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Seeking a Cure: The Quest to Save Rural Hospitals

Jennifer Hemmingsen

September 30, 2019 |

IowaWatch |

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Response Location: United States, Rock Rapids, Iowa

Keeping hospitals open and operating in rural Iowa isn't an easy task, but short-term proposals, pilots, and demonstration projects are all helping to explore the possibilities. One particular example that is showing promise is the Avera Merrill Pioneer Health Campus which was "bankrolled through a combination of community donations, hospital association funding and a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture."

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