https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/states/maine Rural health resources for Maine with information provided by the Rural Health Information Hub en Copyright 2026 Rural Health Information Hub https://www.wabi.tv/2026/05/27/partnerships-bring-maine-mobile-health-unit-free-maternal-services-rural-families/ Highlights a Maine mobile health unit as a solution for transportation barriers that keep rural residents from accessing healthcare. The unit offers maternal and child healthcare in addition to other services. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/news/38592 Thu, 28 May 2026 09:44:40 -0500 https://academyhealth.org/blog/2026-05/access-higher-level-neonatal-care-depends-where-you-live Describes rural disparities and unique risk factors leading to higher infant mortality. Highlights recent literature from the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center on obstetric care access as well as efforts to reduce infant mortality rates in Maine and Montana. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/news/38589 Wed, 27 May 2026 10:49:33 -0500 https://qi.ipro.org/ A Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) led by IPRO that works with eligible hospitals, nursing homes and community outpatient providers to implement data-driven initiatives that achieve national health quality goals in the Northeast (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) and Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia) regions. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/organizations/4360 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:06:46 -0500 https://www.nerha.org/rural-data-analysis-tool Highlights areas in which health and health-related statistics in rural areas of New England differ from those in nonrural areas. Organizes county-level data into rural tiers, allowing users to make rural comparisons between similarly classified areas across the region. Presents data elements in an interactive interface, using both a map/chart display and a tabular summary. -- New England Rural Health Association https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/27764 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:10:32 -0500 https://healthyagingdatareports.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ME_Highlights_2025.pdf Reports on the demographics, health, and strengths and vulnerabilities of Maine's older adult population, with pages 13-18 providing rural, urban, and suburban community health comparison data. See related maps and community profiles for additional data on a variety of health conditions and factors influencing health. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/27588 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:32:07 -0500 https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/18/3/540 Examines perspectives on Universal Free School Meals (UFSM) among students living in rural Maine. Utilizes survey and interview data among middle and high school students to analyze student characteristics, meal preferences, and perceptions of school breakfasts and lunches. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/27350 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:34:05 -0600 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12863575/ Examines how perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) impact the psychosocial distress of individuals in a rural Maine community affected by agricultural biosolid spreading and contaminated water. Analyzes level of PFAS in drinking water alongside participant characteristics, such as sociodemographics, mental health, coping mechanisms, and consequences of PFAS contamination. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/27339 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:58:20 -0600 https://www.uvm.edu/larnermed/nerhrc One of the Rural Health Research Centers currently funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. Focuses on healthcare access, emergency medical services, rural healthcare providers, Medicaid/Medicare and uninsurance, chronic disease, behavioral health, and rural aging. A partnership between the University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine and the Maine Rural Health Research Center at the University of Southern Maine. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/organizations/4465 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:04:11 -0600 https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/ruralhealth Provides information on Maine's Rural Health Transformation Program. Includes links to Maine's application and recordings of public webinars that gathered stakeholder and community engagement to inform the development of the state's application. -- Maine Department of Health and Human Services https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/26710 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 09:19:26 -0600 https://familymedicine.uw.edu/rhrc/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/10/RHRC_DBOCT2025_ME_OB_Woolcock.pdf Offers maps and tables of the obstetricians and advanced practice midwives workforce distribution in Maine in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/26621 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:40:39 -0500 https://familymedicine.uw.edu/rhrc/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/10/RHRC_DBOCT2025_ME_PC_Woolcock.pdf Offers maps and tables of the primary care workforce distribution in Maine in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/26613 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:51:05 -0500 https://familymedicine.uw.edu/rhrc/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/10/RHRC_DBOCT2025_ME_BH_Woolcock.pdf Offers maps and tables of the supply and distribution of behavioral health clinicians in Maine in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/26605 Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:57:04 -0500 https://www.nadtc.org/resources-publications/resource/2024-rural-community-innovations-transportation-planning-grant/ 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 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/26511 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:40:22 -0500 https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/sites/maine.gov.dhhs.mecdc/files/maternal/ME%20Perinatal%20Needs%20Assessment%20-%20All%20Components.pdf Qualitative assessment of the perinatal system of care in Maine, based on information from interviews and rural focus groups. Includes information on perinatal health indicators and the perinatal workforce capacity, and offers recommendations for improvement. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/24583 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:08:10 -0600 https://www.mainedoulacoalition.org/_files/ugd/f1ce2f_590f7258df7b4db7b408912c11780298.pdf Describes characteristics of doulas in Maine, their locations, the populations they serve, and what types of challenges Maine people face in accessing doulas' services. Includes information from online surveys conducted in 2023-2024. Mentions rural throughout. