Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare needs and services
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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Rural HPV Learning Community
Webinar series discussing topics in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, cancer prevention, and screening in rural areas, focusing on providing tools, strategies, and perspectives to improve the quality and implementation of HPV care. See Program Overview for dates, topics, and registration information for sessions scheduled through November 2026.
Additional links: Program Overview, Resource Roundup, Session Recordings and Slides
Sponsoring organizations: ACS National HPV Vaccination Roundtable, American Cancer Society (ACS)
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Webinar series discussing topics in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, cancer prevention, and screening in rural areas, focusing on providing tools, strategies, and perspectives to improve the quality and implementation of HPV care. See Program Overview for dates, topics, and registration information for sessions scheduled through November 2026.
Additional links: Program Overview, Resource Roundup, Session Recordings and Slides
Sponsoring organizations: ACS National HPV Vaccination Roundtable, American Cancer Society (ACS)
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Maine Rural Health Field Guide
Collection of resources intended to connect healthcare professionals, communities, and organizations with proven examples that support rural health. Features links to organizations involved with rural health, funding opportunities, and valuable tools and articles.
Sponsoring organization: Maine Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Collection of resources intended to connect healthcare professionals, communities, and organizations with proven examples that support rural health. Features links to organizations involved with rural health, funding opportunities, and valuable tools and articles.
Sponsoring organization: Maine Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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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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CAPES Academy
Offers free self-paced training for nursing clinical instructors and preceptors covering topics such as suicide prevention, student engagement, professional resilience, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
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Offers free self-paced training for nursing clinical instructors and preceptors covering topics such as suicide prevention, student engagement, professional resilience, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
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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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Financing and Sustaining Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care Settings Toolkit
Interactive toolkit aims to help primary care providers build and maintain financially sustainable integrated behavioral health (IBH) models into their practices. Highlights models for creating funding streams that can sustain IBH models. Provides substance use resources, a literature collection, and case studies, among other resources, to support IBH program planning and implementation.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Interactive toolkit aims to help primary care providers build and maintain financially sustainable integrated behavioral health (IBH) models into their practices. Highlights models for creating funding streams that can sustain IBH models. Provides substance use resources, a literature collection, and case studies, among other resources, to support IBH program planning and implementation.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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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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SAMHSA: Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center
Collects reports detailing evidence-based practices for prevention, treatment, and recovery support for mental health and substance used disorders. Provides information and tools for behavioral health providers, communities, and policy-makers. Allows users to filter resources by health conditions, substances, and population group, such as American Indian and/or Alaska Natives, among others.
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Collects reports detailing evidence-based practices for prevention, treatment, and recovery support for mental health and substance used disorders. Provides information and tools for behavioral health providers, communities, and policy-makers. Allows users to filter resources by health conditions, substances, and population group, such as American Indian and/or Alaska Natives, among others.
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Financial Hardship And Children's Mental Health
Examines the mental health risks associated with children experiencing financial hardship and poverty. Provides county-level rates of poverty in Wisconsin and rural and urban percentage of Wisconsin children utilizing Medicaid. Offers family, community, and policy solutions for childhood financial stress.
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health
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Examines the mental health risks associated with children experiencing financial hardship and poverty. Provides county-level rates of poverty in Wisconsin and rural and urban percentage of Wisconsin children utilizing Medicaid. Offers family, community, and policy solutions for childhood financial stress.
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health
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