Peiyin Hung, PhD, MSPH
@peiyinhung.bsky.social
Assoc Prof, Dept. Health Services Policy & Management, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health; Co-Director, USC Rural Health Research Cntr; @PublicHealthUMN; Postdoc @YaleSPH
Rural moms shouldn’t have to risk their lives to give birth. In this @jamanetworkopen.com study, we found not only are rural moms at higher SMMM risk, but that traveling outside one’s local area for childbirth-whether due to clinician referral, choice, or other factors-appears to compound the risk.
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Rural moms shouldn’t have to risk their lives to give birth. In this @jamanetworkopen.com study, we found not only are rural moms at higher SMMM risk, but that traveling outside one’s local area for childbirth-whether due to clinician referral, choice, or other factors-appears to compound the risk.
Glad to contribute to this important story led by @aylaellison.bsky.social. #Rural hospital closures continue to create a crisis. COVID relief offered temporary “pause,” financial strain persists. New funding may slow closures; yet, sustainability remains uncertain.
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#RuralHealth
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When the hospital leaves town
There are two kinds of Americans: those who live 12 minutes from an emergency department and those who live 72. | In large swaths of rural America, the basic expectation that an ambulance will reach a...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Glad to contribute to this important story led by @aylaellison.bsky.social. #Rural hospital closures continue to create a crisis. COVID relief offered temporary “pause,” financial strain persists. New funding may slow closures; yet, sustainability remains uncertain.
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#RuralHealth
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#RuralHealth
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📰New Research Alert: 47% of rural mothers are opting to deliver in urban hospitals over local facilities in SC and end up facing worse outcomes than if they had stayed close to home. ow.ly/qNPq50XvKcm #ResearchThatMatters #ArnoldSchoolExperts @uscresearch.bsky.social @peiyinhung.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
📰New Research Alert: 47% of rural mothers are opting to deliver in urban hospitals over local facilities in SC and end up facing worse outcomes than if they had stayed close to home. ow.ly/qNPq50XvKcm #ResearchThatMatters #ArnoldSchoolExperts @uscresearch.bsky.social @peiyinhung.bsky.social
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A study snapshot and ethics updates are now available for APA-SM, an NIH Collaboratory Trial. This #pragmatictrial is testing an auricular point acupressure intervention for self-management of chronic pain in rural communities in South Carolina and Texas. duke.is/pctnews20251...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A study snapshot and ethics updates are now available for APA-SM, an NIH Collaboratory Trial. This #pragmatictrial is testing an auricular point acupressure intervention for self-management of chronic pain in rural communities in South Carolina and Texas. duke.is/pctnews20251...
✨ An honor to serve on the planning committee for this upcoming #NASEM workshop: Diagnostic Excellence in Rural Areas!
📅 October 14 | Washington, D.C. (Hybrid available!)
Register here: ow.ly/tFIB50WIQqP
@health.nationalacademies.org
@ruralhealth.bsky.social
📅 October 14 | Washington, D.C. (Hybrid available!)
Register here: ow.ly/tFIB50WIQqP
@health.nationalacademies.org
@ruralhealth.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
✨ An honor to serve on the planning committee for this upcoming #NASEM workshop: Diagnostic Excellence in Rural Areas!
📅 October 14 | Washington, D.C. (Hybrid available!)
Register here: ow.ly/tFIB50WIQqP
@health.nationalacademies.org
@ruralhealth.bsky.social
📅 October 14 | Washington, D.C. (Hybrid available!)
Register here: ow.ly/tFIB50WIQqP
@health.nationalacademies.org
@ruralhealth.bsky.social
New Research Alert 🚨
Our national study of 349,682 pregnancies across 75 U.S. health systems reveals how prenatal care timing and frequency varied by COVID-19 exposure and telehealth use. dx.doi.org/10.1111/jrh....
Our national study of 349,682 pregnancies across 75 U.S. health systems reveals how prenatal care timing and frequency varied by COVID-19 exposure and telehealth use. dx.doi.org/10.1111/jrh....
September 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
New Research Alert 🚨
Our national study of 349,682 pregnancies across 75 U.S. health systems reveals how prenatal care timing and frequency varied by COVID-19 exposure and telehealth use. dx.doi.org/10.1111/jrh....
