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Rural Health Information Hub

Rural Health
Resources by Type: Website

What is Frontier?
Describes all of the major definitions of frontier and remote areas currently in use.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Frontier Communities
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Food Access Research Atlas
Provides access to county-level data and an interactive map presenting information on food access indicators for low-income and other subpopulations.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Resources for Critical Access Hospitals and Small Rural Hospitals
Provides information to meet the health information technology (HIT) needs of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and small, rural hospitals. Covers benefits of HIT, overcoming barriers to HIT adoptions and implementation, and meaningful use resources.
Sponsoring organization: Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
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Digital Healthcare Research: AHRQ - Funded Projects
Provides a searchable listing of AHRQ grantee projects in health information technology (HIT) that explore and test a wide range of HIT applications with the potential to transform everyday clinical practice. Select "Rural Populations" under Population to focus on rural HIT examples.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Border Health and Migration
Provides information on health issues in the U.S.-Mexico border region, border and binational programs and activities, and resources to address border health.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Frontier Community Health Integration Project (FCHIP) Demonstration
Describes the Frontier Community Health Integration Project (FCHIP) demonstration including the project purpose, legislation, eligible states, partners, and program contacts. The initial demonstration ended in July 2019. However, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, authorized a five-year extension period for participating Critical Access Hospitals.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Frontier Extended Stay Clinics (FESC)
Describes the Frontier Extended Stay Clinic (FESC) program including the legislation, definition, project timeline, participants, early findings, and program contact information. The demonstration ended in April 2013.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Kansas County Profile Reports
Interactive data map for each county in Kansas, providing information on demographics, infrastructure, hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits, and environmental conditions.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Nevada Rural Hospital Partners Revenue Cycle Improvement Program
Describes a revenue cycle improvement program (RCIP) designed to enable small and rural hospitals to achieve optimal financial performance in a challenging financial and regulatory environment.
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Rural Hospital Partners
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SIM - SD: Simulation in Motion - South Dakota
A mobile education program that brings technologically advanced training of emergency patient care to rural South Dakota's pre-hospital and hospital emergency care providers. Uses human-like, computerized mannequins.
Sponsoring organization: South Dakota Department of Health
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