Louisiana resources via the Rural Health Information Hub

Resource: 2024 Louisiana Health Report Card

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:23:51 -0500

Provides vital statistics and other health data by parish for Louisiana. Covers disease incidence, behavioral health, and mortality, with highlighted topics including cancer, teen pregnancy, low birthweight babies, infectious disease, opioid use, deaths due to suicide and violence, and more. -- Louisiana Department of Health

News: Gov. Landry Signs Executive Order to Create Office Focused on Improving Rural Healthcare

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:51:35 -0500

The governor of Louisiana has established the Office of Rural Health Transformation and Sustainability and the Rural Health Transformation Program Advisory Council. The 2 groups will administer Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) funds and ensure goals are met. Describes health disparities of rural residents in the state.

News: RBS: Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Delta Health Care Services Grant (DHCS) for Fiscal Year 2026

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:25:36 -0500

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) is accepting applications for the Delta Health Care Services (DHCS) grant program for fiscal year 2026. The purpose of the program is to address the unmet healthcare needs in the Delta Region through cooperation among healthcare professionals, institutions of higher education, research institutions, and economic development entities in the region.

Event: 2026 Louisiana Rural Health Summit

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Lafayette LA
November 12, 2026 -- Louisiana Rural Health Association

Event: 2026 Louisiana Rural Hospital Coalition Annual Conference

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Baton Rouge LA
April 20, 2026 -- Louisiana Hospital Association

Event: 2026 Louisiana Rural Health Policy Forum

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Monroe LA
July 30, 2026 -- Louisiana Rural Health Association

Event: 2026 Mid-South Critical Access & Rural Hospital Conference

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600

New Orleans LA
August 5, 2026 -- Mississippi Hospital Association

Event: 2026 Annual NACo Conference

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600

New Orleans LA
July 17, 2026 -- National Association of Counties

Resource: Louisiana Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP)

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:43:57 -0600

Provides information on Louisiana's application for the Rural Health Transformation Program. Includes links to Louisiana's application and statistics and data about the state's rural health landscape. -- Louisiana Department of Health

Funding opportunity: Water and Wastewater Loans

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:15:40 -0600

Flexible loan products, with terms up to 15 years, for small, rural community water and wastewater projects. -- Rural Community Assistance Partnership

Resource: On the Road to Early Detection: Woman's Hospital's Mobile Mammography

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 08:58:25 -0500

A podcast episode discussing a mobile mammography unit in Louisiana. Discusses differences in rural and urban breast cancer incidence and how a mobile unit increases access to preventive care. -- American Hospital Association

Organization: Southcentral CMS QIN-QIO

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 15:51:57 -0500

A Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) working with providers, hospitals, long-term care facilities, and outpatient clinical practices to improve the healthcare outcomes in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Resource: Louisiana State Health Assessment

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 15:04:34 -0600

Dashboard providing data on the health of people in Louisiana. Examines demographics, community-level factors influencing health, health behaviors and exposures, and medical conditions. Includes parish-level data breakdowns, with additional comparisons of rural, partially rural, and urban parishes for select indicators. -- Louisiana Department of Health

Resource: Louisiana State Health Improvement Plan

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 15:04:20 -0600

Reports on priorities and goals to improve the heath of Louisianans. Features data and discussion of topics including access to care, adverse childhood experiences, drug misuse, chronic health conditions, community factors influencing health, community resilience, birth outcomes, child and adolescent health, and more. Includes parish-level data for select indicators. -- Louisiana Department of Health

Funding opportunity: Delta Workforce Grant Program

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 11:13:18 -0500

Funding to build long-term community capacity and increase economic competitiveness by providing grants to support workforce training and education programs throughout the lower Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt regions. -- Delta Regional Authority

Resource: Rural Louisiana Programs Create Healthier Schools

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 11:21:20 -0500

Features two Delta States Rural Development Network grantees working to improve children's health in rural Louisiana schools. A high school program focuses on preventing diabetes and an elementary school program offers nutrition and physical activity opportunities to students. -- Rural Health Information Hub

Resource: Impact of Rural Location on Receipt of Standard of Care Treatment and Survival for Locally Advanced Bladder Cancer in Louisiana

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:02:30 -0500

Examines whether rural or urban dwelling affects odds of receiving standard of care (SOC) treatment and survival outcomes among 983 locally advanced bladder cancer patients in Louisiana. Utilizes 2010-2020 Louisiana Tumor Registry data.

