Rural Health
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Oregon Critical Access Hospital Quality Reporting Programs, FY25 Flex (Sept. 1, 2025-Aug. 31, 2026)
Serves as a guide to help Oregon Critical Access Hospital (CAH) quality improvement officers develop and support quality improvement activities and make informed decisions when reporting their quality improvement efforts.
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Office of Rural Health
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Serves as a guide to help Oregon Critical Access Hospital (CAH) quality improvement officers develop and support quality improvement activities and make informed decisions when reporting their quality improvement efforts.
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Office of Rural Health
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Healthy Georgia: Our State of Public Health 2026
Reports on population health topics in Georgia, including data on chronic health conditions, behavioral health, health insurance coverage, healthcare affordability, preventive healthcare and screening, and child health. Includes rural-urban data comparisons for each topic, among other demographic, regional, and national comparisons.
Date: 2026
Sponsoring organization: Augusta University School of Public Health
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Reports on population health topics in Georgia, including data on chronic health conditions, behavioral health, health insurance coverage, healthcare affordability, preventive healthcare and screening, and child health. Includes rural-urban data comparisons for each topic, among other demographic, regional, and national comparisons.
Date: 2026
Sponsoring organization: Augusta University School of Public Health
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Grain Fever Revisited: The Enduring Challenge of Organic Dust Toxic Syndrome
Editorial discussing organic dust toxic syndrome, a respiratory condition prevalent in agricultural workers. Highlights challenges with diagnosing the condition, prevention measures, and the need for additional research.
Author(s): James Latimer
Citation: Journal of Agromedicine, 2026
Date: 2026
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Editorial discussing organic dust toxic syndrome, a respiratory condition prevalent in agricultural workers. Highlights challenges with diagnosing the condition, prevention measures, and the need for additional research.
Author(s): James Latimer
Citation: Journal of Agromedicine, 2026
Date: 2026
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Provider Transparency in Rural Healthcare: Turning Data Visibility into Performance
Discusses how rural hospitals and clinics can identify the best measures of provider performance within financial and electronic health records. Describes how making these measures more visible can improve how providers and administrators work together to advance quality and performance. Requires name, email address, and organization information to download.
Date: 2026
Sponsoring organization: Stroudwater Associates
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Discusses how rural hospitals and clinics can identify the best measures of provider performance within financial and electronic health records. Describes how making these measures more visible can improve how providers and administrators work together to advance quality and performance. Requires name, email address, and organization information to download.
Date: 2026
Sponsoring organization: Stroudwater Associates
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New Hampshire RHT Program Annual Report - Year 1
Reports on the first year of the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) in New Hampshire. Details the state policy actions, uses of funds, recipients of funds, progress reports for each program funded by RHTP, and more.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Date: 2026
Sponsoring organization: Governor's Office of New Opportunities & Rural Transformational Health
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Reports on the first year of the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) in New Hampshire. Details the state policy actions, uses of funds, recipients of funds, progress reports for each program funded by RHTP, and more.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Date: 2026
Sponsoring organization: Governor's Office of New Opportunities & Rural Transformational Health
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Michigan Rural Health Transformation Annual Report Year 1
Reports on the first year of the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) in Michigan. Details the state policy actions, uses of funds, recipients of funds, progress reports for each initiative funded by RHTP, and checkpoint evidence.
Date: 2026
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
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Reports on the first year of the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) in Michigan. Details the state policy actions, uses of funds, recipients of funds, progress reports for each initiative funded by RHTP, and checkpoint evidence.
Date: 2026
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
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Nevada Rural Health Transformation Program Year 1 Funding Amounts
Outlines all projects funded as part of Nevada's Rural Health Transformation Program during Budget Period 1. Presents information on each funded project, including the amount awarded, service area, and brief project description.
Date: 2026
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Health Authority
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Outlines all projects funded as part of Nevada's Rural Health Transformation Program during Budget Period 1. Presents information on each funded project, including the amount awarded, service area, and brief project description.
Date: 2026
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Health Authority
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The Non-Operator's Guide to Wastewater Systems
Provides an overview of the regulation, functioning, and implementation of wastewater systems for non-operator audiences. Discusses how wastewater treatment systems affect public and environmental health, and presents rural-specific guidance on wastewater treatment planning throughout.
Date: 2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural Community Assistance Partnership
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Provides an overview of the regulation, functioning, and implementation of wastewater systems for non-operator audiences. Discusses how wastewater treatment systems affect public and environmental health, and presents rural-specific guidance on wastewater treatment planning throughout.
Date: 2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural Community Assistance Partnership
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Towards Consistency for Behavioral Health Paraprofessionals - Part 1: Where We Stand — A National Landscape of BHP Formalization
Examines how states regulate, educate, and reimburse behavioral health and substance use paraprofessionals. Identifies variations in credentials, training requirements, scope of practice, and financing. Includes a set of state profiles examining how selected states have approached development and regulation of behavioral health paraprofessionals. Mentions rural throughout.
Author(s): Hannah L. Maxey, Mykayla Moore
Date: 2026
Sponsoring organizations: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, Indiana University School of Medicine
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Examines how states regulate, educate, and reimburse behavioral health and substance use paraprofessionals. Identifies variations in credentials, training requirements, scope of practice, and financing. Includes a set of state profiles examining how selected states have approached development and regulation of behavioral health paraprofessionals. Mentions rural throughout.
Author(s): Hannah L. Maxey, Mykayla Moore
Date: 2026
Sponsoring organizations: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, Indiana University School of Medicine
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Wastewater Respiratory Virus Surveillance in Remote Community, Alaska, USA, 2022–2024
Examines the feasibility of utilizing wastewater surveillance (WS) in rural, tribal areas of Alaska. Provides methods and results of WS for viruses and discusses barriers of WS in a location with limited surveillance infrastructure.
Author(s): Brian Lefferts, Alyssa Leary, Dana Bruden, et al.
Citation: Emerging Infectious Diseases, 32(13), 71-79
Date: 2026
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Examines the feasibility of utilizing wastewater surveillance (WS) in rural, tribal areas of Alaska. Provides methods and results of WS for viruses and discusses barriers of WS in a location with limited surveillance infrastructure.
Author(s): Brian Lefferts, Alyssa Leary, Dana Bruden, et al.
Citation: Emerging Infectious Diseases, 32(13), 71-79
Date: 2026
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