New York resources via the Rural Health Information Hub

Event: 2026 North Country Leadership Summit

Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Lake Placid NY
September 30, 2026 -- Adirondack Health Institute

Organization: Northeast/Mid-Atlantic CMS QIN-QIO

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:06:46 -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.

Event: 2026 New York Rural Health Symposium

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Clayton NY
September 17, 2026 -- New York State Association for Rural Health

Resource: Geospatial Structural Isolation Analysis of Emergency Services in New York State

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:51:30 -0600

Examines access to emergency healthcare across rural New York State. Utilizes geospatial analysis to analyze hospital isolation, inter-facility spacing, travel time catchments, coverage responsibilities, and more. Includes state-level maps showing location of emergency services, coverage area of the most isolated healthcare facilities, and catchment areas for healthcare facilities with emergency access along with populations served.

Resource: Associations Between Diet Quality and Psychosocial and Environmental Factors in Rural Adults

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:34:38 -0600

Surveys 2,420 rural adults in New York and Texas to identify social and environmental factors impacting diet quality.

Resource: Transforming Rural Healthcare in New York

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:38:07 -0600

Provides information on New York's Rural Health Transformation Program. Presents an overview of initiatives and links to New York's application summary. -- New York State Department of Health

Resource: Creating a Culture of Safety: A Rural School's Story

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:57:48 -0600

Discusses educational issues such as mental health concerns, absenteeism, and disciplinary problems and ways to address them. Profiles the rural Silver Creek Central School District (SCCSD) in New York and their strategies to create belonging, improve mental health and community support, and provide behavioral interventions.

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

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:25:28 -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: New York State's Paid Family Leave Improved Postpartum Health Care among Women with Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:37:08 -0500

Assesses the impact of a state paid family leave law on postpartum healthcare utilization among 312,470 women with hypertensive disorders. Includes rural and urban break down by hypertension status of study participants, among other demographic and health characteristics.

Resource: New York State Annual Poverty Report - 2025

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:13:14 -0500

Summary of the state of poverty in New York, taken from the American Communities Survey data (U.S. Census Bureau). Provides an overview of the state as well as county-level data, such as education, employment, and more. -- New York State Community Action Association

Event: 2026 39th Annual State Health Policy Conference

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500

New York City NY
September 28, 2026 -- National Academy for State Health Policy

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: Cost of Implementing Evidence-Based Practices to Reduce Opioid Overdose Fatalities in New York State Communities

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:03:55 -0500

Presents a study on the cost of implementing an intervention to deploy opioid education, naloxone distribution, and medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural and urban locations in New York. Evaluates data from two time periods, or waves, from January 2020 to June 2022 and July 2022 to December 2023.

Resource: Rural Health Reimagined: Policy Support & Change for Rural Aging in New York

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 12:46:20 -0500

Outlines rural relevant recommendations developed at an April 2025 summit in preparation for the New York statewide Master Plan for Aging (MPA). Recommendations cover topics including access to healthcare, social isolation, ageism, supporting informal caregivers, strengthening the health workforce, and age-friendly practices in rural communities. -- New York State Association for Rural Health

Resource: The Doctor is … Out: Shortages of Health Professionals in Rural Areas

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:13:58 -0500

Reports on healthcare professional shortages in 16 rural New York counties, including rural and county-level data on primary care, dental health, mental health, and maternity care providers. Discusses rural barriers to healthcare access and highlights approaches to strengthen the rural health workforce in New York.

Resource: 2024 New York Residency Training Outcomes: Exploring the Results of the 2024 New York Resident Exit Survey

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 10:11:10 -0500

Results of the 2024 New York State resident exit survey. Features statistics including percentage of physicians planning to work in Health Professional Shortage Areas and rural areas, and specialty areas with breakdowns by practice location, with 5 levels of population density. -- Center for Health Workforce Studies

Resource: Spatial Accessibility of Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs, Compared with Other Health Care Facilities, in New York State, 2024

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 10:17:58 -0500

Examines spatial accessibility to substance use disorder (SUD) treatment in New York State. Analyzes one-way travel time as well as the difference in travel between the closest and fifth closest facility. Includes maps comparing travel time to SUD treatment to other healthcare facilities in rural and urban areas of New York State.

