Pennsylvania resources via the Rural Health Information Hub

News: Pennsylvania Supports Its Mothers With 5-Year Maternal Health Strategic Action Plan

Wed, 13 May 2026 08:15:35 -0500

A 5-year grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration has enabled Pennsylvania to launch the 'Healthy Moms, Vibrant Futures' maternal health strategic action plan, focusing on reducing maternal mortality and morbidity. Twenty-three rural counties in Pennsylvania do not have hospitals offering labor and delivery services.

Funding opportunity: Pennsylvania READY Communities Collaborative Funding

Wed, 06 May 2026 14:29:03 -0500

Funding to support Pennsylvania communities in becoming accessible, inclusive places for older adults, people with dementia, and neighbors of all ages. -- Grantmakers In Aging

Event: 2026 Northeastern Pennsylvania Rural Health Summit

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Wilkes-Barre PA
May 29, 2026 -- Pennsylvania Department of Human Services

Resource: Pennsylvania Rural Health Transformation Program Funding Opportunities

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:52:41 -0500

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

News: Meet the Pennsylvania Medics Who Try To Keep You Out of the Hospital

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:28:10 -0500

Profiles Lancaster County's community paramedicine program, an initiative that serves about 1,000 people a month. Pennsylvania officials want to expand it to rural communities with few medical providers and elder care services.

Resource: Analysis of Pennsylvania Crime Trends: An Updated Rural/Urban Comparison

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:46:51 -0500

Examines rural and urban crime trends in Pennsylvania from 2013-2023. Identifies areas where rural crime trends differ from urban patterns, and highlights differences across rural regions of the state. Features statistics on crime rates by offense category, injuries due to assault, access to drug and alcohol treatment centers, and most prevalent property crimes, with breakdowns by urban and rural areas, and Philadelphia alone. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania

Resource: Pennsylvania Cancer Surgery Volume Report: July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 Data

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:18:33 -0500

Offers information about the number of cancer-related surgeries performed at each Pennsylvania hospital and ambulatory surgery center. Features statistics with breakdowns by county, facility type, and by 13 types of cancer. -- Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

Resource: Updated Locations of Hospitals with a Labor and Delivery Unit in Pennsylvania, 2026

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:35:43 -0600

County-level map showing locations of the 75 Pennsylvania hospitals with labor and delivery units, and shadings showing counties with no labor and delivery units. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania

Event: 2026 Annual NOSORH Meeting

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600

Pittsburgh PA
September 1, 2026 -- National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health

Resource: Financial Analysis 2024, Rural Hospitals: An Annual Report on the Financial Health of Pennsylvania Rural Hospitals

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:51:34 -0600

Provides data on general acute care (GAC) hospitals located in rural counties, as defined by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania. Features financial statistics for GAC hospitals from 2021-2024, with breakdowns by urban and rural areas. -- Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

Resource: Update: The Expanding Maternity Care Desert in Pennsylvania

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:29:14 -0600

Provides an overview of labor and delivery services in rural Pennsylvania and implications of limited access to maternity care. Features county-level maps showing locations of Pennsylvania hospitals with labor and delivery units and areas that are a 20-minute drive from a labor and delivery unit, as of 2026. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania

Resource: Harvesting Risk: An Ecologic Study of Agricultural Practices and Patterns and Melanoma Incidence in Pennsylvania

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:51:42 -0600

Examines associations between melanoma incidence, agricultural land use, and herbicide-treated acreage in a 15-county cluster in southern Pennsylvania including both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties, utilizing 2017-2021 PA Cancer Registry data. Discusses how environmental, occupational, and behavioral challenges related to agriculture and cancer incidence are shared among urban and rural communities.

Resource: Pennsylvania Rural-Urban Maps

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:26:22 -0600

Offers explanation of calculation by which population density is determined, and definitions of rural and urban as applied to counties, school districts, and municipalities in Pennsylvania. Includes statistics on population density by county as of 2020, with shadings indicating urban or rural area. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania

Resource: Supporting Rural Primary Care Through Project ECHO: A Brief Case Report

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:19:30 -0600

Discusses a collaborative telementoring program developed by the Project ECHO team at Penn State University which focuses on addressing rural primary care clinician burnout. Details program implementation and results among 106 participants across 2 cohorts.

