Rural Healthcare

It’s Friday, which means it's time for our Reporter Roundtable when Idaho Matters gets you up to date on all the news that made headlines this past week.

Idaho medical providers may get their first bite at grants funded by the federal Rural Health Transformation Program as early as next week.

An anti-abortion pregnancy center on the outskirts of this Idaho Panhandle town greets visitors with an abridged Bible verse painted on the wall of its waiting area: “Come to me & I will give you rest.”

Idaho lawmakers are beginning their oversight of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal cash to modernize the state’s rural health system.

For 50 years Full Circle Health has been taking care of Idaho's communities, all while training the next generation of healthcare professionals.

While rural communities face limited access to mental health resources, Washington County's new program is providing support to those facing a behavioral health crisis.

On Monday, Planned Parenthood said it received notice the Trump administration was freezing $35 million in Title X funds for nine of its affiliates nationwide. Idaho is set to lose about $550 000 in federal funding.

More than 50 years ago, Terry Reilly was sent to Nampa to help the farmworker community. Today, Terry Reilly Health Services operates clinics across southwest Idaho, providing much-needed healthcare to our state's rural areas.

A panel discussion about the issues facing healthcare systems and how those issues are impacting care for Idahoans.

When it comes to Idaho's rural communities access to Emergency Medical Services can be limited. That's due in part to the fact that EMS is not considered an essential service in the Gem State. Funding and staffing issues also pose obstacles, often leaving patients in these areas with longer wait times and a reduced quality of care - putting the responsibility of these services back on rural communities.