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251. Paris Metro Transportation - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Jan 27, 2026

In Paris, Texas, a rural public-private partnership (P3) used the U.S. Department of Transportation's framework to create a reliable, low fare transportation system with positive impact on healthcare access.

...center, sharing ATCOG's mission for improving healthcare access and economic opportunities, supported a 3-year funding commitment. Owned by RCCH Healthcare Partners, the 300 bed, acute care hospital providing health and wellness services, also...

252. Stigma Associated with Substance Use Disorders - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Dec 12, 2025

Describes how stigma impacts whether individuals seek treatment for substance use disorders.

...referrals during their regularly scheduled primary care visits. If the behavioral health and primary care services function in a co-location model, patients can also receive behavioral health services at their primary care location, instead...

253. Outreach Agent Model - RHIhub Community Health Workers Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Mar 12, 2026

Information on the outreach agent model for community health workers and how it is similar to the health educator model with additional outreach responsibilities.

...referrals Support access to telehealth equipment and appointments Help community members enroll in health and social services Through outreach efforts, such as home visits, CHWs can work with patients to identify issues such as health...

254. Protective Factors for Suicide - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: May 9, 2022

Learn protective factors for suicide and how rural communities can strengthen protective factors to reduce risk of suicide.

...referral, and follow-up To ensure access to effective care, rural areas may integrate behavioral healthcare and suicide prevention into primary care settings and ensure providers have the information, training, and resources they need...

255. Collaborating for Transportation Access in Rural Communities - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Apr 22, 2026

With the help of the nonprofit Feonix – Mobility Rising, Waupaca County Catch a Ride in Wisconsin and the Transportation Rx program in South Texas are working to improve transportation in their rural communities and thus increase people's access to employment, healthcare, food, and other needs. - The Rural Monitor

...center." Feonix - Mobility Rising works with communities to determine what kind of transportation program will work best for them, considering factors such as available community partners, population, and median household income. After the three-year...

256. Increasing Knowledge of Palliative Care in South Dakota - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Nov 16, 2022

Palliative care, designed to treat the symptoms of a serious illness at any stage of diagnosis, is associated with better outcomes like higher patient satisfaction. Despite these benefits, many people in rural communities cannot access these services or don't know what palliative care is. The South Dakota Palliative Care Network is working to increase knowledge of palliative care among rural healthcare professionals, nursing students, and community members. - The Rural Monitor

...referrals are needed, know where the specialty palliative care providers are located. "In those communities, we've been able to really provide that education around 'What is palliative care?'" Berke said. "It's really hard...

257. Obesity in Rural America, with Jennifer Conner and Jason Lofton – Exploring Rural Health Podcast - Podcast Episode
Date: Nov 1, 2022

The November 2022 episode of RHIhub's podcast features Jennifer Conner, DrPH, an associate professor with the Delta Population Health Institute at the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University, and Jason Lofton, MD, a family physician at the Lofton Family Clinic in De Queen, Arkansas, in a discussion about rural obesity and how rural patients can live their healthiest life.

...center just to get out of his house. And, so sometimes people are willing, they just need that little bit of encouragement to say, you know, actually...

258. Alcohol Use Disorder: Addressing Stigma and Treatment Access in Rural America - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Aug 26, 2020

From decreasing stigma to increasing treatment access and the impact of COVID-19, experts and rural healthcare organizations speak out on alcohol use and misuse in rural America. - The Rural Monitor

...Center created an in-depth toolkit to reduce stigma surrounding substance misuse. Additionally, the National Institute on Drug Abuse offers a language use guide , pointing out that "although some language that may be considered stigmatizing...

259. Outer Cape Health Services Community Resource Navigator Program - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Mar 1, 2023

The Community Resource Navigator Program works with local agencies in Provincetown, M.A., to identify and connect clients to needed social, behavioral, and substance use disorder services.

...referrals made by Community Navigators. The Community Navigator program has become so successful that other towns and agencies have been quick to replicate and expand the program. The towns of Truro, Wellfleet, and Eastham have...

260. Community Paramedicine Models for Reducing Use of Emergency Resources - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Jul 16, 2020

Describes community paramedicine programs that focus on high utilizers and other patients who are not well-served by emergency medical service transportation to the emergency department.

...Referral and Education Services (CARES) program , which targets super-utilizers by engaging with cross-agency partners who can better serve the patient's needs. Clients are assigned a “navigator” who helps manage their care...