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: Understanding Veterans in New York: A Needs Assessment of Veterans Recently Separated from the Military

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 08:27:43 -0600

Results of a study to identify barriers to accessing services for New York veterans, and their experiences with healthcare provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Offers information to inform policy and practice changes to improve awareness of, access to, and use of needed services. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural areas. -- RAND Corporation

Resource: Consumer Survey: Barriers to Accessing Oral Health Services in New York State

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 11:42:47 -0500

Examines major access barriers to oral health services for adults in New York. Provides evidence-based insights for policymakers and stakeholders to develop strategies to reduce oral health disparities and improve access to care, especially for underserved populations. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban or rural locations. -- Center for Health Workforce Studies

Resource: Process Evaluation Findings from Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities 2.0: A Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Intervention for Rural Women

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:22:43 -0500

Examines the impact and delivery of a 24-week cardiovascular disease prevention program administered to women in rural New York. Utilizes quantitative and qualitative data from 182 participants to analyze implementation measures such as program reach and length, participant attendance and satisfaction, program effectiveness, and more.

Resource: Disparities in Infectious Disease-Related Health Care Utilization Between Medicaid-Enrolled American Indians and Non-Hispanic Whites—Lessons from the First 16 months of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and a Decade of Flu Seasons

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:03:25 -0500

Analyzes mortality and healthcare utilization disparities between American Indian and Alaskan Native (AIAN) and non-Hispanic White populations related to influenza-like-illness (ILI) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Utilizes 2009-2021 New York Medicaid claims data, comparing pre-COVID-19 data to 4 time periods during the COVID-19 pandemic. Includes data breakdowns according to respiratory illness type, health outcomes, race/ethnicity, and rural versus nonrural county.

Resource: Health Care Worker Recruitment and Retention in New York State: What Are the Issues?

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 11:54:12 -0500

Report summarizing health workforce recruitment and retention difficulties experienced by providers in New York State, and reasons for these difficulties. Examines challenges in hospitals, nursing homes, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and other facilities, especially in rural areas of New York. -- Center for Health Workforce Studies

Resource: Understanding and Responding to Registered Nursing Shortages in Acute Care Hospitals in New York

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:27:09 -0500

Identifies factors that contribute to persistent registered nurse (RN) shortages, based on interviews with chief nursing officers or executives, nurse recruiters, and human resources staff from more than 50 New York hospitals. Describes promising strategies to improve the recruitment and retention of patient care RNs, with an emphasis on rural and safety-net hospitals. -- Center for Health Workforce Studies

Resource: Community Health Needs and Opportunities in Rural Central New York

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:42:41 -0500

Reports on community health in central New York's Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, and Oswego counties. Discusses issues related to rural access to care, funding, and health workforce supply. Highlights health disparities affecting rural Black, Hispanic, multiracial, LGB, and disabled people. Includes sections dedicated to perinatal health, oral health, mental health and substance use, and medical and nonmedical home care.

Resource: School-Based Health Centers as an Approach to Address Health Disparities among Rural Youth: A Study Protocol for a Multilevel Research Framework

Wed, 22 May 2024 15:16:15 -0500

Describes a study protocol to evaluate the impact of school-based health centers (SBHCs) on healthcare utilization, health outcomes, and education in rural, disadvantaged New York counties. Discusses risk factor identification and data collection at the individual, school district, and community levels.

Resource: Disadvantaged Groups Have Greater Spatial Access to Pharmacies in New York State

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:13:55 -0500

Examines spatial pharmacy access in various communities across New York State. Utilizes population weighted mean shortest road network distance (PWMSD) to examine distance to closest pharmacy. Includes Census Tract-level maps showing demographics such as poverty and education level quartile percentages and the correlation to pharmacy access. Includes discussion about how rurality factors into pharmacy access for different groups.

Funding opportunity: Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) J-1 Visa Waiver Program

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 08:49:05 -0600

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.

Organization: The Northeast and Caribbean Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Center

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 10:56:28 -0600

Offers training, resources, technical assistance on rural opioid, stimulant, and substance use disorders in New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Resource: Graduate Medical Education in New York: The Nation's Largest Supplier of Physicians

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 10:22:33 -0600

Examines the contribution of New York Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs to the nation's supply of physicians. Features a section on rural areas, including a state-level map showing the percentage of active physicians in nonmetropolitan areas who completed GME in New York as of 2022. -- Center for Health Workforce Studies