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Rural America and COVID-19

Rural America and COVID-19

By Eyal Kedar

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed an old but unspoken truth—that there are two Americas in healthcare, the developed world of much of urban and academic medicine and the developing world of rural healthcare. This podcast will explore how the pandemic has affected healthcare in rural America and what we can do to make things better.
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The Research Gap in Rural America: Implications for the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

Rural America and COVID-19Jan 31, 2021

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Advanced practice providers, COVID-19, and the development of a better rural healthcare system: A Conversation With Sara Mohaddes

Advanced practice providers, COVID-19, and the development of a better rural healthcare system: A Conversation With Sara Mohaddes

Join me as I speak with Sara Mohaddes, physician assistant and member of the St. Lawrence Health System's COVID-19 inpatient treatment team, about the ways in which we can build a more comprehensive, inclusive and effective rural healthcare system in the U.S.

Sep 05, 202144:11
Mental health care and COVID-19

Mental health care and COVID-19

Join me as I speak with Laurie Zweifel, Director of Outpatient Psychiatric Services in the St. Lawrence Health System, about the challenges in delivering mental health care to rural communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sep 05, 202131:45
Farming and COVID-19

Farming and COVID-19

Join me as I speak with Dan Kent, vegetable farmer and owner of Kent Family Growers, about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on both his business and the larger agricultural community in the U.S.

Sep 05, 202124:25
The Research Gap in Rural America: Implications for the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

The Research Gap in Rural America: Implications for the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

Join me as I speak with Carly Lovelett, Director of the Clinical and Rural Health Research Department in the St. Lawrence Health System, about the lack of clinical research infrastructure in rural America, the ways in which this has worsened healthcare disparities in rural communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ways in which we can develop a better rural health research system for the future.

Jan 31, 202128:45
Education in Rural America: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Education in Rural America: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Join me for a discussion with Jamie Cruikshank, superintendent of the Norwood Norfolk School District, about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education in rural America.





Dec 20, 202039:20
A Conversation With Greg Healey

A Conversation With Greg Healey

Join me for a discussion about rural COVID hotspots, ways in which we can build stronger connections between the media and rural communities and more as I speak with Dr. Greg Healey, longtime rural family medicine physician and COVID-19 survivor.

Dec 05, 202026:02
Episode One - A Conversation With Tim Atkinson

Episode One - A Conversation With Tim Atkinson

Join me for as I begin this podcast with a conversation between two physicians who together are fighting COVID-19 in their rural community. My guest is Dr. Tim Atkinson, family medicine physician and COVID-19 inpatient treatment team member in our rural health system in the North Country region of New York.

Nov 01, 202001:00:47