Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Access
Medical Assistance Facilities: A Demonstration Program to Provide Access to Health Care in Frontier Communities
Describes the Health Care Financing Administration's Medical Assistance Facility (MAF) demonstration program, which aimed to preserve healthcare access in frontier areas of Montana by converting full-service hospitals into low-intensity, short-stay healthcare service centers. Examines the impact of the program on access to inpatient care.
Date: 07/1993
Sponsoring organization: Office of Inspector General (HHS)
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Describes the Health Care Financing Administration's Medical Assistance Facility (MAF) demonstration program, which aimed to preserve healthcare access in frontier areas of Montana by converting full-service hospitals into low-intensity, short-stay healthcare service centers. Examines the impact of the program on access to inpatient care.
Date: 07/1993
Sponsoring organization: Office of Inspector General (HHS)
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Four Northwoods Towns Unite to Rebuild EMS — and Cut Response Times in Half
Discusses emergency medical service (EMS) access in rural Vilas County, Wisconsin. Includes a video about the service sharing agreement reached by 4 towns to provide EMS with full-time paramedics and EMTs.
Author(s): Jason Weiss, Will Cushman
Sponsoring organization: University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Discusses emergency medical service (EMS) access in rural Vilas County, Wisconsin. Includes a video about the service sharing agreement reached by 4 towns to provide EMS with full-time paramedics and EMTs.
Author(s): Jason Weiss, Will Cushman
Sponsoring organization: University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Texas Health Insights Dashboard
Dashboard providing county-level data on demographics, access to care, health needs and outcomes, non-medical drivers of health, and health risk and protective factors in Texas.
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health Institute
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Dashboard providing county-level data on demographics, access to care, health needs and outcomes, non-medical drivers of health, and health risk and protective factors in Texas.
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health Institute
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NTIA Data Explorer
Interactive tool displaying data from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Internet Use Survey on internet use, device use, non-use of the internet at home, household connectivity, and online activities nationally and by state. Includes options to present data as a map, chart, table, or fact sheet. Presents the option to view data by state and demographic characteristics, such as age group, employment status, and population density (metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and non-MSA status).
Sponsoring organization: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
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Interactive tool displaying data from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Internet Use Survey on internet use, device use, non-use of the internet at home, household connectivity, and online activities nationally and by state. Includes options to present data as a map, chart, table, or fact sheet. Presents the option to view data by state and demographic characteristics, such as age group, employment status, and population density (metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and non-MSA status).
Sponsoring organization: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
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Indigenous Healthcare Advancements - WayFinder
Searchable mapping system that helps users to locate healthcare systems that serve American Indian and Alaska Native patients. Allows patients to locate Indian Health Service (IHS), tribe-operated, urban Indian, or community-based facilities by city, ZIP code, reservation, or current location. WayFinder shows locations on a map and provides the address, contact information, and healthcare services provided, as well as other types of facility offerings.
Sponsoring organization: Indigenous Healthcare Advancements
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Searchable mapping system that helps users to locate healthcare systems that serve American Indian and Alaska Native patients. Allows patients to locate Indian Health Service (IHS), tribe-operated, urban Indian, or community-based facilities by city, ZIP code, reservation, or current location. WayFinder shows locations on a map and provides the address, contact information, and healthcare services provided, as well as other types of facility offerings.
Sponsoring organization: Indigenous Healthcare Advancements
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UVM CORA Co-Occurring PTSD and OUD Toolkit
Toolkit provides evidence-based assessments, treatment and training materials, and educational resources for behavioral health professionals providing care to rural people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and opioid use disorder (OUD). Discusses the challenges of treating OUD with co-occurring PTSD and highlights strategies for assessment, counseling, and/or referrals.
Sponsoring organization: University of Vermont Center on Rural Addiction
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Toolkit provides evidence-based assessments, treatment and training materials, and educational resources for behavioral health professionals providing care to rural people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and opioid use disorder (OUD). Discusses the challenges of treating OUD with co-occurring PTSD and highlights strategies for assessment, counseling, and/or referrals.
Sponsoring organization: University of Vermont Center on Rural Addiction
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Expanding Access: Supporting Mobile Unit Understanding & Development for Rural Health Clinics
Provides an overview of mobile health units and how they can increase access to care in rural and underserved areas. Describes federal and state policy considerations for implementing a mobile unit program. Highlights mobile health models included in state Rural Health Transformation Program applications. Offers links to additional resources and information about technical assistance for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) exploring the addition and operation of mobile units.
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics
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Provides an overview of mobile health units and how they can increase access to care in rural and underserved areas. Describes federal and state policy considerations for implementing a mobile unit program. Highlights mobile health models included in state Rural Health Transformation Program applications. Offers links to additional resources and information about technical assistance for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) exploring the addition and operation of mobile units.
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics
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Rural Data Analysis Dashboard: A Comparative Analysis of Health Data for the New England Region
Highlights areas in which health and health-related statistics in rural areas of New England differ from those in nonrural areas. Organizes county-level data into rural tiers, allowing users to make rural comparisons between similarly classified areas across the region. Presents data elements in an interactive interface, using both a map/chart display and a tabular summary.
Sponsoring organization: New England Rural Health Association
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Highlights areas in which health and health-related statistics in rural areas of New England differ from those in nonrural areas. Organizes county-level data into rural tiers, allowing users to make rural comparisons between similarly classified areas across the region. Presents data elements in an interactive interface, using both a map/chart display and a tabular summary.
Sponsoring organization: New England Rural Health Association
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2026 Primary Care Scorecard Data Dashboard
Interactive dashboard providing national- and state-level data on primary care indicators. Indicators cover financing, access to care, training of the healthcare workforce, and federal investment in primary care research. Includes data on primary care spending as a share of Medicare fee-for-service in rural areas, the number of primary care providers per capita, and the percentage of all residents and primary care residents trained in rural or medically underserved areas.
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Interactive dashboard providing national- and state-level data on primary care indicators. Indicators cover financing, access to care, training of the healthcare workforce, and federal investment in primary care research. Includes data on primary care spending as a share of Medicare fee-for-service in rural areas, the number of primary care providers per capita, and the percentage of all residents and primary care residents trained in rural or medically underserved areas.
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Recovery Learning Center
Provides training at no cost for substance use disorder (SUD) recovery programs. Focuses on building recovery support systems, including recovery housing and peer support systems. Resources are aimed at rural communities but are relevant to all SUD recovery situations.
Sponsoring organization: Fletcher Group
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Provides training at no cost for substance use disorder (SUD) recovery programs. Focuses on building recovery support systems, including recovery housing and peer support systems. Resources are aimed at rural communities but are relevant to all SUD recovery situations.
Sponsoring organization: Fletcher Group
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