Our national study of 349,682 pregnancies across 75 U.S. health systems reveals how prenatal care timing and frequency varied by COVID-19 exposure and telehealth use. dx.doi.org/10.1111/jrh....
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Severe Morning Sickness Tied to Worse Mental Health www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregna...
Severe Morning Sickness Tied to Worse Mental Health
Even mild hyperemesis gravidarum may carry mental health risks
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September 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Severe Morning Sickness Tied to Worse Mental Health www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregna...
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Senate Reconciliation Bill Could Add Over $4 Trillion to Debt-2025-06-27 www.crfb.org/blogs/senate...
June 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Senate Reconciliation Bill Could Add Over $4 Trillion to Debt-2025-06-27 www.crfb.org/blogs/senate...
@USC Health Services Policy and Management is here at the #AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting #ARM2025 in Minneapolis! Come visit us!
Stop by our booth in the exhibit hall to meet our amazing colleague, grab some materials, and learn about our faculty’s work in #healthservicesresearch!
Stop by our booth in the exhibit hall to meet our amazing colleague, grab some materials, and learn about our faculty’s work in #healthservicesresearch!
June 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
@USC Health Services Policy and Management is here at the #AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting #ARM2025 in Minneapolis! Come visit us!
Stop by our booth in the exhibit hall to meet our amazing colleague, grab some materials, and learn about our faculty’s work in #healthservicesresearch!
Stop by our booth in the exhibit hall to meet our amazing colleague, grab some materials, and learn about our faculty’s work in #healthservicesresearch!
From my 1st NRHA in 2011, to presenting annually since, receiving the 2017 outstanding student award & the 2025 researcher of the year award. Thanks @ruralhealth.bsky.social for nurturing my rural health journey!
May 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
From my 1st NRHA in 2011, to presenting annually since, receiving the 2017 outstanding student award & the 2025 researcher of the year award. Thanks @ruralhealth.bsky.social for nurturing my rural health journey!
📢 We need your insights!
Are you involved in #rural #health #policy or #Medicaid perinatal payment models?
#USCRHRC is conducting a national study on state variations in Medicaid perinatal bundled payments.
📝 Take the survey here: tinyurl.com/9vyjfnxf
@ruralhealth.bsky.social @nosorh.bsky.social
Are you involved in #rural #health #policy or #Medicaid perinatal payment models?
#USCRHRC is conducting a national study on state variations in Medicaid perinatal bundled payments.
📝 Take the survey here: tinyurl.com/9vyjfnxf
@ruralhealth.bsky.social @nosorh.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
📢 We need your insights!
Are you involved in #rural #health #policy or #Medicaid perinatal payment models?
#USCRHRC is conducting a national study on state variations in Medicaid perinatal bundled payments.
📝 Take the survey here: tinyurl.com/9vyjfnxf
@ruralhealth.bsky.social @nosorh.bsky.social
Are you involved in #rural #health #policy or #Medicaid perinatal payment models?
#USCRHRC is conducting a national study on state variations in Medicaid perinatal bundled payments.
📝 Take the survey here: tinyurl.com/9vyjfnxf
@ruralhealth.bsky.social @nosorh.bsky.social
📢 New Publication Alert!
We developed a #Racial #Discrimination #Index using #socialmedia data + #AI - it's strongly linked to Black premature deaths. More detail here: @curisatucker.bsky.social #HealthDisparity @uscarnoldschool.bsky.social l @uscresearch.bsky.social
We developed a #Racial #Discrimination #Index using #socialmedia data + #AI - it's strongly linked to Black premature deaths. More detail here: @curisatucker.bsky.social #HealthDisparity @uscarnoldschool.bsky.social l @uscresearch.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
📢 New Publication Alert!
