LAFAYETTE, La., Sept. 9 -- The University of Louisiana at Lafayette issued the following news release:

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette hasbeen awarded almost $2.1 millionby the Louisiana Department of Health as part of an initiative to improve health care services and health outcomes in rural communities across the state.



UL Lafayette's College of Nursing & Health Sciences was awarded nearly $1.6 million. The University's Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence was awarded $498,723. Each grant will support a different component of LDH's Louisiana Rural Health Transformation Program.



The initiative brings together health care providers, academia, industry, state agencies and community leaders to address health care challen...