Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare needs and services
COVID-19 Hospital Encounters by Urban-Rural Location of the Hospital by Week From Selected Hospitals
Line chart showing hospitals' percentage of confirmed COVID-19 encounters among all emergency department or inpatient encounters. Includes data from March 2020 through December 2023 for large central and fringe metro areas, medium and small metro areas, and rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Line chart showing hospitals' percentage of confirmed COVID-19 encounters among all emergency department or inpatient encounters. Includes data from March 2020 through December 2023 for large central and fringe metro areas, medium and small metro areas, and rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Project ECHO - Indiana University (IU) Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
Offers CMEs and continuing education via live teleclinics for physicians and non-physicians, pharmacists, nurses, social workers, and certified health education specialists. Programs include didactic and case-based learning on hepatitis C, HIV, cancer, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: Indiana University - Purdue University Indiana (IUPUI), Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
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Offers CMEs and continuing education via live teleclinics for physicians and non-physicians, pharmacists, nurses, social workers, and certified health education specialists. Programs include didactic and case-based learning on hepatitis C, HIV, cancer, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: Indiana University - Purdue University Indiana (IUPUI), Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
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Customizable Communications Toolkit
Provides a catalog of internal and external communications resources to support rural hospitals and clinics. Includes customizable print and digital resources, scripts, and talking points to promote community trust, preventive screenings, swing bed services, telehealth, and pulmonary rehabilitation.
Sponsoring organizations: Legato Healthcare Marketing, National Rural Health Resource Center
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Provides a catalog of internal and external communications resources to support rural hospitals and clinics. Includes customizable print and digital resources, scripts, and talking points to promote community trust, preventive screenings, swing bed services, telehealth, and pulmonary rehabilitation.
Sponsoring organizations: Legato Healthcare Marketing, National Rural Health Resource Center
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Multi-Discipline Licensure Resource Project
Provides current information on licensing for occupational and physical therapists, psychologists, and social workers. Resources include state-specific information related to licensure, as well as online and phone support.
Sponsoring organization: Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB)
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Provides current information on licensing for occupational and physical therapists, psychologists, and social workers. Resources include state-specific information related to licensure, as well as online and phone support.
Sponsoring organization: Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB)
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Brandeis Opioid Resource Connector
Collection of community-based program models, data and mapping information, and other resources for communities to reduce opioid addiction and overdose. Program models cover prevention, harm recovery, recovery, and treatment, and can be filtered by setting to select rural-specific examples.
Sponsoring organization: Opioid Policy Research Collaborative
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Collection of community-based program models, data and mapping information, and other resources for communities to reduce opioid addiction and overdose. Program models cover prevention, harm recovery, recovery, and treatment, and can be filtered by setting to select rural-specific examples.
Sponsoring organization: Opioid Policy Research Collaborative
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PubMed Search: Opioid Use in Rural Areas
Searches PubMed's collection of journal article citations on the opioid epidemic, opioid use, and opioid use disorder treatment in rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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Searches PubMed's collection of journal article citations on the opioid epidemic, opioid use, and opioid use disorder treatment in rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Calls/Webinars
Up-to-date guidance for clinicians from subject matter experts on key emergency preparedness and response topics. Slides and webinar recordings for past COCA calls are available.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Up-to-date guidance for clinicians from subject matter experts on key emergency preparedness and response topics. Slides and webinar recordings for past COCA calls are available.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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National Indian Health Board Tribal Data Project
Presents a series of maps illustrating American Indian and Alaska Native populations by a number of demographic and health-related measures. Includes maps detailing population, mortality, and veteran status, among others measures.
Sponsoring organization: National Indian Health Board
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Presents a series of maps illustrating American Indian and Alaska Native populations by a number of demographic and health-related measures. Includes maps detailing population, mortality, and veteran status, among others measures.
Sponsoring organization: National Indian Health Board
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Billings (Montana) Project teleECHO Clinics
A medical education and care management collaborative that enables clinicians in remote settings to deliver better care to more people locally. Local clinicians together with specialist teams from larger medical centers meet weekly in virtual clinics or teleECHO™ clinics (Project ECHO) to share knowledge, increase treatment capacity, and offer peer support.
Sponsoring organization: Billings Clinic (Montana)
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A medical education and care management collaborative that enables clinicians in remote settings to deliver better care to more people locally. Local clinicians together with specialist teams from larger medical centers meet weekly in virtual clinics or teleECHO™ clinics (Project ECHO) to share knowledge, increase treatment capacity, and offer peer support.
Sponsoring organization: Billings Clinic (Montana)
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Wyoming Project ECHO
A knowledge sharing network led by experts using videoconference technology to conduct learning sessions about evidence-based practices in health, education, and disability services. Offers educators, healthcare providers, special service providers, case managers, and administrators expert information directly to their work place.
Sponsoring organization: University of Wyoming
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A knowledge sharing network led by experts using videoconference technology to conduct learning sessions about evidence-based practices in health, education, and disability services. Offers educators, healthcare providers, special service providers, case managers, and administrators expert information directly to their work place.
Sponsoring organization: University of Wyoming
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