Georgia resources via the Rural Health Information Hub

News: Morehouse School of Medicine and Atlanta VAHCS Forge Nursing Academic Practice Partnership

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:26:57 -0500

Announces a new partnership between the Atlanta VA Healthcare System (VAHCS) and the Morehouse School of Medicine's Graduate Education in Nursing (GENIE) program. The partnership will enhance nursing education for veterans with a focus on female veterans and improving access to rural and other underserved communities in Georgia.

Resource: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce Loan Repayment & Scholarship Awards Report: Fiscal Year 2025

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:55:22 -0500

Features sections on the Physicians for Rural Areas Assistance Program (PRAAP) and the Dentists for Rural Areas Assistance Program (DRAAP). Features county-level maps showing areas with improved access to care due to PRAAP and DRAAP. -- Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce

Resource: Profile of Georgia's Graduate Medical Education (GME) Graduates FY 2021 - FY 2025: Retention, Specialty, Education, Debt, and Practice Trends

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:00:42 -0600

Provides information about graduates of Georgia graduate medical education (GME) programs, using data from 5-year outcome reports and GME exit surveys. Features statistics including demographic area in which graduates intend to practice, with breakdowns by 5 levels of population density. -- Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce

Resource: Rebuilding Georgia's Rural Pediatric Pipeline: Part One

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:41:39 -0600

A podcast episode featuring stakeholders of a public-private partnership in Georgia focused on improving access to pediatric care in rural areas of the state. Discusses strategies such as addressing the rural healthcare provider pipeline, improving access to subspeciality collaboration, providing rural training opportunities for medical students, and more. -- American Hospital Association

Resource: Rural Health System Administrator Perspectives on Pharmacists' Role in Collaborative Drug Therapy Management

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:45:27 -0600

Examines the impact of pharmacist-led collaborative drug therapy modification (CDTM) on access to patient care in rural Georgia. Utilizes interview feedback from 7 primary healthcare system administrators regarding CDTM benefits and barriers, such as patient access to care, interprofessional collaboration among healthcare professionals, pharmacist knowledge and scope of practice, financial impacts, and more.

Event: 2026 Georgia Rural Pediatric Continuing Education Conference

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600

Macon GA
April 17, 2026 -- Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center

Event: 2026 Georgia Maternal Health Symposium

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600

Macon GA
June 25, 2026 -- Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center

Resource: 2025 Georgia Prescription for Prevention Conference

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:08:47 -0600

A playlist of recorded webinars focused on rural substance use issues such as the opioid crisis, addiction's impact on medicine, the fentanyl crisis in Georgia, and more. -- Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center

Resource: 2025 Autism in Rural Georgia Conference

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:08:11 -0600

A playlist of recorded webinars focused on autism care in rural communities, supporting families and children with autism, feeding and nutrition, growth and development, Georgia's state autism plan, and more. -- Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center

Resource: Implementing Nutrition Policy, System and Environmental Change Strategies in a Rural Food Pantry to Improve Nutrition Security: Contextual Factors and Outcomes

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:42:26 -0600

Discusses policy, system, and environmental (PSE) food security strategies by analyzing the facilitators and barriers at a volunteer-run food pantry in rural Georgia. Utilizes client surveys, informant interviews, and program documents to examine the pantry's nutrition policy, food storage methods, partnerships, capacity, volunteer expertise, and more.

Event: 2026 Georgia Rural Health Association Annual Conference

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600

St. Simons Island GA
September 16, 2026 -- Georgia Rural Health Association

Resource: State of Georgia House of Representatives Study Committee on Cancer Care Access: Final Report

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:41:10 -0600

Reports on cancer care access in Georgia, providing an overview of testimony from organizations, agencies, and providers involved with cancer care and offering policy recommendations to improve access to quality cancer care and improve the supply of the oncology care workforce in the state. Discusses rural areas throughout.

Resource: Progress Towards Vitality: A 10-Year Retrospective Analysis of Systems Focused Efforts to Improve Maternal Health in Georgia

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:36:43 -0600

Assesses the state of Georgia's accomplishments and challenges in improving maternal health in Georgia in accordance with recommendations from Georgia Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) and the Georgia House Study Committee on Maternal Mortality. Discusses rural maternal care resources and access. -- Georgia Health Initiative

Resource: Georgia Tax Incentive Evaluation: Rural Hospital Tax Credit

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:41:26 -0600

An audit of the Georgia Rural Hospital Tax Credit, discussing both fiscal and economic impacts as well as public benefits. Offers an overview of the history of the program, how the tax credit operates, and characteristics of tax credit recipient hospitals.

