Irion PursellMedical Education IntegrationHealthy Communities Initiative (HCI) – Summary for Medical Education Integration Overview: The Healthy Communities Initiative (HCI) is a...
Irion PursellHow a Rural Community in Arkansas Reimagined Healthcare—One Door at a TimeIn Helena, Arkansas—a community long burdened by poverty and poor health—something remarkable happened. A new kind of healthcare pilot,...
Irion PursellMEDICAL UNDERSERVICE IN RURAL COMMUNITIESIt’s unlikely that the issue of medical underservice in rural communities will ever be fully resolved  under the current structure of the...
Irion PursellMaking the Case: Why Healthcare Funding Must Shift from Fee-for-Service to CapitationI. The Problem: Fee-for-Service Rewards Volume, Not Value The current U.S. healthcare payment model overwhelmingly relies on...
Irion PursellRural Health Needs a Surgical StrikEIn public health, we often talk about scale—how to reach the greatest number of people, how to roll out interventions across states or...
Irion PursellWhat Are Social Determinants of Health? What Are Social Determinants of Health? Everything That Stands in the Way If you’ve worked in healthcare or public health, you’ve heard...
Irion PursellWhy IS Emergency Medical Services (EMS)Missing from Community Disease Management and Prevention?Why is Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Missing from Community Disease Management and Prevention? Why That Needs to Change Emergency...
Irion PursellA Crisis Hiding in Plain SightWhen we think of health disparities in the United States, our attention often turns to issues of race, income, or access to insurance....
Irion PursellWelcome to the Healthy Community Initiative (HCI)A New Way Forward for Rural Health In communities across rural America, far too many people live with chronic illness, limited access to...