Iowa Resources

Bringing it All Together for EMS in Wright County, Iowa
Video details how Wright County, Iowa, used supplemental Flex funding to solidify their emergency medical services (EMS). Highlights the way the county used the supplement funding to initiate a project to design a sustainable EMS program that provides coverage to the whole county.
Date: 01/2020
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Healthy Hometowns - Iowa's Rural Health Transformation Plan
Provides information on Iowa's Rural Health Transformation Program. Presents an overview of proposed initiatives and includes links to Iowa's application materials.
Additional links: Project Narrative, Project Summary
Sponsoring organization: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
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Iowa Community Action Association: Find an Agency
Identifies the designated Community Action Agency for each county in Iowa, along with available services and contact information.
Sponsoring organization: Iowa Community Action Association
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Iowa Cancer Zones Maps
Displays Iowa maps by cancer incidence in 48 cancer reporting zones. Allows user to search by time period, cancer site, and patient demographics. Includes option to see counties populating each cancer zone as well as percentage of the population living in a rural area.
Sponsoring organization: Iowa Cancer Registry
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Iowa Hospital Total Facility Utilization Data
Provides information on Iowa hospital utilization from the past two years of data. Reports on Critical Access Hospitals, rural hospitals, rural referral hospitals, urban hospitals, VA hospitals, and other hospitals. Includes data such as swing bed admissions, surgeries, financials, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Iowa Hospital Association
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Iowa Association of Rural Health Clinics Newsletter
Archive of a monthly newsletter from the Iowa Association of Rural Health Clinics (IARHC). Includes information such as vaccination efforts, funding opportunities, workforce connections, and resources relevant to IARHC responsibilities and regulations.
Sponsoring organization: Iowa Association of Rural Health Clinics
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Iowa Family Physician Magazine
Archive of Iowa Family Physician Magazine's seasonal publication. Covers issues relevant to medical students, resident physicians, healthcare legislation, and more. Includes rural-specific information related to loan repayment programs, scholarships, and healthcare access, among other resources tailored to rural physicians.
Sponsoring organization: Iowa Academy of Family Physicians
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Iowa Project ECHO
Shares knowledge and expertise through telementoring for primary care staff to enhance their capacity to provide best practice healthcare for underserved people.
Sponsoring organization: Iowa Primary Care Association
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UMASH - COVID-19 Resources
Presents resources and information pertaining to COVID-19 for farmers and farmworkers in the Midwest. Features national and state-level information for Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and North and South Dakota. Includes resources for Spanish speakers.
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
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Cancer-Rates.info
Contains cancer incidence and mortality data for a number of states, with the option to view data by county, cancer type, gender, race and ethnicity, and in most cases, rural/urban geography.
Sponsoring organization: University of Kentucky
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