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Four outlets, led by The Daily Yonder, are participating in a Rural News Network collaboration examining how the lack of rural health services is taking its toll on both patients and practitioners. The journalists covering these human-centered stories are locals – they too find it nearly impossible to see specialists in person, or get a strong enough signal to visit one virtually, that is if telehealth even makes sense for treatment.

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Available starting Monday, Oct. 17
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HEALTH INEQUITIES OVERVIEW, THE DAILY YONDER From mental and behavioral health to maternity care, specialists in rural areas of the United States are in short supply. For the people who live there, that has meant doing without specialized care or traveling long distances to get it.
Reporter Kristi Eaton overviews coverage from newsrooms in Hawaii, California and North Carolina and puts it into a national context.

Publishing: Monday, Oct. 17
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NO INTERNET. NO TELEHEALTH, CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS In North Carolina, about 4 million people — many of whom live in rural areas — don't have access to reliable broadband service. Carolina Public Press uncovers what this means for rural residents’ health care, given the growing reliance on telehealth. Reporter Shelby Harris asks state officials why despite billions in funding, this mountainous region is still without reliable service.

Publishing: Tuesday, Oct. 18
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OUTSOURCING PSYCHIATRIC CARE, HONOLULU CIVIL BEAT On Lanai – an island owned by billionaire Larry Ellison where 3,000 descendants of pineapple plantations workers live – reporter Brittany Lyte explores the dynamics and hardships obtaining mental health care without a resident psychiatrist.

In the year since the state cut in-person psychiatric care, one woman has been airlifted to larger islands eight times to receive emergency mental health care. Another woman’s hands shake so badly she can’t hold the phone still to sit through a telehealth session.

Publishing: Wednesday, Oct. 19
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THE SPECIALIST SQUEEZE, SHASTA SCOUT Shasta is part of California’s vast North State area, which has significantly worse healthcare access than the rest of California. The barriers to treatment are even higher when residents try to access care from specialist physicians.

When patients or families experience difficulties accessing needed medical care or have to take time off work and travel long distances to access it, it serves as a multiplying factor to existing social needs, increasing patients' risk of things like substance use, housing uncertainty and domestic violence.

Publishing: Thursday, Oct. 20
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