Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Hospitals
Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Director's Office, Grants Management Unit: SFY23 Annual Report
Reports on the operation of organizations and programs receiving funding from the state of Nevada in State Fiscal Year 2023. Provides information on grantees, award amounts, activities, and achievements. Includes data on rural programs, partnerships, and coalitions.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Reports on the operation of organizations and programs receiving funding from the state of Nevada in State Fiscal Year 2023. Provides information on grantees, award amounts, activities, and achievements. Includes data on rural programs, partnerships, and coalitions.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Florida Rural Health Clinics, Rural Hospitals, and Rural Hospitals that are Critical Access Hospitals, 2024
Map of Florida's Rural Health Clinics and rural hospitals, including Critical Access Hospitals.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Florida Rural Health Association
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Map of Florida's Rural Health Clinics and rural hospitals, including Critical Access Hospitals.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Florida Rural Health Association
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Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating: Overview for Flex Programs, Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Stakeholders
Provides an overview of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Overall Hospital Star Ratings posted on the CMS Care Compare website. Describes the methodology for the Overall Hospital Star Ratings, including information on measure selection, measure grouping, measure group scores and hospital scoring, and peer grouping and star rating assignment. Discusses the implications these ratings have on Critical Access Hospitals and other small rural hospitals.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance (RQITA) Resource Center
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Provides an overview of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Overall Hospital Star Ratings posted on the CMS Care Compare website. Describes the methodology for the Overall Hospital Star Ratings, including information on measure selection, measure grouping, measure group scores and hospital scoring, and peer grouping and star rating assignment. Discusses the implications these ratings have on Critical Access Hospitals and other small rural hospitals.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance (RQITA) Resource Center
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340B Discount Drug Program Reform Policy Principles
Policy position paper on the 340B program. Explores ways in which the program benefits rural health systems and patients, and the impact of restrictions by drug manufacturers on rural safety net providers .
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Policy position paper on the 340B program. Explores ways in which the program benefits rural health systems and patients, and the impact of restrictions by drug manufacturers on rural safety net providers .
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Rural Maternity Innovation Summit Reports
Findings from a March 2024 Clifton, Texas summit that brought together leaders from six innovative and sustainable rural maternity programs. The site report provides case studies, sharing information on maternity services, staffing, financial strategies, and more. The leader report shares strategies and identifies leadership competencies, values, and character traits that support the leaders' abilities to meet the challenges in providing sustainable rural maternity services in rural communities.
Author(s): Erin E. Sullivan, Benjamin Anderson, Mark Deutchman
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: University of Colorado School of Medicine Rural Program
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Findings from a March 2024 Clifton, Texas summit that brought together leaders from six innovative and sustainable rural maternity programs. The site report provides case studies, sharing information on maternity services, staffing, financial strategies, and more. The leader report shares strategies and identifies leadership competencies, values, and character traits that support the leaders' abilities to meet the challenges in providing sustainable rural maternity services in rural communities.
Author(s): Erin E. Sullivan, Benjamin Anderson, Mark Deutchman
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: University of Colorado School of Medicine Rural Program
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California Critical Access Hospitals Map
County-level map of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in California.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: California Critical Access Hospital Network
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County-level map of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in California.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: California Critical Access Hospital Network
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U.S. Hospital List (2023)
Excel file providing a comprehensive list of urban and rural U.S. hospitals that were reported open as of January 1, 2023. Includes 4,518 acute care hospitals and 1,422 specialty hospitals.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Excel file providing a comprehensive list of urban and rural U.S. hospitals that were reported open as of January 1, 2023. Includes 4,518 acute care hospitals and 1,422 specialty hospitals.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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An Overview of the Kansas Health Care Workforce
Provides an overview of the Kansas healthcare workforce, with data projected through 2030. Focuses on ambulatory healthcare services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. Includes metro versus nonmetro wage comparisons for nursing and personal aide occupations.
Author(s): Nathan Kessler
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Labor
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Provides an overview of the Kansas healthcare workforce, with data projected through 2030. Focuses on ambulatory healthcare services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. Includes metro versus nonmetro wage comparisons for nursing and personal aide occupations.
Author(s): Nathan Kessler
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Labor
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2022 Health Professional Underserved Areas Report: Kansas Primary Care and Rural Health
Features information on Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) in Kansas. Discusses healthcare workforce recruitment and retention as well as rural hospital programs during 2022. Provides county-level data and maps on Primary Care, Mental, and Dental HPSAs. Includes a table classifying counties as urban, semi-urban, densely-settled rural, rural, or frontier.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Features information on Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) in Kansas. Discusses healthcare workforce recruitment and retention as well as rural hospital programs during 2022. Provides county-level data and maps on Primary Care, Mental, and Dental HPSAs. Includes a table classifying counties as urban, semi-urban, densely-settled rural, rural, or frontier.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Final Frontier: IPC Challenges in Rural Health Care
Podcast interview with Dr. Michael Stevens, West Virginia University Health System's Healthcare Epidemiologist. Addresses difficulty in accessing mentoring in infection prevention and control (IPC) in rural facilities, and disconnects between local needs and upper-level mandates. Includes transcript.
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organizations: American Medical Association, CDC's Project Firstline
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Podcast interview with Dr. Michael Stevens, West Virginia University Health System's Healthcare Epidemiologist. Addresses difficulty in accessing mentoring in infection prevention and control (IPC) in rural facilities, and disconnects between local needs and upper-level mandates. Includes transcript.
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organizations: American Medical Association, CDC's Project Firstline
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