Colorado resources via the Rural Health Information Hub

News: Bridging the Gap: How the University of Utah's StrokeNet Is Delivering Breakthroughs to the Mountain West

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:13:18 -0600

Highlights the Utah Stroke Trials Network, a National Institutes of Health research network increasing access to stroke treatment research trials for rural and frontier communities in Utah, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, and Washington.

News: Life in a Small, Mountain Town Can Be Lonely. A Food Pantry Is Trying to Help

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:08:04 -0600

Highlights the role a rural Colorado food pantry plays in fostering social connection. Notes sustainability challenges for grant operated organizations.

News: A Look at CU's Pipeline for Rural Doctors

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:44:28 -0600

Describes workforce shortages in rural Colorado and a rural-focused program in the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz School of Medicine aiming to reduce those shortages. Highlights the programs attention to rural training and preparing students for family medicine.

Resource: Community-Based Recruiting: Keeping Providers Close, with Joe Theine and Jen Gero

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:25:05 -0600

An episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast featuring Joe Theine, CEO of Southwest Health System, based in Cortez, Colorado, and Jen Gero, MD, SHS Chief Medical Officer. Focuses on their health system's community-based recruiting activities and how these efforts help integrate new providers into the community. Part 1 in a 3-part series from the December 2025 Health Innovation Potluck held in Hutchinson, Kansas. -- Rural Health Information Hub

News: Durango Compounding Pharmacy Fills Niche Role In Rural Health Care Web

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:38:10 -0600

Rivergate Pharmacy and Compounding Center in Durango, Colorado is a specialized facility that combines, mixes, or alters medications to meet specific needs of individual patients or animals. The pharmacy provides service to rural areas of Southwest Colorado.

Event: 2026 Annual Grantmakers In Aging Conference

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:53:49 -0600

Denver CO
October 20, 2026 -- Grantmakers In Aging

Resource: "The Crux of the Community": A Qualitative Focus Group Study of the Impact of Community Pharmacy Closures in Colorado and Utah

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:51:15 -0600

Discusses themes identified in focus groups of pharmacy workforce that had experienced a community pharmacy closure in Colorado or Utah. Themes discussed include community impacts, pharmacy operations, job experience, and patient impact. Highlights rural considerations throughout.

Resource: Colorado Rural Obstetrical Workforce

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:16:00 -0600

Offers maps and tables of the obstetricians and advanced practice midwives workforce distribution in Colorado in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center

Resource: Mapping Community Capacity to Reduce Vulnerability to Wildfire in Colorado, USA

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:12:00 -0600

Describes wildfire mitigation practices and the capacity of Colorado communities to conduct those projects relative to their wildfire risk. Discusses indicators of capacity in human, economic, natural, and social categories. Highlights the role of funding in determining community capacity.

Resource: Development of a Cocurricular Program to Prepare New Graduate Midwives for Rural Practice

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:46:05 -0600

Examines the Colorado Rural Midwifery Workforce Expansion Program which provides cocurricular programming for midwife trainees wishing to practice in rural areas. Discusses the impact of rural-focused maternal healthcare programs on the rural maternal health workforce supply and patient healthcare access.

Event: 2026 IHS National Clinical and Community Workforce Summit

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:42:28 -0600

Denver CO
March 10, 2026 -- Indian Health Service

Event: 2026 Connected Care Summit: Bridging Distance

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:33:53 -0600

Colorado Springs CO
April 23, 2026 -- Arizona Telemedicine Program, Southwest Telehealth Resource Center

Resource: Colorado Rural Behavioral Health Workforce

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:48:35 -0600

Offers maps and tables of the supply and distribution of behavioral health clinicians in Colorado in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center

Resource: Colorado Rural Primary Care Workforce

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:37:22 -0600

Offers maps and tables of the primary care workforce distribution in Colorado in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center

Resource: Colorado Rural Health Transformation Program

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:33:01 -0600

Provides information on Colorado's application for the Rural Health Transformation Program. Includes links to Colorado's application materials, recordings and presentation slides from stakeholder meetings, program newsletters, and more. -- Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

Event: 2026 National Council for Behavioral Health NATCON Conference

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 10:51:26 -0500

Denver CO
April 27, 2026 -- National Council for Mental Wellbeing

Resource: Time is Tissue: How CommonSpirit Mercy Hospital is Revolutionizing Rural Cardiac Care