We developed a #Racial #Discrimination #Index using #socialmedia data + #AI - it's strongly linked to Black premature deaths. More detail here: @curisatucker.bsky.social #HealthDisparity @uscarnoldschool.bsky.social l @uscresearch.bsky.social
We developed a #Racial #Discrimination #Index using #socialmedia data + #AI - it's strongly linked to Black premature deaths. More detail here: @curisatucker.bsky.social #HealthDisparity @uscarnoldschool.bsky.social l @uscresearch.bsky.social
🎉 Here’s a wrap on 1st Rural Auricular Point Acupressure (#APA) Educator training workshop @uscarnoldschool.bsky.social #USCRHRC! Excited to launch our #NIH-funded #ClinicalTrial in Sept 2025, partnering with #SCORH #SCCHWA #SCPHCA @cupress.bsky.social More here: shorturl.at/9jO9f #ruralhealthcare
April 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
🎉 Here’s a wrap on 1st Rural Auricular Point Acupressure (#APA) Educator training workshop @uscarnoldschool.bsky.social #USCRHRC! Excited to launch our #NIH-funded #ClinicalTrial in Sept 2025, partnering with #SCORH #SCCHWA #SCPHCA @cupress.bsky.social More here: shorturl.at/9jO9f #ruralhealthcare
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NRHA is now accepting submissions for our 2025 compendium of rural oral health initiatives and best practices through March 31. Learn more and act soon: fs16.formsite.com/MEAGHAN/pvmi... #ruralhealth
March 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
NRHA is now accepting submissions for our 2025 compendium of rural oral health initiatives and best practices through March 31. Learn more and act soon: fs16.formsite.com/MEAGHAN/pvmi... #ruralhealth
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Join NRHA and hundreds of rural health leaders for NRHA’s Annual Rural Health Conference and associated events May 20-23 in Atlanta. Check out the updated agenda with over 80 innovative, practical, and cost-saving sessions and much more: www.ruralhealth.us/events/sched... #ruralhealth
March 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Join NRHA and hundreds of rural health leaders for NRHA’s Annual Rural Health Conference and associated events May 20-23 in Atlanta. Check out the updated agenda with over 80 innovative, practical, and cost-saving sessions and much more: www.ruralhealth.us/events/sched... #ruralhealth
🚨Call 4 Papers!🚨
Excited to co-edit this #Hybrid #Pregnancy #Care collection #BMCPregnancyChildbirth!✨https://go.sn.pub/hpc
We welcome submissions on novel perinatal care models.
#MaternalHealth #telehealth @doctorswithoutborders.org
@ruralhealth.bsky.social #Policy
@acog-org.bsky.social
Excited to co-edit this #Hybrid #Pregnancy #Care collection #BMCPregnancyChildbirth!✨https://go.sn.pub/hpc
We welcome submissions on novel perinatal care models.
#MaternalHealth #telehealth @doctorswithoutborders.org
@ruralhealth.bsky.social #Policy
@acog-org.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🚨Call 4 Papers!🚨
Excited to co-edit this #Hybrid #Pregnancy #Care collection #BMCPregnancyChildbirth!✨https://go.sn.pub/hpc
We welcome submissions on novel perinatal care models.
#MaternalHealth #telehealth @doctorswithoutborders.org
@ruralhealth.bsky.social #Policy
@acog-org.bsky.social
Excited to co-edit this #Hybrid #Pregnancy #Care collection #BMCPregnancyChildbirth!✨https://go.sn.pub/hpc
We welcome submissions on novel perinatal care models.
#MaternalHealth #telehealth @doctorswithoutborders.org
@ruralhealth.bsky.social #Policy
@acog-org.bsky.social
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Proposed federal funding cuts could have a drastic impact in rural areas, with NRHA Chief Policy Officer Carrie Cochran-McClain saying that already strapped rural clinics will feel these proposed cuts deeply. Read more: www.marketplace.org/2025/03/10/f... #ruralhealth
Federal funding cuts could hurt already fragile rural health care - Marketplace
Rural hospitals and clinics face potential closures, leaving patients with longer travel times, fewer options and more uncertainty.
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March 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Proposed federal funding cuts could have a drastic impact in rural areas, with NRHA Chief Policy Officer Carrie Cochran-McClain saying that already strapped rural clinics will feel these proposed cuts deeply. Read more: www.marketplace.org/2025/03/10/f... #ruralhealth
Virtual hospitals, like Saudi Arabia's Seha Virtual Hospital, are revolutionizing healthcare by providing remote team-based care to patients in #underserved areas. Could this be the future of #rural healthcare in the US? #Telemedicine #RuralHealth www.ft.com/content/1041...
