Maryland resources via the Rural Health Information Hub

Event: 2026 Rural and Underserved National Graduate Medical Education Conference

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Rockville MD
August 31, 2026

Resource: Community Resources and Hazards Across the Rural-Urban Continuum

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:23:44 -0500

Explores variation by rurality in exposure to community-level social determinants of health, using data from all residential addresses in Maryland. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban, large rural, small rural, and isolated rural areas.

Event: 2026 Rural Health Philanthropy Partnership Meeting

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

Bethesda MD
September 23, 2026 -- Grantmakers in Health

Event: 2026 National Home and Community Based Services Conference

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600

Baltimore MD
August 23, 2026 -- ADvancing States

Event: 2026 Annual National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference

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

National Harbor MD
December 1, 2026

Resource: 2025-2030 Maryland Rural Health Strategic Plan

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:44:30 -0600

Recommends priorities for organizations and programs to consider as they provide health services across rural Maryland. Features a county-level map showing distribution of rural regions in Maryland and includes statistics on Maryland's rural population, with breakdowns by region and rural designation. -- Maryland Department of Health

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: Maryland Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP)

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:31:32 -0600

Provides information on Maryland's application for the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). Includes links to Maryland's application, resources used for stakeholder and community listening sessions to inform the development of the state's application, and details on the state RHTP funding opportunities. -- Maryland Department of Health

Resource: Maryland Hunger Profiles

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 08:39:27 -0500

Provides state- and county-level data on age of population, median household income, childhood and older adult poverty levels, and food program usage in Maryland. Discusses strategies to end hunger in the state.

Resource: Variation in Extreme Risk Protection Order Use Among Urban, Suburban, and Rural ZIP Codes in Maryland: A Descriptive Study

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:50:54 -0500

Analyzes the use of extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs) in rural, suburban, and urban Maryland between October 2018 and June 2020. Includes rural and urban analysis of various demographic characteristics, type of threat, target of threat, type of ERPO petitioner, and court outcomes. Discusses a variety of violence types include interpersonal violence, mass shootings, and suicide as well as ERPO uptake in rural areas.

Resource: Telemedicine Buprenorphine Access For Incarcerated People: Lessons Learned From Maryland's Rural Jails

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:32:31 -0500

Explores the lessons learned form implementing a telemedicine-based buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder in rural Maryland jails. Highlights the challenges and opportunities expanding, establishing, and implementing buprenorphine treatment via telemedicine. Draws conclusions for future interventions.

Resource: The Appalachian Region: A Data Overview from the 2019-2023 American Community Survey Chartbook

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:13:41 -0500

State- and county-level information on population, age, household characteristics, housing occupancy, education, labor force, employment, transportation, income, health insurance coverage, disability, and veteran status, for the 13 Appalachian states. Features statistics with breakdowns by 5 levels of population density. Includes data explorer options for Appalachian categories such as population and age, education, income and poverty, computer and broadband access, rural Appalachia versus rural America, and employment and commuting. -- Appalachian Regional Commission, Population Reference Bureau

Resource: Assessing SNAP Participants' Fitness for Work: Final Report

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:08:12 -0500

Examines how assessments are made and implemented regarding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirements. Discusses variations of work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) across 4 case study states: Georgia, Maryland, Texas, and Wisconsin. Includes SNAP applicant characteristics and determinations for work requirements by demographic information and urbanicity of metropolitan, micropolitan, or rural. Provides feedback from rural SNAP staff regarding difficulties assessing SNAP participants' fitness for work. -- USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Resource: Patient Perspectives on Cancer Care during COVID-19: A Qualitative Study

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 16:27:13 -0500

Analyzes the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on cancer patients' care experiences and mental health. Utilizes interview data from 15 rural Maryland patients who received a cancer diagnosis or treatment between January 2020 and October 2022. Discusses access to care, consistency of care, telehealth use, social isolation, patient advocacy, COVID-19 precautions, and more.

Resource: Evaluation of the Maryland Total Cost of Care Model: Progress Report

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 10:14:16 -0500

Provides an overview of the Maryland Total Cost of Care Model and evaluates the first four years of the program, 2019-2022. Explores the effects of the model on Medicare spending; service use, including preventable hospital use; and healthcare quality measures. Estimates the potential impact of switching Maryland to the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) on Medicare spending and service use, including implications for rural and safety net hospitals. -- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Resource: What States Can Learn from Maryland's Experience with Hospital Global Budgeting

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 10:34:27 -0600

Podcast episode exploring lessons learned from Maryland's hospital global budgeting model. Includes a discussion on small and rural hospitals' financial sustainability and their involvement in the model, as well as comparisons to the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model and the Vermont All-Payer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model.

