The Clinic As the Lifeline | "Aging. Growing." | Ep. 12 | Jennifer Johnson

Episode 12 of "Aging. Growing.", a series of conversations on aging on its own terms. A conversation with Jennifer Johnson, Rural Health Clinic Specialist at the South Carolina Office of Rural Health, who supports the Rural Health Clinics that serve rural communities across the state. In this conversation: What has changed in rural clinics since the days of paper charts, and why patients still treat their provider like family Why the local clinic is a lifeline for seniors who may see no one else that week What is at stake in the weeks after a hospital stay, from discharge instructions to food, power for oxygen at home and prescriptions that get filled How community paramedics see in the home what a clinic visit cannot, and why payment is what holds these programs back Where AI already shows up in rural health, and the cost and trust barriers that slow it down About Jennifer Johnson Rural Health Clinic Specialist at the South Carolina Office of Rural Health, a nonprofit that supports Rural Health Clinics across South Carolina. She started her career as a medical assistant in a rural health clinic in the early 2000s, and she still gets her own care at one. South Carolina Office of Rural Health: scorh.net About this conversation Henrik Grünfeld, a former EMT and founder of KOGSY, hosts "Aging. Growing." The show explores value-based care and aging on its own terms. Henrik:   / henrikgrunfeld   KOGSY works on the routine, non-clinical side of post-discharge work for US care teams. The series is offered as a standalone resource for anyone who cares about how patients are looked after between visits. Recorded October 2026.