Rural America and COVID-19

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.