Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Emergency medical services
Geographic Disparities in Access to Broadband, Ambulance Services, and Health Care and Implications for Telehealth
Explores the degree to which populated areas, including rural areas, lack the sufficient broadband infrastructure needed to support telehealth services, referred to as broadband deserts. Presents data on the number and percentage of rural residents who live in broadband deserts. Describes the intersection of broadband deserts with areas with limited access to prehospital ambulance services (ambulance deserts) and hospitals and clinics (healthcare deserts) by state.
Author(s): Celia Jewell, Heidi O'Connor, Thomas E. Griffin, et al.
Citation: JAMA Health Forum, 7(9), e263290
Date: 09/2026
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Explores the degree to which populated areas, including rural areas, lack the sufficient broadband infrastructure needed to support telehealth services, referred to as broadband deserts. Presents data on the number and percentage of rural residents who live in broadband deserts. Describes the intersection of broadband deserts with areas with limited access to prehospital ambulance services (ambulance deserts) and hospitals and clinics (healthcare deserts) by state.
Author(s): Celia Jewell, Heidi O'Connor, Thomas E. Griffin, et al.
Citation: JAMA Health Forum, 7(9), e263290
Date: 09/2026
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Historical State Actions Aligned with Approved RHTP Uses
Describes state legislation enacted to address rural health topics that coincide with priorities of the Rural Health Transformation Program, including chronic disease management, the healthcare workforce, emergency medical services, health technology, behavioral health, and healthcare payment.
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
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Describes state legislation enacted to address rural health topics that coincide with priorities of the Rural Health Transformation Program, including chronic disease management, the healthcare workforce, emergency medical services, health technology, behavioral health, and healthcare payment.
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
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Improving Trauma Stabilization Training for Rural Family Medicine Residents
Presents data from the first 3 years of the Trauma and Emergency Medicine Track, developed in 2019 as a partnership among Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls, Oregon; trauma surgeons; and Cascades East Family Medicine. The program prepares rural medical residents to lead trauma care, provides opportunities to perform trauma-specific procedures, and improves residents' comfort level with trauma stabilization.
Author(s): Christine Maisano, Patricia A. Carney, Margaret Jolley, Joel Klas
Citation: Family Medicine, 58(8), 577-581
Date: 09/2026
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Presents data from the first 3 years of the Trauma and Emergency Medicine Track, developed in 2019 as a partnership among Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls, Oregon; trauma surgeons; and Cascades East Family Medicine. The program prepares rural medical residents to lead trauma care, provides opportunities to perform trauma-specific procedures, and improves residents' comfort level with trauma stabilization.
Author(s): Christine Maisano, Patricia A. Carney, Margaret Jolley, Joel Klas
Citation: Family Medicine, 58(8), 577-581
Date: 09/2026
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Broadband Connectivity Among Rural First Responders in Pennsylvania
Explores challenges and opportunities in digital communication technologies experienced by Pennsylvania rural first responders. Features recommendations for Pennsylvania policymakers and stakeholders to improve communication access.
Author(s): Christopher Ali, Abigail Simmerman, DongWook Jeong
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Pennsylvania
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Explores challenges and opportunities in digital communication technologies experienced by Pennsylvania rural first responders. Features recommendations for Pennsylvania policymakers and stakeholders to improve communication access.
Author(s): Christopher Ali, Abigail Simmerman, DongWook Jeong
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Pennsylvania
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FY 2022 Mississippi State Health Plan: Fourth Edition - Amended
Offers criteria and standards for health-related activities in Mississippi which require Certificate of Need review. Features sections on workforce, long-term care, mental health, perinatal care, acute care, rehabilitation services, and other services. Mentions rural throughout.
Date: 08/2026
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi State Department of Health
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Offers criteria and standards for health-related activities in Mississippi which require Certificate of Need review. Features sections on workforce, long-term care, mental health, perinatal care, acute care, rehabilitation services, and other services. Mentions rural throughout.
