Louisiana resources via the Rural Health Information Hub

Event: Louisiana Rural Health Transformation Advisory Council Meeting

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Baton Rouge LA
November 5, 2026 -- Louisiana Department of Health

Event: 2027 Biennial National AHEC Organization Conference

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Shreveport LA
June 22, 2027 -- National AHEC Organization

Resource: TexLa Telehealth Resource Center - Events

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:16:25 -0500

Lists conferences, webinars, and other events related to telehealth and rural health, sponsored by the TexLa Telehealth Resource Center and its partners. -- TexLa Telehealth Resource Center

Event: 2027 National Council for Behavioral Health NATCON Conference

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500

New Orleans LA
April 12, 2027 -- National Council for Mental Wellbeing

Event: 2027 12th Annual Rural Hospital Innovation Summit

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500

New Orleans LA
May 18, 2027 -- National Rural Health Association

Event: 2027 32nd NRHA Health Access Conference

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500

New Orleans LA
May 17, 2027 -- National Rural Health Association

Event: 2027 50th Annual NRHA Rural Health Conference

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500

New Orleans LA
May 18, 2027 -- National Rural Health Association

Event: 2027 Rural Medical Education Conference

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500

New Orleans LA
May 18, 2027 -- National Rural Health Association

Resource: Rural Health Transformation Program State Initiatives Summaries: Rural Healthy Aging Program Initiatives

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:04:37 -0500

Highlights activities supporting rural aging in state Rural Health Transformation Programs applications. -- National Rural Health Association

Resource: Louisiana Rural Health Transformation Program Funding Opportunities

Mon, 18 May 2026 10:19:50 -0500

Lists funding opportunities available through the Louisiana Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) to help implement Louisiana's approved RHTP initiatives and activities. -- Louisiana Department of Health

Resource: Where Primary Care and Clinical Pharmacy Services 'Intersect': Louisiana Program Helps Patients Understand and Manage Medications

Wed, 13 May 2026 13:13:23 -0500

Features a program at Arbor Family Health in Louisiana that connects chronic disease patients with nurse health coaches and clinical pharmacists. Shares how pharmacy faculty and students from the Xavier University of Louisiana's College of Pharmacy conduct annual comprehensive medication reviews by phone. -- Rural Health Information Hub

Resource: Louisiana Rural Primary Care Workforce

Tue, 12 May 2026 08:43:19 -0500

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

Resource: Louisiana Rural Obstetrical Workforce

Tue, 12 May 2026 08:42:17 -0500

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

Resource: Louisiana Rural Behavioral Health Workforce

Tue, 12 May 2026 08:41:22 -0500

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

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

Event: 2026 Louisiana Rural Health Summit

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

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

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

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.