Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Sustainability of programs
Profile in Innovation: Rural Hospital Participation in Missouri HealthNet's Transformation of Rural Community Health (ToRCH) Program
Provides an overview of ToRCH, a Missouri Medicaid program designed to improve health outcomes and overall well-being in rural Missouri communities by addressing both medical and health-related social needs through a comprehensive, integrated care model. Discusses how hospitals, primary care teams, and community-based organizations implemented the model and funding strategy for the program.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Provides an overview of ToRCH, a Missouri Medicaid program designed to improve health outcomes and overall well-being in rural Missouri communities by addressing both medical and health-related social needs through a comprehensive, integrated care model. Discusses how hospitals, primary care teams, and community-based organizations implemented the model and funding strategy for the program.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Study Protocol of Sustaining Home Palliative Care for Patients with Heart Failure (Hf) and Their Family Caregivers in Rural Appalachia: A Mixed Methods Randomized Clinical Trial
Study protocol to examine an integrated nurse-led intervention bundle for patients with heart failure and their family caregivers regarding home supportive end-of-live palliative care in rural West Virginia. Discusses the assessment of the intervention's sustainability with rural stakeholders, visiting volunteers, and the West Virginia Faith Community Nurse Network.
Author(s): Ubolrat Piamjariyakul,Stephanie Young, Angel Smothers, et al.
Citation: BMC Palliative Care, 24(1)
Date: 03/2025
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Study protocol to examine an integrated nurse-led intervention bundle for patients with heart failure and their family caregivers regarding home supportive end-of-live palliative care in rural West Virginia. Discusses the assessment of the intervention's sustainability with rural stakeholders, visiting volunteers, and the West Virginia Faith Community Nurse Network.
Author(s): Ubolrat Piamjariyakul,Stephanie Young, Angel Smothers, et al.
Citation: BMC Palliative Care, 24(1)
Date: 03/2025
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The Importance of Contextually Specific Support Relationships in Implementing Programs to Link People to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment During Reentry from County Jails
A case study that examines an intervention that links people in county jails to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) programs. Analyzes 3 rural and 2 urban county jails in Kentucky and the related program implementation, reach, and sustainability.
Author(s): Margaret McGladrey, Marisa Booty, Susannah Stitzer, et al.
Citation: Health & Justice volume 13, 20
Date: 03/2025
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A case study that examines an intervention that links people in county jails to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) programs. Analyzes 3 rural and 2 urban county jails in Kentucky and the related program implementation, reach, and sustainability.
Author(s): Margaret McGladrey, Marisa Booty, Susannah Stitzer, et al.
Citation: Health & Justice volume 13, 20
Date: 03/2025
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A Guide to Working with Rural Philanthropy
Strategies for rural communities and organizations to help build and sustain partnerships with philanthropies. Includes background information on rural philanthropy and identifies actions and characteristics that may make a program successful in seeking funding from a philanthropy that wants to invest in rural health.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organizations: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, Rural Health Information Hub
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Strategies for rural communities and organizations to help build and sustain partnerships with philanthropies. Includes background information on rural philanthropy and identifies actions and characteristics that may make a program successful in seeking funding from a philanthropy that wants to invest in rural health.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organizations: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, Rural Health Information Hub
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Rural Hospital Stabilization Program Introduction
A recorded webinar that provides an overview on the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program. Focuses on the program's purpose and services as well as participation eligibility and the application/selection process. Transcript available below description.
Date: 02/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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A recorded webinar that provides an overview on the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program. Focuses on the program's purpose and services as well as participation eligibility and the application/selection process. Transcript available below description.
Date: 02/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Nebraska: Roadmap to Strong Rural Health Care
Provides information on sustaining rural hospitals and clinics, growing the rural healthcare workforce in Nebraska, improving access to long-term care, improving rural well-being, and preserving emergency medical services, among other topics related to rural healthcare in Nebraska.
Date: 02/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Nebraska Hospital Association, Nebraska Rural Health Association
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Provides information on sustaining rural hospitals and clinics, growing the rural healthcare workforce in Nebraska, improving access to long-term care, improving rural well-being, and preserving emergency medical services, among other topics related to rural healthcare in Nebraska.
Date: 02/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Nebraska Hospital Association, Nebraska Rural Health Association
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An Analysis of Telehealth in a Post-Pandemic Rural, Midwestern Community: Increased Comfort and a Preference for Primary Care
Discusses the implementation of telehealth in rural, underserved communities during the COVID-19 pandemic and if telehealth remains a sustainable option to provide healthcare. Utilizes 2023 data from 253 survey participants regarding internet access, telehealth usage, and telehealth perceptions.
Author(s): Chase Salmon, Kameron Bell, Eric Reyes, Ellen Ireland, Robin Danek
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 25, 270
Date: 02/2025
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Discusses the implementation of telehealth in rural, underserved communities during the COVID-19 pandemic and if telehealth remains a sustainable option to provide healthcare. Utilizes 2023 data from 253 survey participants regarding internet access, telehealth usage, and telehealth perceptions.
Author(s): Chase Salmon, Kameron Bell, Eric Reyes, Ellen Ireland, Robin Danek
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 25, 270
Date: 02/2025
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Implementation of Mobile Medication Units: Findings from a Qualitative Study
Provides a brief overview of the development of policy regarding the approval of mobile medication units (MMUs) operated by opioid treatment programs (OTPs). Presents findings from an environmental scan and key informant interviews regarding MMU implementation. Discusses barriers to establishing, sustaining, and expanding MMU services. Describes opportunities to increase access to methadone in underserved communities. Includes rural references throughout.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Mathematica
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Provides a brief overview of the development of policy regarding the approval of mobile medication units (MMUs) operated by opioid treatment programs (OTPs). Presents findings from an environmental scan and key informant interviews regarding MMU implementation. Discusses barriers to establishing, sustaining, and expanding MMU services. Describes opportunities to increase access to methadone in underserved communities. Includes rural references throughout.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Mathematica
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Sustainability Resources for Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network (RPHWTN) Program Awardees
Offers guidance to awardees of the Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network (RPHWTN) on creating sustainability for funded projects. Lists resources and funding opportunities for awarded projects at the national and state levels.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Offers guidance to awardees of the Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network (RPHWTN) on creating sustainability for funded projects. Lists resources and funding opportunities for awarded projects at the national and state levels.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Strategies and Interventions to Strengthen Support for Family Caregivers for Individuals with Serious Illness or Disability: Proceedings of a Workshop - In Brief
Summarizes a workshop discussing issues related to caregiving including successful interventions and strategies addressing burdens placed on caregivers, the needs of specific caregiver populations, how to scale successful programs, and policies for supporting caregivers. Discuses rural specific caregiving challenges.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Summarizes a workshop discussing issues related to caregiving including successful interventions and strategies addressing burdens placed on caregivers, the needs of specific caregiver populations, how to scale successful programs, and policies for supporting caregivers. Discuses rural specific caregiving challenges.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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