Resource: Improving Rural Health in Pennsylvania

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:52:41 -0600

Provides information on Pennsylvania's Rural Health Transformation Program. Presents an overview of how Pennsylvania plans to address the five goals of the program and links to the state's project narrative. -- Pennsylvania Department of Human Services

Event: 2026 Plain Community Health Consortium Conference

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600

Lancaster PA
July 20, 2026

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: Total Fertility Rates by Pennsylvania County, 2019 to 2023

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:41:22 -0500

Map showing fertility rates by Pennsylvania county for women 15-44 years old, with shadings showing counties at or above replacement rate and those below replacement rate. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania

Resource: Natural Population Change (Births Minus Deaths) by Pennsylvania County, 2020 to 2023

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:20:16 -0500

Map showing the change in the number of people living in each Pennsylvania county from 2020 to 2023. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania

Resource: Building a Sustainable Oral Health Workforce in Pennsylvania: Strategies for Reinvigorating Dental Careers and Strengthening the Pipeline

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:03:18 -0500

Features recommendations to guide efforts to build a strong and sustainable dental workforce pipeline for Pennsylvania, by increasing supply of providers and improving retention rates. Mentions rural throughout. -- Pennsylvania Department of Health

Resource: Pennsylvania Common Procedures Report 2024

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 10:58:00 -0500

Provides information about the performance and utilization of Pennsylvania hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers for spinal fusion, total hip replacement, and total knee replacement, using data from October 2023 through September 2024. Includes hospitalization rates for each procedure by urban and rural areas, among other breakdowns. -- Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

Resource: More Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners in Rural Pennsylvania Than a Decade Ago

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 10:25:43 -0500

Fact sheet describing the increase in number of rural physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) in Pennsylvania from 2013 to 2023. Features demographics and statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural areas, and a county-level map showing numbers of PAs and NPs as of 2023, with shadings showing urban and rural counties. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania

Resource: Number of Skilled Nursing Facilities by Pennsylvania County, 2024

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:04:28 -0500

County-level Pennsylvania map showing numbers of skilled nursing facilities as of 2024, and shadings showing counties with fewer than 5, 5-9, and 10 or more facilities. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania

Resource: Comprehensive Analysis of the Supply, Demand, and Affordability of Senior Housing in Rural Pennsylvania

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 09:32:47 -0500

Examines the housing circumstances of rural Pennsylvania residents age 65 and over, by analyzing population projections, demographics, housing situations, and financial conditions. Features statistics including health insurance status of senior residents, with breakdowns by private, public, or no insurance, and numbers of senior residents who lived in a nursing home during 2023, with breakdowns by rural and urban areas. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania

Resource: Diabetes in Pennsylvania: Prevention and Maintenance Programs

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:24:43 -0500

Present data and describes government and non-government programs working to help people prevent and manage diabetes in Pennsylvania. Includes information about possible new treatments and summaries of other new research on diabetes including the effects of social determinants of health. Mentions special needs of rural and underserved populations.

Resource: Association of Injury-Related Mortality with Unique Domains of Social Determinants of Health Across the Urban-Rural Continuum

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:21:26 -0500

Examines whether social determinants of health associated with injury-related mortality vary by geography, utilizing 2000-2017 Pennsylvania Trauma Study Outcomes data. Compares rural and urban populations, with further data breakdowns by race, place of birth, income, and other demographic factors.

Resource: Top 10 Fastest Growing Rural Municipalities (Pennsylvania), 2020 to 2024

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:25:47 -0500

County-level map showing percentages of population growth between 2020 and 2024 in the fastest growing rural Pennsylvania townships and boroughs. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania

Resource: Number of Licensed Pharmacies by Pennsylvania County as of May 2025

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:43:35 -0500

County-level Pennsylvania map showing numbers of licensed pharmacies, and shadings showing counties with fewer than 15, 15-99, and 100 or more pharmacies. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania

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

Organization: Northeast/Mid-Atlantic CMS QIN-QIO

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 15:46:58 -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.