In a recent VTDigger commentary, UVM Medical Center Emergency Department nurse Roz King, M.S.N., RN, manager of the Research in Emergency Medicine Program and director of the Emergency Medicine Research Associate Program, discusses how creative, community-rooted solutions can make a lasting difference in overcoming barriers to health care access for rural Vermont families.
“Across Vermont, we are finding ways to deliver care beyond the four walls of our institutions, through libraries, mobile clinics, and interprofessional student-community partnerships,” she writes. “By investing in community-centered programs and supporting local health care infrastructure, we can strengthen health care access for every Vermonter, regardless of geography.”
“Every local initiative, every community partnership, and every effort to connect patients with care is a step toward a rural health care system that works for everyone.” — Roz King, M.S.N., RN