Hospital Matters: The transportation issue impacting access to care in greater Minnesota

Non-emergency medical transportation is the system that helps people get to hospitals and clinics for routine care, and get home or to a post-acute setting when they no longer need to be in the hospital. But northeastern Minnesota is facing a growing shortage of this transportation. New research from the University of Minnesota Duluth shows how this shortage is affecting patient access to care and hospital discharge planning.  Host: Tim Nelson, Minnesota Hospital Association Guests:  Anna Solem, system manager, acute care coordination of the Minnesota region, Aspirus Health David Beard, professor of rhetoric, University of Minnesota Duluth Gavin Bukovich, senior  planner, Arrowhead Regional Development Commission