private, not-for-profit health care system serving rural, central Appalachian mountain communities in Kentucky and West Virginia which includes hospitals, clinics, home health care agencies and stores, and other related health services.
URL:http://www.arh.org/
9.Rural Health Clinic Administration and Operation
Rural health care in Michigan.
URL:http://www.com.msu.edu/othermed/r-health/admin.htm
10.Rural Health America
Provides consulting services to medical clinics, physicians and mid-level practitioners in the field of rural healthcare. (Spotsylvania, VA)
URL:http://www.consult-rha.com
11.Charles Sturt University, Gilmour Centre for Rural Health
The Centre encourages collaborative research, education and training in the area of rural health. (Australia)
URL:http://www.csu.edu.au/research/gilmore/gilmore.htm
12.WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
The Center's focus is to perform policy-oriented research on issues related to rural health care. (WWAMI=Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho).
URL:http://www.fammed.washington.edu/wwamirhrc/
13.Franklin Community Health Network
Located in the scenic western mountains of Maine, FCHN is a locally controlled, nonprofit, integrated network of rural health-care providers.
URL:http://www.fchn.org/
14.Illinois Rural Health Association
A not-for-profit corporation formed in 1989 committed to improving access to health care for rural Illinoisans.
URL:http://www.ilruralhealth.org/
15.Midwest Center for Rural Health
Provides education for doctors entering the field in a rural area.
URL:http://www.mcrh.org/
16.North Dakota Office of Rural Health
A state and national resource for information in diverse rural health areas.
URL:http://www.med.und.nodak.edu/depts/rural/
17.National Rural Health Services Research Database
Funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. Its goal is to create, disseminate and maintain a database of funded rural health services research projects underway in the United States
URL:http://www.muskie.usm.maine.edu/rhsr/default.asp
18.Rural Information Center Health Service
Joint project of the Office of Rural Health Policy, Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Agricultural Library (NAL), United States Department of Agriculture. Operating as part of NAL's Rural Information Center (RIC), RICHS collects and disseminates information on rural health issues.
URL:http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/richs/
19.National Rural Behavioral Health Center
Provides information on research, education, and extension center at the University of Florida.
URL:http://www.nrbhc.org/
20.Nurseweek/Healthweek|Rural Technology
Latest news and employment opportunities for healthcare professionals. This article is about rural healthcare in America.
URL:http://www.nurseweek.com/features/98-6/rural.html
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