Date: 08/2026
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi State Department of Health
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Unequal Paths to Care: How Region, Rurality, and Deprivation Determine Transport to Verified Trauma Centers among the Critically Injured
Examines the relationship among rurality, area deprivation index (ADI), and trauma center transport of critically injured patients. Utilizes 2018-2022 National Emergency Medical Services Information System data from 36,897,269 critically injured patients and analyzes rural versus urban transport to a trauma center, region of the country, and ADI.
Author(s): Amani Sampson, Edward Helderop, Tokoya Williams, et al.
Citation: Surgery, 196, 110232
Date: 08/2026
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Examines the relationship among rurality, area deprivation index (ADI), and trauma center transport of critically injured patients. Utilizes 2018-2022 National Emergency Medical Services Information System data from 36,897,269 critically injured patients and analyzes rural versus urban transport to a trauma center, region of the country, and ADI.
Author(s): Amani Sampson, Edward Helderop, Tokoya Williams, et al.
Citation: Surgery, 196, 110232
Date: 08/2026
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Who Lives in Ambulance Deserts? Demographic and Geographic Differences in Accessing Ambulance Services
Presents data on ambulance deserts, or populated areas more than 25 minutes from an ambulance station, across 41 states, using a mix of state and federal data sources. Discusses how rurality and other factors such as U.S. region, age, and socioeconomic status are associated with living in an ambulance desert.
Author(s): Yvonne Jonk, Heidi O'Connor, Brianna Holston, Celia Jewell, Tyler DeAngelis
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Presents data on ambulance deserts, or populated areas more than 25 minutes from an ambulance station, across 41 states, using a mix of state and federal data sources. Discusses how rurality and other factors such as U.S. region, age, and socioeconomic status are associated with living in an ambulance desert.
Author(s): Yvonne Jonk, Heidi O'Connor, Brianna Holston, Celia Jewell, Tyler DeAngelis
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Georgia Emergency Medicine Fact Sheet: Based on 2023-2024 Physician Licensure Data
Provides statistics on emergency medicine physicians in Georgia, based on data from the 2023-2024 Physician Survey. Includes maps showing counties that are nonmetropolitan areas and emergency medicine physician rate per 100,000 population, by county.
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Provides statistics on emergency medicine physicians in Georgia, based on data from the 2023-2024 Physician Survey. Includes maps showing counties that are nonmetropolitan areas and emergency medicine physician rate per 100,000 population, by county.
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Rural Pediatric Readiness: Improving Emergency Care for Kids
Features rural providers in Texas and Wyoming working to improve their ability to provide quality emergency care to pediatric patients, as well as a pediatric readiness training program in Georgia.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Features rural providers in Texas and Wyoming working to improve their ability to provide quality emergency care to pediatric patients, as well as a pediatric readiness training program in Georgia.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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No "Golden Hour" in Alaska: Characteristics and Implications of Medevac-Centered Emergency Care
Examines the usage of air medical ambulances (medevacs) in remote, tribally administered village clinics in Northwest Alaska to provide physician emergency medical care. Utilizes 2020-2024 data from 11 Alaskan village clinics and 1,579 medevacs and analyzes flight time, decision time, and ground time. Discusses the importance of timely emergency care for rural patients.
Author(s): Brian Rice, Chelsea Williams, Cindy Y. Chang, et al.
Citation: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, 27(4)
Date: 06/2026
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Examines the usage of air medical ambulances (medevacs) in remote, tribally administered village clinics in Northwest Alaska to provide physician emergency medical care. Utilizes 2020-2024 data from 11 Alaskan village clinics and 1,579 medevacs and analyzes flight time, decision time, and ground time. Discusses the importance of timely emergency care for rural patients.
Author(s): Brian Rice, Chelsea Williams, Cindy Y. Chang, et al.
Citation: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, 27(4)
Date: 06/2026
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