Spring 2024
Treating with empathy
WSU faculty, alumni, and staff use empathy as they help with addiction, rural health care, and more. » More ...
Rural health care
Spring 2024
Rx care next door
Tyler Young takes care of his neighbors as owner of Vashon Pharmacy. » More ...
Spring 2024
A prescription for rural pharmacy
Washington State University’s Rural Health Initiative is a prescription to providing Rx care next door. » More ...
Spring 2024
Pharmacy care in rural Washington—an interactive map
Rural health care access in Washington rural counties and the Rural Health Initiative
Millions of Washington state residents live in primary care shortage areas and nearly 800,000 struggle to access minimum health care in rural Washington. Washington State University’s Rural Health Initiative (RHI) addresses the need for pharmacists in rural communities by placing WSU pharmacy students with a rural, independent pharmacy for six weeks.
MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS & POPULATIONS — MUA and MUP designations identify areas within counties or populations as having a lack of access to … » More …
Summer 2020
The State of healing
HEALWA brings medical knowledge and access to all corners of the state, which is at the core of Washington State University’s land-grant mission. » More ...
Summer 2020
At home on the range
Range Health, a nonprofit academic health network, and its mobile unit bring health care to rural areas. » More ...
Winter 2019
Good medicine
Washington State University staff and medical researchers open the doors of Western-style medical practice to the medicine of the Native Americans for better healthcare for all. It also can hopefully draw in more Native American health-care practitioners. » More ...
Fall 2010
Recruiting rural health care providers
On the quirky comedy Northern Exposure, an isolated Alaskan town enticed a New York City doctor to become the community’s physician. While the city doc’s angst and the eccentric residents—including a moose from WSU—drew laughs, the show highlighted a real challenge faced by many small towns and rural areas: recruiting and retaining doctors and nurses.
“There’s a shortage of all health care providers: physicians, nurses, all of the technical programs,” says Gary Smith, a senior project associate with the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) of eastern Washington. “The demand will increase even more when the economy turns around and people want … » More …