Resource: Rural Georgia Voices Podcast

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:50:49 -0600

Podcast from the Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center that explores the role healthcare plays to support, improve, and maintain the health and well-being of rural residents in Georgia. -- Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center

Resource: A Twenty-Year Review: Revisiting the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Needs and Gaps in the Appalachian Region

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:25:27 -0600

Provides county, state, and metro versus nonmetro data on water and wastewater infrastructure in the Appalachian region. Discusses funding and collaborative possibilities to improve critical infrastructure in Appalachian communities. -- Appalachian Regional Commission

Resource: Opioid Overdose Surveillance Preliminary District Report: Georgia, 2023

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:46:14 -0600

Describes district-level fatal and nonfatal opioid-involved overdoses in Georgia from 2021-2023. Covers prescription opioids and illicit opioids, and features statistics on demographics, overdose deaths, and emergency department (ED) visits, with breakdowns by district, drug type, and year. Includes county-level maps with shadings showing ranges of opioid-involved deaths and ED visits per 100,000. -- Georgia Department of Public Health

Resource: 2023-2024 Physician Rate and Rank by Georgia County, Primary Care and Core Specialties

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:52:34 -0600

Table providing county-level data on physician specialties in Georgia. Covers total physicians and rate per 100,000 residents by specialty for each county, and county rank as of 2024. -- Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce

Resource: GREAT Health Program (Georgia's Rural Health Transformation Program)

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:36:48 -0600

Provides information on Georgia's Rural Health Transformation Program. Includes links to Georgia's application, webinar recordings, and public comments received by the Georgia Department of Community Health to inform the development of the state's application. -- Georgia Department of Community Health

Resource: Georgia Pharmacy Workforce: Insights and Key Findings

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:31:46 -0600

Provides information on Georgia pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy interns, based on license renewal data as of February 2025. Features county-level information on numbers of registered pharmacists, technicians, and interns, and rates of licensure types per 100,000 people as of 2024. -- Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce

Resource: Georgia Graduate Medical Education Exit Survey Report: Based on Responses to the 2025 GME Exit Survey

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:54:56 -0600

Results of a survey of 995 Georgia graduate medical education (GME) graduates, providing demographics and information on compensation and debt levels, retention rates, practice plans, assessments of the job market, and training experiences. Features statistics on practice location with breakdowns by 5 levels of population density, and percent planning rural practice. -- Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce

Resource: 2024 Rural Community Innovations: Transportation Planning Grant

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:40:22 -0500

Summarizes the efforts to increase accessible transportation services by 11 grantees of the 2024 National Aging and Disability Transportation Center's Rural Community Innovations Transportation Planning Grant. Includes a report highlighting lessons learned by the grantees discussing community partnerships, outreach, and sustainability. Features programs from Maine, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Montana, Texas, Washington, Georgia, and Missouri. -- National Aging and Disability Transportation Center

Resource: Georgia Counties Offering CON-Authorized Obstetrical (OB) Services

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 09:18:56 -0500

County-level map showing the location of obstetrical (OB) services authorized by Georgia's Certificate of Need (CON) program. Features shadings showing rural and urban counties with OB facilities, and counties containing Critical Access Hospitals with OB facilities. -- Georgia State Office of Rural Health

Event: 2026 National Regional Transportation Conference

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Atlanta GA
July 20, 2026 -- National Association of Development Organizations

Resource: Georgia Rural Behavioral Health Workforce

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 09:41:46 -0500

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

Resource: Georgia Rural Primary Care Workforce

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:41:28 -0500

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

Resource: Georgia Rural Obstetrical Workforce

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:21:57 -0500

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

Resource: A Comprehensive Mixed-Methods Analysis of Women's Cardiovascular Health Needs in Georgia, United States

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 13:24:38 -0500

Examines cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women living in rural Georgia, with a focus on barriers to care and strategies to improve health outcomes. Analyzes environmental factors in rural and urban counties in Georgia as well qualitative data from 56 women and 11 healthcare providers. Includes data on health indicators/behaviors in rural versus urban counties.

Resource: 2025 Georgia Medical School Graduate Survey Report

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:58:14 -0500

Results of a survey designed to inform policymakers, medical school and graduate medical education administrators, and other agencies about the medical school pipeline, using data from Georgia's 5 medical schools. Provides insight on why medical students chose a specialty and residency site and how many intend to practice in Georgia when training is complete. Features statistics on percentages of students who intend to practice in rural and underserved areas. -- Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce

Resource: Georgia Dentist Workforce Report 2025: Based on 2024-2025 Licensure Renewals and New Licensees

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:49:17 -0500

An overview of Georgia's dental workforce. Includes statistics on distribution of Georgia dentists by age, sex, work hours per week, specialty, and years of licensure. Features county-level maps showing counties without dentists and concentrations of dentists per 100,000 residents as of 2025. -- Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce