Tennessee resources via the Rural Health Information Hub

News: Doctors Work to Address Access to Trauma Care for Rural Residents

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:06:50 -0500

Describes a hospital network reorganization to better address trauma care access in rural Tennessee. Highlights the improved mortality outcomes and how the hub-and-spoke model could be implemented in other rural regions.

Resource: School-Centered Tobacco Retailer Exposure and Neighborhood Opportunity Across Urban and Rural Tennessee

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:01:03 -0500

Examines the association between neighborhood opportunity and school-centered tobacco retailer exposure in Tennessee, including differences by rural or urban areas and Appalachian status. Features statistics and county-level maps with shadings showing school-centered tobacco retail exposure and tract-level quintiles of the Child Opportunity Index state percentile.

Resource: Geographic Access to Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening in Tennessee: Disparities by Socioeconomic Variables, Rurality, and Appalachian Status

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:32:56 -0500

Examines access to low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) in Tennessee according to rurality and Appalachian status. Analyzes 198 LDCT sites and provides information on travel time and access to sites as well as demographic breakdown of population according to urban, rural, Appalachian, or non-Appalachian location. Discusses access disparities and solutions to improve access to LDCT screening sites in Tennessee.

Event: 2027 Digital Health Summit

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Nashville TN
February 23, 2027 -- Pulse Telehealth Resource Center, South Central Telehealth Resource Center, Southeastern Telehealth Resource Center, TexLa Telehealth Resource Center

Funding opportunity: Tennessee Grant Opportunity Fund (GO Fund)

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:36:46 -0500

Matching grant that provides rural Tennessee communities with a source of capital to help them meet the local match requirements of larger grant programs.

Funding opportunity: Tennessee Eyecare Access Optometry and Ophthalmology Loan Repayment Program

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:34:30 -0500

Loan repayment for ophthalmologists (medical and surgical eye care specialists) and optometrists (Doctor of Optometry) who commit to at least 2 years of service in one of Tennessee's eligible rural counties. -- Tennessee Department of Health

Funding opportunity: Appalachian Region Healthcare Technical Assistance Center Assistance

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:21:28 -0500

Technical assistance for Appalachian healthcare providers and communities. Eligible organizations may receive guidance and funding to launch or enhance critical needed service lines. -- Rural Health Redesign Center

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: Tennessee's Physician Workforce Landscape: Supply, Demand, and Education Capacity

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:31:53 -0500

Assesses the current and future supply of physicians in Tennessee, by offering information on the physician workforce pathway-to-practice, practice trends, and projected needs through 2035 across the state. Features statistics in various categories with breakdowns by Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Virginia, and the United States as a whole. Mentions rural throughout.

Resource: Tennessee's Community Health Worker Strategy Is Succeeding. Which State Will Be Next?

Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:29 -0500

Discusses the role community health workers (CHWs) can play in improving healthcare outcomes and addressing unmet needs in both rural and urban communities. Details Tennessee's state-funded implementation of a evidence-based CHW infrastructure, and highlights the outcomes over the first two years of the program. Explores how this approach could be implemented in other states.

Resource: Tennessee Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) Opportunities

Tue, 19 May 2026 10:35:55 -0500

Lists funding opportunities available through the Tennessee Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) to help implement Tennessee's approved RHTP initiatives and activities. Information will be found on the Opportunities tab. -- Tennessee Department of Health

Resource: The State of Health in Tennessee 2025: Annual Report to the 114th Tennessee General Assembly

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:40:18 -0500

Assesses the health status of Tennesseans across the four areas of the State Health Plan Framework: A Healthy Start, A Healthy Life, a Healthy Environment, and a Healthy System of Care. Includes a section on social determinants of health and features statistics on various populations and aspects of healthcare, including rural hospital closures. -- Tennessee Department of Health

Resource: An Examination of Geographic Proximity to Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation in Rural Versus Urban Tennessee Counties

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:15:36 -0600

Examines travel distance and time to outpatient cardiac rehabilitation (OCR) facilities in Tennessee counties. Provides rural versus urban comparisons of OCR facility access as well as county-level Tennessee maps showing myocardial infarction hospitalization rate and travel burden.

Event: 2026 Annual Tennessee Rural Health Association Conference

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600

Knoxville TN
November 18, 2026 -- Rural Health Association of Tennessee

Resource: Tennessee Uninsured Adult Healthcare Safety Net: 2025 Annual Report

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:56:47 -0600

Reports on Tennessee's uninsured population, state safety net funding, and services provided in 2025. Lists safety net service locations, including community and faith-based clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, dental clinics, and more. Provides county-by-county data on primary, oral, and specialty care population-to-provider ratios, and includes county-level maps of Health Resource Shortage Areas. Mentions rural throughout. -- Tennessee Department of Health

Resource: Maternal Mortality in Tennessee: Annual Report 2025

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:53:43 -0600

Findings from Tennessee's review of maternal deaths, focusing on pregnancy-related deaths from 2017-2023. Examines trends, leading causes, contributing factors, and disparities, and outlines recommendations to reduce pregnancy-related deaths and improve maternal health outcomes. Includes information on on pregnancy-related mortality rate by social drivers of health by rural or urban residence on PDF page 18. -- Tennessee Department of Health

Resource: Tennessee Birth Defects Data Report 2018-2022

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:24:07 -0600

Provides information on the prevalence of 47 major birth defects for children born in Tennessee in the years 2018-2022. Features a state map showing rates of birth defects in 7 rural regions. -- Tennessee Department of Health

Resource: Cancer in Tennessee: 2016-2020 Annual Report

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:45:41 -0600

Presents cancer incidence and mortality data for the state of Tennessee from 2016-2020. Includes county-by-county data on lung cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, and childhood cancer, among others. Provides data on cancer demographics and risk factors, identifies trends, and makes comparisons with national data. -- Tennessee Department of Health

Resource: Suicide Prevention in Tennessee: 2025 Annual Report

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:18:29 -0600

Summarizes suicide surveillance and programmatic data collected by the Tennessee Department of Health. Identifies strategies and best practices for the prevention of deaths by suicide. Features statistics including rates of suicide among residents of rural and urban Tennessee counties in 2023. -- Tennessee 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: 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: Rural Health Access for Tennessee's Future

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:51:14 -0600

Provides information on Tennessee's application for the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). Presents an overview of proposed initiatives, a link to Tennessee's application, and details on the state RHTP funding opportunities. -- Tennessee Department of Health

Resource: Tennessee Rural Health Dashboard

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:02:46 -0500

Dashboard providing state- and county-level data on rural access to care and rural health policy in Tennessee. Topics covered include rural definitions, poverty, insurance coverage, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics, and Healthcare Provider Shortage Area (HPSA) designations. -- Rural Health Association of Tennessee

Event: 2026 NTCA Fall Conference

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Nashville TN
September 13, 2026 -- NTCA: The Rural Broadband Association

Resource: Loneliness and Alcohol Use Among College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rural Appalachia

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:04:49 -0500

Results of a study exploring the association between loneliness and various levels of alcohol use in 2020-2021 among 310 college students ages 18-25 in a rural, underserved region of Appalachian Tennessee. Features demographics with breakdowns including rural, suburban, or urban background.

Resource: Tennessee Rural Behavioral Health Workforce

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 09:49:36 -0500

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

Resource: Tennessee Rural Primary Care Workforce

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:44:46 -0500

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

Resource: Tennessee Rural Obstetrical Workforce

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:32:17 -0500

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

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: Southeast CMS QIN-QIO

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:03:52 -0500

A Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) that works to improve clinical quality and better outcomes in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.