Resource: How to Launch a Pulmonary Rehab Program

Mon, 12 Feb 2024 10:47:32 -0600

Highlights the benefits to hospitals and their community of operating rural pulmonary rehab programs, and shares practical advice and tips on how Critical Access Hospitals and small rural hospitals can successfully build and sustain their own pulmonary rehab programs. Features Sparta Community Hospital in Illinois and Hood Memorial Hospital in Louisiana, which opened pulmonary rehab programs in 2023. Transcript available below description. -- National Rural Health Resource Center

Organization: Project AURA

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:40:52 -0600

Offers resources, training, and technical assistance on rural opioid and stimulant use in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Resource: Disparities in Spatial Accessibility of Primary Care in Louisiana: From Physical to Virtual Accessibility

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 11:12:45 -0500

Evaluates both physical and virtual accessibility to primary care physicians (PCPs) across Louisiana. Analyzes disparities in access between rural and urban areas, the Black population and the general population, and for Area Deprivation Index (ADI) areas.

Resource: DRCHSD Spotlight: Savoy Medical Center in Mamou, Louisiana

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:32:14 -0500

Describes how the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program helped Savoy Medical Center, a 60-bed hospital in rural Mamou, Louisiana, develop a residential treatment facility to meet the need for local, post-acute care for patients with substance use disorders. -- National Rural Health Resource Center

Funding opportunity: Louisiana Rural Loan Fund

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 09:42:04 -0500

Technical assistance, direct loans, and indirect loans for healthcare providers and facilities in rural areas of Louisiana. -- Southeast Louisiana Area Health Education Center

Resource: Self-Assessed Health Status and Obesity Vulnerability in Rural Louisiana: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 08:44:26 -0500

Examines the self-assessed health of rural residents in Louisiana utilizing the obesity vulnerability index, which factors in sex, race, education, caregiver status, exercise, and grocery store choice as potential risk factors for obesity. Provides 2021 data of residents from 3 rural counties, with obesity vulnerability index indicators broken down by fair, good, or excellent health status.

Resource: Health Professional Shortage Areas: Louisiana

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:37:32 -0500

Provides information and definitions on Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs), and Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs), as well as related HPSA opportunities and healthcare facilities. Includes county-level maps of primary care, dental, and mental HPSAs in Louisiana. -- Louisiana Department of Health

Organization: Southeast Louisiana Area Health Education Center

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:06:00 -0600

Works to improve the supply and distribution of the healthcare workforce through academic and community collaborations in rural and underserved areas.

Resource: Louisiana Primary Care Needs Assessment: Closing the Gap on Healthcare Disparities and Workforce Shortages

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:29:38 -0500

Identifies unmet needs and disparities in health outcomes in Louisiana, explores health workforce concerns, and discusses barriers to accessing healthcare. Includes a section on Health Professional Shortage Areas and mentions rural throughout.

Resource: DRCHSD Spotlight on Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:39:55 -0500

Profiles Natchitoches Regional Medical Center (NRMC) in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Discusses how NRMC implemented best practices from the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program to improve their emergency department redirect program and form community partnerships to address social determinants of health and improve the health of the population. -- National Rural Health Resource Center

Resource: Determinants of Telehealth Service Use among Mental Health Patients: A Case of Rural Louisiana

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 14:19:19 -0500

Examines the use of telehealth for mental health appointments in rural Louisiana. Analyzes 6 mental health outpatient clinics that completed 7,069 telehealth visits with 1,115 patients from April 2020 to March 2021. Discusses how demographic factors and severity of disease impact telehealth usage.

Resource: Geographic Determinants of Colorectal Cancer in Louisiana

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:28:30 -0600

Examines colorectal cancer (CRC) disparities in rural Louisiana based on 2008-2017 data from the Louisiana Tumor Registry. Includes statistics and demographic data such as race, sex, socioeconomic status (SES), and Acadian vs. non-Acadian, among others. Discusses correlations of individual demographic data and CRC disparity.

Resource: Louisiana Rural Health Association - Upcoming Events

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 14:35:18 -0600

Provides information on events hosted by the Louisiana Rural Health Association, including webinars, workshops, trainings, and annual conferences. Links to past event information are also available. -- Louisiana Rural Health Association