Rural Health
Resources by State: Georgia
Models for Quality Improvement in Critical Access Hospitals: The Role of State Flex Programs
Examines the scope of multi-Critical Access Hospital (CAH) quality improvement and performance measurement reporting initiatives supported by the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex Program) in 9 states. Addresses how the Flex Program has been instrumental in funding and providing leadership for the development of Critical Access Hospital (CAH) quality improvement initiatives.
Additional links: Policy Brief: The Role of State Flex Programs in Supporting Quality Improvement in Critical Access Hospitals
Author(s): Andrew Coburn, John Gale, Melanie Race, Mark Richards, Anush Hansen
Date: 03/2010
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Examines the scope of multi-Critical Access Hospital (CAH) quality improvement and performance measurement reporting initiatives supported by the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex Program) in 9 states. Addresses how the Flex Program has been instrumental in funding and providing leadership for the development of Critical Access Hospital (CAH) quality improvement initiatives.
Additional links: Policy Brief: The Role of State Flex Programs in Supporting Quality Improvement in Critical Access Hospitals
Author(s): Andrew Coburn, John Gale, Melanie Race, Mark Richards, Anush Hansen
Date: 03/2010
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Community Correlates of Rural Youth Violence
Addresses lack of knowledge of rural youth violence by applying social disorganization theory to community correlates of youth violence in nonmetropolitan communities in Florida, Georgia, Nebraska, and South Carolina.
Author(s): D. Wayne Osgood, Jeff M. Chambers
Date: 05/2003
Sponsoring organization: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
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Addresses lack of knowledge of rural youth violence by applying social disorganization theory to community correlates of youth violence in nonmetropolitan communities in Florida, Georgia, Nebraska, and South Carolina.
Author(s): D. Wayne Osgood, Jeff M. Chambers
Date: 05/2003
Sponsoring organization: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
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The Effect of Market Reform on Rural Public Health Departments
Reports on how rural health departments and populations they serve were affected by healthcare system changes in the 1990s, particularly Medicaid managed care. Based on site visits to four rural public health departments in each of five states: Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, Oregon, and Wisconsin.
Author(s): Rebecca Slifkin, Pam Silberman, Susan Reif
Date: 01/2000
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Reports on how rural health departments and populations they serve were affected by healthcare system changes in the 1990s, particularly Medicaid managed care. Based on site visits to four rural public health departments in each of five states: Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, Oregon, and Wisconsin.
Author(s): Rebecca Slifkin, Pam Silberman, Susan Reif
Date: 01/2000
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Rural Georgia Voices Podcast
Podcast from the Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center that explores the role healthcare plays to support, improve, and maintain the health and well-being of rural residents in Georgia.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center
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Podcast from the Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center that explores the role healthcare plays to support, improve, and maintain the health and well-being of rural residents in Georgia.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center
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GREAT Health Program (Georgia's Rural Health Transformation Program)
Provides information on Georgia's Rural Health Transformation Program. Includes links to Georgia's application, webinar recordings, and public comments received by the Georgia Department of Community Health to inform the development of the state's application.
Additional links: Revised Project Narrative
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Department of Community Health
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Provides information on Georgia's Rural Health Transformation Program. Includes links to Georgia's application, webinar recordings, and public comments received by the Georgia Department of Community Health to inform the development of the state's application.
Additional links: Revised Project Narrative
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Department of Community Health
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Georgia Department of Community Health Annual Report: Fiscal Year 2024
Outlines the Department of Community Health's key financial and performance highlights from 2024. Includes sections on achievements of the State Office of Rural Health and the Farmworker Health Program.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Department of Community Health
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Outlines the Department of Community Health's key financial and performance highlights from 2024. Includes sections on achievements of the State Office of Rural Health and the Farmworker Health Program.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Department of Community Health
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2024 Rural Community Innovations: Transportation Planning Grant
Summarizes the efforts to increase accessible transportation services by 11 grantees of the 2024 National Aging and Disability Transportation Center's Rural Community Innovations Transportation Planning Grant. Includes a report highlighting lessons learned by the grantees discussing community partnerships, outreach, and sustainability. Features programs from Maine, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Montana, Texas, Washington, Georgia, and Missouri.
Additional links: 2024 Rural Planning Grants Key Learnings and Final Report
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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Summarizes the efforts to increase accessible transportation services by 11 grantees of the 2024 National Aging and Disability Transportation Center's Rural Community Innovations Transportation Planning Grant. Includes a report highlighting lessons learned by the grantees discussing community partnerships, outreach, and sustainability. Features programs from Maine, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Montana, Texas, Washington, Georgia, and Missouri.
Additional links: 2024 Rural Planning Grants Key Learnings and Final Report
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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Autism Toolkit
Toolkit aims to improve rural autism care through guided feedback and informed expertise. Features a partnership between community members and researchers in Georgia and offers answers to questions about treatments, medications, and common beliefs about autism.
Sponsoring organization: Mercer University School of Medicine
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Toolkit aims to improve rural autism care through guided feedback and informed expertise. Features a partnership between community members and researchers in Georgia and offers answers to questions about treatments, medications, and common beliefs about autism.
Sponsoring organization: Mercer University School of Medicine
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State of Georgia Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/P)
Map showing the Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) and Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs) in Georgia by county.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia State Office of Rural Health
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Map showing the Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) and Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs) in Georgia by county.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia State Office of Rural Health
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State of Georgia Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (MHPSA)
County-level map showing Georgia Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas by geographic area and partial county.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia State Office of Rural Health
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County-level map showing Georgia Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas by geographic area and partial county.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia State Office of Rural Health
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