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/24582 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 09:28:29 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/rural-monitor/postpartum-care Discusses the importance of rural access to postpartum care, including perinatal mental healthcare. Features programs in Montana, Maine, and Alaska that are providing support to rural mothers via postpartum doulas, telehealth, and home visiting. -- Rural Health Information Hub https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/24372 Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:58:20 -0500 https://www.ruralcenter.org/resources/articles/northern-maine-medical-center-rural-hospital-gaining-momentum-its-work-toward Profiles a prospective payment hospital in northern Maine that engaged in the 2022-2023 Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project (RHPTP), focusing on financial sustainability, cost efficiency, and quality improvement. Highlights hospital accomplishments and improvements via participation of the project. -- National Rural Health Resource Center https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/24361 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:43:14 -0500 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10862358/ Presents a study on the barriers and facilitators for implementing programs that initiate buprenorphine treatment for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) seeking care in Critical Access Hospital (CAH) emergency departments (EDs) in rural Maine. Highlights findings of a survey of CAH ED directors on the challenges of implementing buprenorphine initiation programs. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/24087 Mon, 16 Sep 2024 18:32:16 -0500 https://labs.aap.cornell.edu/sites/aap-labs/files/2024-08/Bravo%26Warner_2024_State%20Case%20Study%20Report.pdf 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. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/23963 Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:39:59 -0500 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-024-04995-6 Examines the impact of pediatric subspecialty clinics on driving times to children's subspecialty care in Maine. Compares distance to outreach clinics and clinical hubs for seven pediatric subspecialties, utilizing Google Maps driving time estimates for each Maine ZIP code tabulation area. Includes breakdowns by rural versus urban area. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/23815 Mon, 12 Aug 2024 15:04:15 -0500 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40352-024-00281-w Compares post-release outcomes among incarcerated people who received extended-release buprenorphine (XRB) versus sublingual buprenorphine (SLB) for opioid use disorder (OUD) in rural Maine jails. Includes data from two jails, one of which had implemented an XRB pilot program, on rates of post-release community buprenorphine treatment continuation, diversion, safety concerns, XRB side effects, and post-release mortality. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/23549 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 11:46:42 -0500 https://rbhwc.org/ Helps to increase and support the behavioral health workforce. Encourages early career staff to acquire skills in treatment and intervention and become eligible for additional certifications, especially in substance use disorder. Offers services in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/organizations/4428 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 14:04:51 -0600 https://roux.northeastern.edu/story/needs-assessment-of-the-obstetric-workforce-in-maines-rural-hospitals/ Report assessing the workforce needs for 15 hospitals with obstetrics units in rural Maine. Offers a SWOT Analysis and discusses factors contributing to sustainability of the workforce, community characteristics impacting the workforce, recruitment and retention challenges, and training challenges. Offers recommendations at the state, regional, health system, hospital, and unit level. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/22603 Thu, 15 Feb 2024 12:56:58 -0600 https://www.maine.gov/future/sites/maine.gov.future/files/inline-files/GOPIF_OpioidReport_2023.pdf Outlines steps being taken to save lives, to prevent substance use disorder (SUD), and to ensure that people in Maine can achieve their full potential. Focuses on prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery, as well as public safety and infrastructure, language to acknowledge the importance of working with veterans, New Mainers, and faith-based SUD treatment programs. Mentions rural throughout. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/22465 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:30:51 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/6079 Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in rural areas within the Northern Border service area, allowing them to remain in the United States. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/6079 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 08:49:05 -0600 https://web.uri.edu/rota-r/ Offers training including continuing education and technical assistance on rural opioid and stimulant use disorders in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Serves as the Region 1 Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Regional Center (ROTA-R). https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/organizations/4412 Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:31:00 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/5901 Stipends for public health and other health professions students with practice opportunities working on eligible projects with public health or primary care agencies in New England. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/5901 Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:52:05 -0500 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/4680 Grants for projects in the Appalachian, Lower Mississippi Delta, and Northern Border regions that will provide career, training, and support services to eligible individuals in eligible counties and parishes. Grants will support workforce development activities that prepare dislocated workers, new entrants to the workforce, and incumbent workers for good jobs in high-demand occupations aligned with a regional or community economic development strategy. High demand industries include manufacturing, IT, healthcare, business, and energy. -- Appalachian Regional Commission, Delta Regional Authority, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/4680 Fri, 12 May 2023 10:47:06 -0500 https://www.maine.gov/labor/cwri/sites/maine.gov.labor.cwri/files/files/documents/2022MEHealthOccupationsReport.pdf Data and analysis of the Maine healthcare workforce. Includes demographics and workforce distribution by county. Features numbers of healthcare workers in various occupations as of 2020 and projected need by 2030. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/20264 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:46:33 -0600 https://ruralhealthvalue.public-health.uiowa.edu/files/MaineHealth_ACO_Innovation-Profile.pdf Profiles MaineHealth ACO, a network of 11 hospitals, 353 clinical practices, 18 Rural Health Clinics, and 2 Federally Qualified Health Centers. Describes how MaineHealth ACO integrates clinical and claims data to support care delivery, target patient needs, and reduce costs. -- Rural Health Value https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/19490 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:47:53 -0500