‘Virtual hospitals’ deliver home treatment to remote patients
Digital systems are helping to cut the need for physical attendance at medical centres
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March 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Virtual hospitals, like Saudi Arabia's Seha Virtual Hospital, are revolutionizing healthcare by providing remote team-based care to patients in #underserved areas. Could this be the future of #rural healthcare in the US? #Telemedicine #RuralHealth www.ft.com/content/1041...
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Since the hospital supply issue is now hitting the lay press, Sam the rural health advoCATe makes one additional point: we can decrease hospital bed use by increasing the supply of and access to primary care physicians.
#PowerOfRuralCats
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#PowerOfRuralCats
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Health Care Staffing Shortages and Potential National Hospital Bed Shortage
This cross-sectional study assesses several possible US hospital bed occupancy scenarios arising from an aging US population over the next decade, based on varying hospitalization rates and staffed ho...
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March 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Since the hospital supply issue is now hitting the lay press, Sam the rural health advoCATe makes one additional point: we can decrease hospital bed use by increasing the supply of and access to primary care physicians.
#PowerOfRuralCats
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#PowerOfRuralCats
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Shared with a sigh by Sam the rural health advoCATe. #PowerOfRuralCats
Rural-Urban Disparities in Mobile Health Application Ownership and Utilization Among Cancer Survivors journals.lww.com/lww-medicalc...
Rural-Urban Disparities in Mobile Health Application... : Medical Care
ion. In this study, we explore the characteristics of cancer survivors who own and use mHealth apps and examine rural-urban disparities in mHealth app ownership and utilization among cancer survivors....
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January 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Shared with a sigh by Sam the rural health advoCATe. #PowerOfRuralCats
Smaller Town Hospitals Having Trouble Maintaining Labor And Delivery Services. Another #rural #OBClosure sheridanmedia.com/news/185526/...
Smaller Town Hospitals Having Trouble Maintaining Labor And Delivery Services
What’s being labeled as a maternity desert, just got a little bit bigger in southwest Wyoming.
As of December 30th 2024, the hospital in Evanston discontinued its labor and delivery services, makin...
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January 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Smaller Town Hospitals Having Trouble Maintaining Labor And Delivery Services. Another #rural #OBClosure sheridanmedia.com/news/185526/...
Hospital will pay fine for halting L&D services “without CON approval”!!! The fine will fund grants for #MaternalHealth. A community forum will guide fund use. “Hospitals must support their communities,” said OHS Commissioner Gifford. #OBClosure www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/ct-o...
CT OHS fines Johnson Memorial Hospital $153.5K for terminating labor, delivery services
Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford Springs will pay a $153,500 fine to the state for terminating labor and delivery services without a Certificate of Need (CON) approval, a state agency announced T...
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January 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Hospital will pay fine for halting L&D services “without CON approval”!!! The fine will fund grants for #MaternalHealth. A community forum will guide fund use. “Hospitals must support their communities,” said OHS Commissioner Gifford. #OBClosure www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/ct-o...
Mercy Health West closed labor and delivery unit on 12/19/2024, expectant mothers advised to seek alternatives
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Mercy Health West to close labor and delivery unit, patients advised to seek alternatives
Effective tomorrow at noon, Mercy Health will be closing their labor and delivery unit.
local12.com
January 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Mercy Health West closed labor and delivery unit on 12/19/2024, expectant mothers advised to seek alternatives
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Prolonged labor ⬆️ complication risks, endanger mom and baby. These risks are exacerbated by systemic challenges in accessing quality #maternity care, particularly as obstetric unit closures further strain hospital capacity & care availability. @people @ruralhealth
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Newborn Allegedly Dies After Mother's Induction Is Delayed for 60 Hours Due to 'Hospital Capacity,' According to Lawsuit
Chelsea Wooton alleges that she had to wait 60 hours to be induced while the hospital prioritized other emergencies, which ultimately led to the death of her newborn.
people.com
December 31, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Prolonged labor ⬆️ complication risks, endanger mom and baby. These risks are exacerbated by systemic challenges in accessing quality #maternity care, particularly as obstetric unit closures further strain hospital capacity & care availability. @people @ruralhealth
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people.com/baby-dies-af...