Recently I was asked to become part of a research/design project that is looking at health and rural communities. As a practitioner of all things “rural” I am looking forward to the opportunity to ...

Any local news system is inherently embedded within a particular community – and characteristics of communities vary extensively, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau and other sources. Some ...

Select organizational characteristics and geographic locations were independently associated with the use of any electronic health record system among residential care communities. Objectives: ...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires tax-exempt hospitals to conduct assessments of community needs and address identified needs. Most tax-exempt hospitals will need to meet ...

As more and more of Japan’s population move to the cities, birthdates decline and the population gets older. Local communities in the country’s mountainous regions are facing a number of challenges, ...

While a new profile of commonalities among communities where mass shootings have occurred emerges, researchers also find that the strictest gun laws actually pose a greater risk of mass shootings. A ...