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Success Stories by Source: Rural Health Update, Summer 2007

  • Trauma Care in Rural Kentucky
    November 2007
    Dr. Jeffrey Coughenour, a trauma surgeon at the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital in Lexington, is working with the Kentucky State Office of Rural Health, along with ambulance services and small hospitals in central, eastern and southern parts of the state, in an effort to establish a regional trauma care system.
  • Focus on Telehealth
    September 2007
    A home-focused technology project in northeastern Kentucky is leading to improved patient outcomes.