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 10:00:07 -0500

Podcast episode discussing how CommonSpirit Mercy Hospital in Durango, Colorado, uses a communications platform that connects emergency medical services and pre-hospital providers with patients who are having chest pain and cardiac-related issues with on-call cardiologists. -- American Hospital Association

Event: 2026 Colorado Rural Healthcare Conference

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:19:49 -0500

Broomfield CO
April 15, 2026 -- Colorado Rural Health Center

Resource: Strengthening Indiana's Clinical Training: Exploring Opportunities to Support Clinical Preceptors through Tax Credits

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 09:47:53 -0600

Provides background on healthcare workforce development in Indiana and utilizing state income tax credit programs to help recruit and retain clinical preceptors. Provides case studies on preceptor tax credit programs from Colorado and Hawai'i, with the Colorado program focusing on rural and frontier settings. Includes policy suggestions for incorporating similar funding mechanisms in Indiana to support clinical preceptors and develop the healthcare workforce. -- Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy

Resource: Views from the Heartland: Prospects for Bipartisanship in Health Reform

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:41:13 -0500

Reports on the views and opinions of 27 state legislators serving on health, budget, or appropriations committees in Colorado and Kansas. Discusses Medicaid expansion in rural areas and highlights the importance of promoting quality healthcare and removing barriers to access in rural communities. -- Milbank Memorial Fund

Resource: Innovative State Strategies for Rural Broadband: Case Studies from Colorado, Minnesota and Maine

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:39:59 -0500

Explores the roles of state broadband policy, local leadership, and private investment in expanding broadband coverage and infrastructure in rural areas. Presents case studies from Colorado, Maine, and Minnesota and describes how rural recipients leverage state and federal broadband funds, navigate financial and regulatory constraints, and develop innovative place-based solutions. Identifies unique challenges, lessons learned, and implications for broadband policy.

Resource: Rising Through the Ranks: Q&A with Rural Hospital President Soniya Fidler

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:18:37 -0500

An interview with UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center President Soniya Fidler, who reflects on the journey that took her from an entry-level hospital position to a leadership role and shares insights about the skills needed to transition from management to leadership. -- Rural Health Information Hub

Resource: Facilitators and Barriers to Adopting or Expanding Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Provision in Rural Colorado Jails: a Qualitative Analysis

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:57:31 -0500

Reports findings of interviews with representatives of 7 rural Colorado jails on facilitators and barriers of medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) adoption and expansion. Discusses factors including attitudes toward MOUD, collaborative partnerships, physical space, distance to services, provider availability, staff, and more.

Resource: Mountain Plains Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Center - Events Calendar

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 08:16:50 -0600

Lists the events, trainings, and webinars for the Mountain Plains Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Center. -- Mountain Plains Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Center

Resource: Housing Shortages Are Making Recruitment and Retention Even More Challenging for Some Rural Healthcare Providers

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:23:02 -0600

Provides an overview of rural housing shortages and affordability concerns. Explains the impact of housing issues on the rural healthcare workforce. Features a housing development program involving a Critical Access Hospital in Colorado and an Oregon hotel conversion that combines units for healthcare workers and supportive housing. -- Rural Health Information Hub

Resource: Rural Hospital Experiences in the Colorado Hospital Transformation Program

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 10:55:04 -0600

Provides an overview of the Colorado Hospital Transformation Program (CO HTP), a 5-year program that ties Medicaid supplemental payments to hospitals' ability to meet performance targets through September 2026. Describes the experiences of three Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and explores how CO HTP impacts rural hospitals. Covers planning and community engagement, quality of care, and healthcare costs. -- Rural Health Value

Organization: Mountain Plains Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Center

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 12:03:36 -0600

Offers resources, training, and technical assistance on rural opioid and stimulant misuse prevention, treatment, and recovery in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.

Funding opportunity: Colorado Healthy Foods Financing Initiative (HFFI)

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:26:26 -0500

Loans for retail grocery providers, carts, co-ops, farmer markets, trucks, delivery services, food production companies and distributors, urban and rural agricultural projects, and other healthy food businesses. Loan recipients receive access to business coaching and other resources.

Funding opportunity: Buell Foundation Grants

Wed, 26 Jul 2023 10:24:41 -0500

Grants for projects in Colorado in the areas of childhood education and development. Priority is given to rural communities in the state.

Funding opportunity: Boettcher Foundation Grants

Tue, 16 May 2023 16:12:32 -0500

Grants for transforming communities by investing in individuals, programs, and organizations throughout Colorado, including a focus on rural communities.