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11/16/2017 12:00:00 AM EASTERN
Updated: 11/16/2017 1:50:26 PM EASTERN
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Grant Regional Celebrates National Rural Health Day

Lancaster, WI Grant Regional Health Center will join the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) in celebrating National Rural Health Day on Thursday, November 16, 2017.

                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 Lancaster, Grant Regional Health Center is planning to mark the occasion by hosting a community event/fundraiser at Vesperman Farms. The Auxiliary Pizza Night will commemorate the day and showcase the progress on moving rural health into the future with Grant Regional’s expansion project currently underway.

                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,” said 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 said. “Meanwhile, rural hospitals are threatened with declining reimbursement rates and disproportionate funding levels that makes it challenging to serve their residents.”

                Grant Regional Health Center supports rural citizens through its robust community benefits program which includes free screenings, health education and a variety of programs to address the area’s health needs.

                Additional information about National Rural Health Day can be found at nosorh.org/nrhd. To learn more about NOSORH, visit www.nosorh.org; to learn more about Grant Regional Health Center visit www.grantregional.com.