Rural Health
News by Topic: Networking and collaboration
Dec 10, 2025 - Announces the expansion of a rural pediatric health networking and collaboration initiative in Georgia aiming to support access to pediatric healthcare. The program includes both a physician training and consultation component as well as specialty telehealth component to allow rural children to receive healthcare in their communities. Discusses scholarship opportunities to increase the pediatric health workforce and plans to continue expanding this program.
Source: The Den
Dec 9, 2025 - Highlights a regional program pairing medical students with physician mentors as a method to recruit and retain healthcare professionals in rural communities. Profiles one student-mentor pair in Wyoming.
Source: Wyoming Public Radio
Dec 1, 2025 - Highlights the work of rural pharmacists around New Mexico and their paths to rural practice. Discusses initiatives to address primary care physician shortages by increasing a pharmacist's scope of practice, efforts to recruit rural students to the pharmacy field, and networking across the state.
Source: UNM Health Sciences News
Nov 24, 2025 - Describes partnerships between the University of Rochester and rural New York schools. Highlights a program to increase the school-based mental healthcare workforce through a graduate student internship, rural-focused professional development, and high school curriculum aiming to introduce students to mental healthcare professions. Also describes other education and professional development collaborations with the University.
Source: University of Rochester News Center
Nov 11, 2025 - Describes a new service for rural Wisconsin veterans due to a partnership between a clinic and the Veterans Administration (VA). The Veteran Services Care Coordinator Program offers coordinators to help veterans navigate VA programs.
Source: WSAW
Nov 4, 2025 - Highlights a partnership between the Vermont Library Association and the University of Vermont to explore offering telehealth in rural libraries around the state. The project aims to increase access to healthcare while addressing technology barriers in rural areas.
Oct 30, 2025 - Describes rural healthcare challenges and opportunities for innovation in rural New York as discussed by a rural healthcare facility administrator. Includes topics such as healthcare access barriers, community partnerships, and telehealth.
Source: George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health
Oct 30, 2025 - Highlights the childcare shortage in a rural Indiana community and a partnership with students through the Indiana University Center for Rural Engagement to address it. Discusses working within communities and the connection between childcare and workforce development.
Source: Indiana University Bloomington Center for Rural Engagement News
Oct 24, 2025 - Describes efforts to collect and distribute traditional Alaska Native foods to victims of Typhoon Halong in rural Alaska. Discusses collaboration between tribal institutions and relief organizations across the state.
Oct 20, 2025 - Describes a broadband access program in a rural Georgia county. Discusses the importance of building partnerships and infrastructure as a means to obtain funding and increase sustainability after the initial funding is spent.
Source: National Association of Counties