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9041. RHIhub Power User Tips - Resources
Reviewed: Jun 2025

A collection of short video tutorials showing how to make the most of the features available on the Rural Health Information Hub website.

...most of the features available on the Rural Health Information Hub website. Rural Health Information Hub...

9042. Reducing Potentially Excess Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death in the Rural United States - Resources
Date: Jan 2017

Reports on rural-urban disparities regarding potentially preventable deaths caused by heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD), and stroke for populations less than 80 years of age. Discusses factors impacting the rural-urban gap, and offers suggestions for reducing these disparities and improving health. Updated in a November 2019 report.

...health. Updated in a November 2019 report. --- Reducing Potentially Excess Deaths from the Five Leading...

9043. Zika in Babies in US Territories - Resources
Date: 2018

Provides an overview of the Zika infection in pregnancy and its impact on babies. Focuses on babies born in American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Puerto Rico, the Republic of Marshall Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Identifies what health departments, healthcare providers, and parents can do.

...health departments, healthcare providers, and parents can do. --- Zika in Babies in US Territories Video...

9044. School District Crisis Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Plans — United States, 2006, 2012, and 2016 - Resources
Date: Aug 2018

Examines crisis preparedness in schools, with data on urban, suburban, town, and rural areas. Includes information on district requirements for school preparedness related to family reunification procedures, pandemic influenza or other infectious disease outbreak response, provisions for special needs or mental health services, and funding for or provision of crisis preparedness training.

...health services, and funding for or provision of crisis preparedness training. --- School District Crisis Preparedness...

9045. Washington State's 1115 Family Planning Demonstration Evaluation - Findings from January 2012 to May 2018 - Resources
Date: Dec 2020

Report highlights data pertaining to family planning waiver enrollment in Washington state from 2012 to 2018. Breaks down waivers issued for low income, high income, and pregnancy-related reasons and compares rural and urban populations.

...Health Services Health disparities · Maternal health and prenatal care · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Sexual and reproductive...

9046. MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2021 - Resources
Date: Mar 2021

Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Includes discussion on Medicare payment policies directly affecting rural providers and beneficiaries. Addresses payment adequacy for healthcare facilities and services, improving Medicare payment for post-acute care, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, and the impact of healthcare provider consolidation. Contains information on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Medicare beneficiary healthcare access, mortality, and service use. Presents an option for Medicare's coverage of telehealth beyond the public health emergency.

...health emergency. 03/2021 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Healthcare business and finance · Home health · Hospice and palliative...

9047. A Dynamic Visualization Tool of Local Trends in Heart Disease and Stroke Mortality in the United States - Resources
Date: Sep 2022

Examines the methodology and utility of the Local Trends in Heart Disease and Stroke Mortality Dashboard. Discusses the importance of tracking spatiotemporal cardiovascular disease data for public health efforts and offers examples of how the dashboard can be used.

...health efforts and offers examples of how the dashboard can be used. --- A Dynamic Visualization...

9048. Following Labor and Delivery Unit Closures in Rural New Hampshire, Driving Time to the Nearest Unit Doubled - Resources
Date: Oct 2021

Examines the impact of the closure of 9 labor and delivery units in rural New Hampshire on the driving time to open units between 2000 and 2018. Explores the association between proximity to an open labor and delivery unit and women's health and socioeconomic characteristics.

...health and socioeconomic characteristics. --- Following Labor and Delivery Unit Closures in Rural New Hampshire, Driving...

9049. Defining Rural: Making Choices Among Different Definitions of Rural - Resources
Date: Jun 2022

Webinar outlining the various definitions of rural with a focus on Texas. Includes a demonstration of the Rural Health Information Hub's "Am I Rural?" tool. See video description for transcript.

...Health Information Hub's "Am I Rural?" tool. See video description for transcript. --- Defining Rural...

9050. Sustainable Development in Rural Underserved Communities through Improved Responsible Management of Decentralized Wastewater Infrastructure: A Focus on the Alabama Black Belt - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Examines strategies to achieve sustainable development in rural, underserved communities through safe wastewater management in the Alabama Black Belt. Discusses utility structure, operation, and potential barriers to achieving development that is compatible with public health, as well as policy to support sustainable wastewater systems.

...health, as well as policy to support sustainable wastewater systems. --- Sustainable Development in Rural Underserved...