Rural Health
Resources by Type: Document
Veterans Health Administration Interdisciplinary Clinical Video-Telehealth for Geriatrics and Dementia
Highlights a model for delivering interdisciplinary clinical care via video-based telehealth for geriatric rural veterans with dementia. Presents methods for overcoming geographic barriers to provide dementia care for rural veterans with a team of professionals such as social workers, pharmacists, and geriatricians via remote consultations with rural providers.
Additional links: One-page Overview
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
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Highlights a model for delivering interdisciplinary clinical care via video-based telehealth for geriatric rural veterans with dementia. Presents methods for overcoming geographic barriers to provide dementia care for rural veterans with a team of professionals such as social workers, pharmacists, and geriatricians via remote consultations with rural providers.
Additional links: One-page Overview
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
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Growing and Sustaining Community Partnerships: A Use Case
Offers 2 case studies from West Virginia on community partnerships to support community-engaged research. Case studies discuss emergency response efforts and a community ambassador program. Includes 2 toolkits on working with the community and partner compensation for successful community-based participatory research projects.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Institutes of Health Community Engagement Alliance
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Offers 2 case studies from West Virginia on community partnerships to support community-engaged research. Case studies discuss emergency response efforts and a community ambassador program. Includes 2 toolkits on working with the community and partner compensation for successful community-based participatory research projects.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Institutes of Health Community Engagement Alliance
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North Carolina Office of Rural Health Programs
Lists programs administered by the North Carolina Office of Rural Health. Includes the Provider Recruitment and Placement Program, Rural Hospital Program, Community Health Program, Farmworker Health Program, and more.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Office of Rural Health
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Lists programs administered by the North Carolina Office of Rural Health. Includes the Provider Recruitment and Placement Program, Rural Hospital Program, Community Health Program, Farmworker Health Program, and more.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Office of Rural Health
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National Faith in Action on Maternal Health
Provides an overview of maternal health challenges and data in the United States, including mortality rates, mental health, substance use, intimate partner violence, needed services, and more. Provides strategies for community and faith leaders to improve maternal health, as well as a section specific to rural maternal health needs.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: HHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships (The Partnership Center)
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Provides an overview of maternal health challenges and data in the United States, including mortality rates, mental health, substance use, intimate partner violence, needed services, and more. Provides strategies for community and faith leaders to improve maternal health, as well as a section specific to rural maternal health needs.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: HHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships (The Partnership Center)
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Minority Population by County, Nebraska, 2020
Provides data on the minority population in Nebraska by county, utilizing 2020 Census data.
Additional links: Percentage Map, Population Count Map
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
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Provides data on the minority population in Nebraska by county, utilizing 2020 Census data.
Additional links: Percentage Map, Population Count Map
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
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ACO Primary Care Flex Model: Model Overview Factsheet
Describes the ACO Primary Care Flex Model from the CMS Innovation Center including purpose and goals, eligibility and participation criteria, payment overview, and application and timeline. Includes information for Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Describes the ACO Primary Care Flex Model from the CMS Innovation Center including purpose and goals, eligibility and participation criteria, payment overview, and application and timeline. Includes information for Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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CMS Cross Cutting Initiative: Rural Health
A fact sheet that provides examples of how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is working to eliminate disparities in rural healthcare access related to workforce shortages, facility closures, and infrastructure issues. Discusses innovative healthcare payment models from 2023 that address barriers to value-based care in rural healthcare delivery.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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A fact sheet that provides examples of how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is working to eliminate disparities in rural healthcare access related to workforce shortages, facility closures, and infrastructure issues. Discusses innovative healthcare payment models from 2023 that address barriers to value-based care in rural healthcare delivery.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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2021 New Mexico Emergency Department Data Annual Report
Reports on 2021 New Mexico emergency department (ED) visits by hospital, acute and chronic condition, diagnosis, and rates by age, sex, and race/ethnicity, for each of the five health regions. Includes map to show all counties within these regions.
Author(s): Pei Huang, Roselyn Thalathara, Nora Holzinger, Shandiin Wood
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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Reports on 2021 New Mexico emergency department (ED) visits by hospital, acute and chronic condition, diagnosis, and rates by age, sex, and race/ethnicity, for each of the five health regions. Includes map to show all counties within these regions.
Author(s): Pei Huang, Roselyn Thalathara, Nora Holzinger, Shandiin Wood
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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Closing the Broadband Infrastructure Gap: State Grant Funds and the Digital Divide
Analyzes Pew Trusts data on awarded broadband grants in 17 states between 2014 and 2020 to determine common characteristics of funded projects, criteria for allocation, and communities reached. Includes discussion of implications for Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funds and the impact on existing disparities. Offers rural and urban comparisons.
Additional links: Q&A with Pew Trusts, Summary
Author(s): Natassia A. Bravo, Mildred E. Warner
Type: Document
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Analyzes Pew Trusts data on awarded broadband grants in 17 states between 2014 and 2020 to determine common characteristics of funded projects, criteria for allocation, and communities reached. Includes discussion of implications for Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funds and the impact on existing disparities. Offers rural and urban comparisons.
Additional links: Q&A with Pew Trusts, Summary
Author(s): Natassia A. Bravo, Mildred E. Warner
Type: Document
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Pathways to Equity Rural Health Roadmap
Outlines a roadmap for rural health organizations to improve health equity in their communities. Includes guidance on building trust, forming a health equity team, assessing health risks, developing strategies and collaborations, and taking action.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Pathways to Public Health Equity
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Outlines a roadmap for rural health organizations to improve health equity in their communities. Includes guidance on building trust, forming a health equity team, assessing health risks, developing strategies and collaborations, and taking action.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Pathways to Public Health Equity
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