Chadron Community Hospital and Health Services, Partners to Celebrate National Rural Health Day

Chadron Community Hospital and Health Services will join the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) and the Nebraska Rural Health Association in celebrating National Rural Health Day on Thursday, November 19, 2015.
NOSORH created National Rural Health Day as a way to showcase rural America; increase awareness of rural health-related issues; and promote the efforts of NOSORH, State Offices of Rural Health and others in addressing those issues. Plans call for National Rural Health Day to become an annual celebration on the third Thursday of each November.
Events recognizing National Rural Health Day and “Celebrating the Power of Rural” are being planned throughout the nation. In Chadron, Nebraska, the Chadron Community Hospital and Health Services is planning to mark the occasion by hosting a staff appreciation Hawaiian Lunch Buffet at the hospital for all employees and spouses. It’s could outside, so we will be CELBRATING RURAL in style; thanking everyone for all they do for our community!
Approximately 62 million people – nearly one in five Americans – live in rural and frontier communities throughout the United States. “These small towns, farming communities and frontier areas are wonderful places to live and work; they are places where neighbors know each other and work together,” notes NOSORH Director Teryl Eisinger. “The hospitals and providers serving these rural communities not only provide quality patient care, but they also help keep good jobs in rural America.”
These communities also face unique healthcare needs. “Today more than ever, rural communities must tackle accessibility issues, a lack of healthcare providers, the needs of an aging population suffering from a greater number of chronic conditions, and larger percentages of un- and underinsured citizens,” Eisinger says. “Meanwhile, rural hospitals are threatened with declining reimbursement rates and disproportionate funding levels that makes it challenging to serve their residents.”
Additional information about National Rural Health Day can be found on the Web atwww.celebratepowerofrural.org. To learn more about NOSORH, visit www.nosorh.org; to learn more about Chadron Community Hospital and Health Services. visit www.chadronhospital.com.