TruHealer · Rural readiness report

Fifteen Miles

In rural New England the nearest backup is farther away, and the clinician in the room is more often the only one.

In rural New England, one health care provider serves about 372 residents; in non-rural counties it is about 206. The nearest hospital is more than fifteen miles away for about one rural resident in six, and maternity care for one in three. TruHealer's analysis Sometimes or Never found that the conversations most often skipped are the ones a clinician has to choose to start. Rural practice has more of them, and fewer ways to recover when one is missed.