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Resources by State: Alabama

Alabama AHEC Newsletter Archive
Archive of the monthly newsletter of Alabama Statewide Area Health Education Centers (AHEC), which supports healthcare delivery and workforce throughout Alabama. Provides AHEC news as well as information on upcoming events, conferences, grants, and learning opportunities.
Type: Journal/Newsletter
Sponsoring organization: Alabama AHEC Network
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Exploring the Health Care Challenges Rural Americans Face Across 5 States
Articles from Rural RX, a series intended to explore the forces that shape rural health care in America. Features programs in Alabama, Texas, Colorado, New York, and West Virginia.
Author(s): Nicole Ellis, William Brangham, Caleb Hellerman
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: PBS News Hour
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Southeastern Telehealth Resource Center - Upcoming Events
Offers information on upcoming events hosted by the Southeastern Telehealth Resource Center and partner organizations, addressing rural telemedicine, telehealth technologies, program development, and more.
Type: Calendar/Event List
Sponsoring organization: Southeastern Telehealth Resource Center
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Alabama's Rural Hospitals
Provides quick facts about Alabama rural hospitals, including yearly numbers of patients treated, babies delivered, and emergency room visits, as well as employment and payroll information and number of hospital closures since 2011.
Additional links: Financial Fact Sheet, Presentation Slides
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Hospital Association
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Cardiovascular & Cancer Rates for the Rural Delta Region
Interactive mapping tool showing 13 health measures for people in Delta Region counties/parishes. Allows users to compare rates by county, rural or urban status, to peer counties, to the national average, to national quartiles, by Health Resources and Services Administration regions, and by states.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Alabama - Project ECHO
Offers an online telementoring program linking medical experts with healthcare providers across Alabama. Promotes interactive collaboration in case-based learning to develop specialty skills and best practices to improve patient care access, quality, and efficiency.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
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COVID-19 in Appalachia
Offers information, data, and resources for addressing COVID-19 in the Appalachian region. Includes county level COVID-19 confirmed case counts with economic status and its impact on key socioeconomic indicators.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Appalachian Regional Commission
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Journal of Appalachian Health
Highlights issues relating to the health and wellness of rural Appalachian communities. Features peer-reviewed, open access research on health outcomes in Appalachia.
Type: Journal/Newsletter
Sponsoring organization: University of Kentucky College of Public Health
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Alabama Health Professional Shortages and Related Resources
Provides county-level maps of Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) and Medically Undeserved Area/Population (MUA/P) designations in Alabama, and associated resources.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
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Creating a Culture of Health in Appalachia: Disparities and Bright Spots
An initiative focused on health outcomes in Appalachian communities. Provides access to health disparities data on health status, healthcare delivery, and social determinants of health (SDOH) indicators for counties within the rural Appalachian region. Also identifies and provides case studies of "Bright Spots", counties in the region with better-than-expected health outcomes.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organizations: Appalachian Regional Commission, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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