Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare facilities
Rural Cardiology Desert Atlas
Offers a county level map of cardiology providers to demonstrate areas with limited access to cardiology care. Map is interactive and can show rural counties, counties with Critical Access Hospitals, and Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas.
Author(s): Vicky Muller Ferreira
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Offers a county level map of cardiology providers to demonstrate areas with limited access to cardiology care. Map is interactive and can show rural counties, counties with Critical Access Hospitals, and Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas.
Author(s): Vicky Muller Ferreira
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Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network Past Event Resources
Provides a list of Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN) past events and their related slides.
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network
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Provides a list of Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN) past events and their related slides.
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network
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CJR-X (Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Expanded) Model
Provides information on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center's CJR-X (Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Expanded) Model, a mandatory nationwide episode-based payment model that aims to improve patient care and care coordination for Original Medicare patients undergoing hip, knee, and ankle replacements.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Provides information on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center's CJR-X (Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Expanded) Model, a mandatory nationwide episode-based payment model that aims to improve patient care and care coordination for Original Medicare patients undergoing hip, knee, and ankle replacements.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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NARHC Webinars & Education Center
Contains links to upcoming technical assistance webinars, as well as webinar recordings, transcripts, and presentation slides. Webinars cover operational and policy issues specific to Rural Health Clinics.
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics
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Contains links to upcoming technical assistance webinars, as well as webinar recordings, transcripts, and presentation slides. Webinars cover operational and policy issues specific to Rural Health Clinics.
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics
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The Evolution of U.S. Hospital Markets
Data visualization tool regarding hospital mergers, closures, ownership changes, and market concentration. Includes interactive maps exploring how hospital markets have changed since 2000 and forecasting the impact of potential ownership changes and closures on hospital market concentration.
Additional links: Hospital Closures Explorer, Hospital Market Explorer, Hospital Market Forecast Lab
Sponsoring organization: Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale
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Data visualization tool regarding hospital mergers, closures, ownership changes, and market concentration. Includes interactive maps exploring how hospital markets have changed since 2000 and forecasting the impact of potential ownership changes and closures on hospital market concentration.
Additional links: Hospital Closures Explorer, Hospital Market Explorer, Hospital Market Forecast Lab
Sponsoring organization: Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale
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Washington Rural Health Resource Hub
Provides information and resources on Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), telehealth, funding, and workforce development, among other topics to support rural healthcare in Washington State. Highlights Washington-specific information, tools, and resources for rural communities, providers, and facilities.
Sponsoring organization: Washington State Office of Rural Health
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Provides information and resources on Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), telehealth, funding, and workforce development, among other topics to support rural healthcare in Washington State. Highlights Washington-specific information, tools, and resources for rural communities, providers, and facilities.
Sponsoring organization: Washington State Office of Rural Health
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Rural Hospital Dashboard
Dashboard providing data on hospital closures and associated hospital and county characteristics using 2012-2023 HCRIS, AHRF, and County Health Ranking Files data. Select individual facilities to access facility and county-specific data.
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Dashboard providing data on hospital closures and associated hospital and county characteristics using 2012-2023 HCRIS, AHRF, and County Health Ranking Files data. Select individual facilities to access facility and county-specific data.
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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REH Testimonial Interviews
Video series highlighting rural hospitals that successfully transitioned to Rural Emergency Hospital status and assistance that was provided by the REH Technical Assistance Center during the transition.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Redesign Center
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Video series highlighting rural hospitals that successfully transitioned to Rural Emergency Hospital status and assistance that was provided by the REH Technical Assistance Center during the transition.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Redesign Center
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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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Nursing Facilities in Rural Areas
Offers a group of data tables comparing rural and urban data at the state level for a variety of distribution, payer, ownership, quality, and nurse workforce staffing indicators in certified nursing facilities. Data available annually between 2015 and 2025.
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Offers a group of data tables comparing rural and urban data at the state level for a variety of distribution, payer, ownership, quality, and nurse workforce staffing indicators in certified nursing facilities. Data available annually between 2015 and 2025.
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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