密苏里州投入逾5500万美元升级农村医疗：流动诊所、医护留任与远程监护一并推进
密苏里州州长迈克·基霍（Mike Kehoe）11月6日在州府杰斐逊城宣布，州政府将与密苏里州社会服务厅（DSS）合作，推出逾5,500万美元的新一轮农村医疗资金，用于振兴、现代化并强化该州农村地区的医疗服务。这笔资金经州「农村健康转型计划」（RHTP）与「携手更健康的社区」（HCT）项目发放，建立在近期已发放的1,500万美元酌情资金之上；该计划迄今已向36家农村医疗机构直接拨款7,500万美元，并建立了27个覆盖全州每一个农村县的本地「农村社区健康转型」（ToRCH）护理枢纽。
资金投向包括：500万美元购置配备流动医疗车，把孕产、心理健康与初级保健送到高需求县；1,100万美元支持农村社区招募并留住医生、护士与专科人员，针对托育、住房等本地留任障碍；合计3,750万美元用于技术与数字化升级，其中数字系统升级2,440万美元、数字创新试点800万美元、东南部与中南部高危孕产妇远程监护250万美元、远程专科（心脏与卒中）接入100万美元，以及帮助农村医院取得急诊卒中、心脏病与创伤国家认证100万美元。
基霍说：「我们的农村医院、诊所和一线医护人员对密苏里社区的成功至关重要。有了这笔5,500多万美元的新投资，我们把工具直接交到本地医疗机构手中。」他表示，密苏里州的农村健康转型计划正在引领全美农村医疗创新，全州正为今年年底联邦医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（CMS）的下一轮联邦拨款做准备，第二年规划已经展开。
州政府将于11月中旬举办系列线上说明会：医护人力支持说明会为11月12日下午2时至3时（中部时间），数字骨干申请说明会为11月17日上午10时至11时（中部时间）。州长办公室鼓励符合条件的农村医院、诊所与社区伙伴尽早联系本地枢纽项目协调员与领导委员会，了解各项目的申请安排。
（来源：密苏里州州长办公室）
Missouri Puts More Than $55 Million Into Rural Health Care: Mobile Clinics, Workforce Support and Remote Monitoring
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe announced in Jefferson City on November 6 that, in partnership with the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS), the state will launch more than $55 million in new funding opportunities to revitalize, modernize and strengthen health care in rural Missouri. The funding, administered through Missouri's Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) and Healthier Communities Together (HCT), builds on $15 million in recently released discretionary funding. To date, the state has delivered $75 million in direct awards to 36 rural providers and established 27 local Transformation of Rural Community Health (ToRCH) Care Hubs serving every rural county in Missouri.
The rollout includes $5 million in capital awards for mobile health units bringing maternal care, mental health services and primary care to high-need counties; $11 million for locally designed programs to recruit and keep doctors, nurses and specialists, targeting barriers such as child care and housing; and a combined $37.5 million for technology and digital upgrades — $24.4 million for digital system upgrades, $8 million for digital innovation pilots, $2.5 million for remote monitoring of high-risk pregnancies in Southeast and Southcentral Missouri, $1 million for on-demand telehealth access to cardiac and stroke specialists, and $1 million to help rural hospitals secure national certifications in emergency stroke, heart attack and trauma care.
"Our rural hospitals, clinics, and frontline clinicians are critical to the success of Missouri communities," Kehoe said. "With this new $55 million investment, we are putting tools directly into the hands of local providers." He added that Missouri's Rural Health Transformation Program is leading the nation in rural health innovation, and that Year 2 planning is under way as the state prepares for its next federal funding award from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) at the end of this year.
The state will host informational webinars in mid-November — a workforce support webinar on November 12 from 2 to 3 p.m. CT and a digital backbone application webinar on November 17 from 10 to 11 a.m. CT — and the governor's office encourages eligible rural hospitals, clinics and community partners to connect early with their local Hub Program Coordinator and Leadership Board.
(Source: Office of the Governor of Missouri)
来源：密苏里州州长办公室
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