Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Infectious diseases
Disaster Available Supplies in Hospitals (DASH)
Interactive tool designed to help hospital emergency planners and supply chain staff estimate supplies that may need to be available immediately during mass casualty incidents and infectious disease emergencies, based on hospital characteristics. Comprises four modules which can provide hospitals a holistic view of the supplies needed to address various types of incidents.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
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Interactive tool designed to help hospital emergency planners and supply chain staff estimate supplies that may need to be available immediately during mass casualty incidents and infectious disease emergencies, based on hospital characteristics. Comprises four modules which can provide hospitals a holistic view of the supplies needed to address various types of incidents.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
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Long COVID and Fatiguing Illness Recovery Program
Highlights a CDC-funded program that provides training sessions about long-term, post-acute COVID-19 symptoms and syndromes. Presents webinars and a resource library detailing best practices and emerging treatments.
Sponsoring organizations: Project ECHO, University of New Mexico Health Sciences
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Highlights a CDC-funded program that provides training sessions about long-term, post-acute COVID-19 symptoms and syndromes. Presents webinars and a resource library detailing best practices and emerging treatments.
Sponsoring organizations: Project ECHO, University of New Mexico Health Sciences
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Impacts of COVID on Rural Minnesota
Provides visual information about COVID-19 impacts on rural Minnesota in terms of total cases, access to healthcare, and impacts on the economy. Allows user to choose date range and geographic area such as entirely rural, town/rural mix, urban/town/rural mix, or entirely urban.
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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Provides visual information about COVID-19 impacts on rural Minnesota in terms of total cases, access to healthcare, and impacts on the economy. Allows user to choose date range and geographic area such as entirely rural, town/rural mix, urban/town/rural mix, or entirely urban.
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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AHEAD: America's HIV Epidemic Analysis Dashboard
Presents state- and county-level HIV data of Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) priority areas and select rural counties in the South with high HIV transmission. Provides public health data, including 6 HIV indicators by geographic location: incidence, status, diagnosis, medical care, viral suppression, and PrEP coverage.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Presents state- and county-level HIV data of Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) priority areas and select rural counties in the South with high HIV transmission. Provides public health data, including 6 HIV indicators by geographic location: incidence, status, diagnosis, medical care, viral suppression, and PrEP coverage.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Rural Disaster Health TA Responses
Examples of technical assistance (TA) requests related to rural health disasters, as addressed by the Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE). Includes links to resources on how healthcare facilities can apply for grant and funding assistance, hospital emergency operations plans, and discussion of how rural areas can prepare for and manage residents who test positive for COVID-19.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
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Examples of technical assistance (TA) requests related to rural health disasters, as addressed by the Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE). Includes links to resources on how healthcare facilities can apply for grant and funding assistance, hospital emergency operations plans, and discussion of how rural areas can prepare for and manage residents who test positive for COVID-19.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
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Telehealth Best Practice Guides
Library of guides offering information and resources related to telehealth billing, strategy, and implementation. Topic areas include accreditation, behavioral healthcare, chronic conditions, maternal health, and school-based services.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Library of guides offering information and resources related to telehealth billing, strategy, and implementation. Topic areas include accreditation, behavioral healthcare, chronic conditions, maternal health, and school-based services.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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RADx Underserved Populations (RADx-UP)
National Institutes of Health program promoting research projects studying COVID-19 testing patterns in communities in the United States and its territories as well as tribal nations. Provides data on disparities in infection rates, disease progression, health outcomes, access to healthcare, and more.
Sponsoring organization: National Institutes of Health
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National Institutes of Health program promoting research projects studying COVID-19 testing patterns in communities in the United States and its territories as well as tribal nations. Provides data on disparities in infection rates, disease progression, health outcomes, access to healthcare, and more.
Sponsoring organization: National Institutes of Health
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Michigan Center for Rural Health - ECHO Clinics
Lists upcoming Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) clinics that address the management of infectious disease patients throughout Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. Includes topics such as case discussion of hepatitis C (HCV) patients; therapy basics for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); updates on sexually transmitted diseases (STD), hepatitis A (HAV), and hepatitis B (HBV) for primary care providers, among others.
Sponsoring organizations: Michigan Center for Rural Health, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Lists upcoming Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) clinics that address the management of infectious disease patients throughout Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. Includes topics such as case discussion of hepatitis C (HCV) patients; therapy basics for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); updates on sexually transmitted diseases (STD), hepatitis A (HAV), and hepatitis B (HBV) for primary care providers, among others.
Sponsoring organizations: Michigan Center for Rural Health, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Urban Indian Health Institute COVID-19 Vaccine Resources
Provides information resources to address COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy in Native American communities. Tools include vaccination messaging and conversation guides, fact sheet, social media resources, and video interviews.
Sponsoring organization: Urban Indian Health Institute
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Provides information resources to address COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy in Native American communities. Tools include vaccination messaging and conversation guides, fact sheet, social media resources, and video interviews.
Sponsoring organization: Urban Indian Health Institute
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University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Infectious Diseases (ID) Project ECHO
Shares knowledge and expertise through telementoring for healthcare providers to enhance their capacity to treat complex health conditions in underserved communities. Current project aims to identify health disparities, develop targeted strategies to mitigate those disparities, and implement quality improvement projects to promote health equity and cultural sensitivity.
Sponsoring organization: University of Nebraska Medical Center
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Shares knowledge and expertise through telementoring for healthcare providers to enhance their capacity to treat complex health conditions in underserved communities. Current project aims to identify health disparities, develop targeted strategies to mitigate those disparities, and implement quality improvement projects to promote health equity and cultural sensitivity.
Sponsoring organization: University of Nebraska Medical Center
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