Resource: Options for Rural Health Care Delivery in Maryland

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 09:46:08 -0600

Presents a high-level overview of rural health care delivery options and considerations for future access to health services in Kent and upper Queen Anne's Counties and other rural Maryland communities. Features demographics and statistics on inpatient discharges from 2014-2018. -- NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis

Organization: Resilient Engaged Active Community Health

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:02:30 -0600

Offers training and technical assistance on rural substance use disorder and mental health disorder including prevention, treatment, and recovery in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Resource: Rural Maryland Council Report on the Transportation Health Care Roundtable Meetings

Fri, 27 Oct 2023 11:52:39 -0500

Summaries of a series of roundtable discussions between healthcare and transportation providers to determine how health and human services transportation can be improved in Maryland. Mentions rural throughout. -- Rural Maryland Council

Resource: Maryland Community Health Worker and Employer Surveys: Analysis and Report, With a Focus on Rural Maryland

Fri, 27 Oct 2023 11:30:32 -0500

Examines the Maryland landscape of community health workers (CHWs) and the organizations that employ them; identifies barriers and facilitators to incorporating the CHW skillset into patient-centered healthcare models; and determines the impact of CHWs on access to healthcare and use of preventive health services by the people they serve. Features statistics including demographics, services provided, funding sources, and type of employer, with breakdowns by urban or rural area. -- Maryland State Office of Rural Health

Resource: Community Health Worker (CHW) Impact in Maryland

Fri, 27 Oct 2023 11:06:33 -0500

Infographic showing the value and impact of community health workers (CHWs) in Maryland. Features statistics including percents of the top 5 services CHWs report providing for their clients, with breakdowns by urban and rural locations. -- Maryland State Office of Rural Health

Resource: Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Rural Maryland

Fri, 27 Oct 2023 10:48:52 -0500

Infographic describing the role and activities of community health workers (CHWs) in rural areas of Maryland. Features statistics on percent of CHWs providing services to vulnerable populations in rural Maryland, and substance use disorder support and funding for CHWs, with breakdowns by urban or rural location. -- Maryland State Office of Rural Health

Funding opportunity: AstraZeneca Foundation CHANGE Program

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:28:10 -0500

Funding to improve access to quality healthcare for people experiencing disadvantages due to geographic location or other barriers.

Resource: Technical Report of The Maryland Telehealth Study

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 11:28:58 -0600

Presents the results of a study examining the quality and cost of telehealth following its expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as impact on access to healthcare, alignment with other models of care, and provider and patient satisfaction with a focus on policy impacts in Maryland. Includes findings of a literature review, consumer interviews, behavioral healthcare organization focus groups, and a provider survey.

Resource: Climate and Hazard Mitigation Planning (CHaMP) Tool

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 09:13:06 -0600

A mapping tool that shows county- and state-level changes in climate between 1981 and 2024 for 15 U.S. states. Allows user to select for climate events such as extreme heat, wildfire, severe weather, tropical storms/hurricanes, and more.

Resource: 2021 Maryland Primary Care Needs Assessment

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:27:30 -0500

Identifies areas of focus for primary, dental, and mental healthcare and services in Maryland. Includes sections on Health Professional Shortage Areas, Medically Underserved Areas and Populations, Federally Qualified Health Centers, the J-1 Visa Waiver program, and the State Loan Repayment Program. -- Maryland Department of Health

Resource: Consumer Finances in Rural Appalachia

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 14:00:10 -0500

Describes the financial needs and challenges of consumers in rural Appalachia. Features sections on consumer finance profiles, including a section on medical debt, and consumer distress and delinquencies. Appendix A includes state-level statistics for the 13 Appalachian states, including percent of rural people with medical debt in the state.

Organization: Northeast/Mid-Atlantic CMS QIN-QIO

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 16:44:14 -0500

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.

Funding opportunity: American Connection Corps

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 15:52:48 -0500

A 1-year fellowship program that trains and mobilizes leaders to work in rural and emerging communities to coordinate broadband development and digital inclusion. -- AmeriCorps

Resource: Maryland Rural Health Association - Calendar of Events

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 08:30:51 -0500

Provides information on events hosted by the Maryland Rural Health Association, including workshops, training sessions, funding opportunities, and ongoing events. -- Maryland Rural Health Association