Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Primary care
Conducting Research That Matters to Rural Practice and Communities
Commentary describing activities designed to improve rural clinical and community engagement in research led by the Oregon Rural Practice Research Network and the WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho) region Practice and Research Network. Features example solutions for meaningful engagement.
Author(s): Sebastian T. Tong, Melinda M. Davis, Allison M. Cole
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 38(2), 603-606
Date: 08/2025
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Commentary describing activities designed to improve rural clinical and community engagement in research led by the Oregon Rural Practice Research Network and the WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho) region Practice and Research Network. Features example solutions for meaningful engagement.
Author(s): Sebastian T. Tong, Melinda M. Davis, Allison M. Cole
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 38(2), 603-606
Date: 08/2025
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New Mexico State-Tribal Collaboration Act July 31, 2025 Agency Report
Summarizes collaboration between New Mexico state agencies and tribal nations regarding current public health priorities, including primary care, data sharing, policy collaboration, and measles response. Identifies resources available for American Indians from each New Mexico department and activities and funding for the fiscal year 2025, including topics such as community health workers, cancer, diabetes, COVID-19, suicide prevention, maternal and child health, and more.
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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Summarizes collaboration between New Mexico state agencies and tribal nations regarding current public health priorities, including primary care, data sharing, policy collaboration, and measles response. Identifies resources available for American Indians from each New Mexico department and activities and funding for the fiscal year 2025, including topics such as community health workers, cancer, diabetes, COVID-19, suicide prevention, maternal and child health, and more.
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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Partners in Progress: Pursuing Medical-Dental Integration in Ohio
Report explores dental health integration into primary care in Ohio and a way to expand oral healthcare access in the state. Discusses access issues in rural areas, shortage areas, and among Medicaid recipients. Details how integration can help close the gap.
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health
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Report explores dental health integration into primary care in Ohio and a way to expand oral healthcare access in the state. Discusses access issues in rural areas, shortage areas, and among Medicaid recipients. Details how integration can help close the gap.
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health
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Mapping Healthcare Deserts: Over 80% of the Country Still Lacks Adequate Access to Healthcare
Provides information on healthcare and pharmacy deserts in the United States. Includes an interactive county-level U.S. map that shows healthcare deserts in the following categories: pharmacy, primary care, hospital, hospital beds, trauma center, and health center.
Author(s): Amanda Nguyen
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: GoodRx
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Provides information on healthcare and pharmacy deserts in the United States. Includes an interactive county-level U.S. map that shows healthcare deserts in the following categories: pharmacy, primary care, hospital, hospital beds, trauma center, and health center.
Author(s): Amanda Nguyen
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: GoodRx
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Illinois Rural Primary Care Workforce
Offers maps and tables of the primary care workforce distribution in Georgia in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons.
Author(s): S.C. Woolcock, C.H.A. Andrilla, L.A. Garberson, J.M. Graves
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Offers maps and tables of the primary care workforce distribution in Georgia in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons.
Author(s): S.C. Woolcock, C.H.A. Andrilla, L.A. Garberson, J.M. Graves
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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South Dakota Health Professional Shortage Areas: Primary Medical Care
South Dakota map showing geographic, population, and automatic primary medical care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: South Dakota Office of Rural Health
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South Dakota map showing geographic, population, and automatic primary medical care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: South Dakota Office of Rural Health
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South Carolina Community Health Center Sites 2025
County-level South Carolina map showing names and locations of Community Health Center sites.
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Primary Health Care Association
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County-level South Carolina map showing names and locations of Community Health Center sites.
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Primary Health Care Association
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Transforming School-Based Telehealth through Rural Partnerships
Webinar recording discusses how Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center implemented a school-based telemedicine program to improve access to care in rural and low-income Oklahoma communities. Details challenges and lessons learned related to billing and policy development, communication with parents, and partnerships with rural school nurses and administrators. Transcript available below the video description.
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Author(s): Tiffany Griffis
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: Heartland Telehealth Resource Center
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Webinar recording discusses how Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center implemented a school-based telemedicine program to improve access to care in rural and low-income Oklahoma communities. Details challenges and lessons learned related to billing and policy development, communication with parents, and partnerships with rural school nurses and administrators. Transcript available below the video description.
Additional links: Presentation Slides
Author(s): Tiffany Griffis
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: Heartland Telehealth Resource Center
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Primary Care Practices' Choice of Implementation Strategy for Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Patients with Diabetes: A Multiple Methods Study Within a Larger Hybrid Type-3 Effectiveness-Implementation Study
Examines characteristics of primary care (PC) practices that utilize either a self-paced or virtual continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) implementation service. Provides feedback on CGM implementation from 76 PC practices in Colorado as well as characteristics of those practices. Compares metro versus nonmetro PC utilization of two CGM services: the self-paced American Academy of Family Physicians Transformation in Practice Series (TIPS) service or the virtual CGM initiation service (virCIS).
Author(s): Kimberly T. Wiggins, Tristen L. Hall, Bonnie Jortberg, et al.
Citation: BMC Primary Care, 26, 195
Date: 06/2025
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Examines characteristics of primary care (PC) practices that utilize either a self-paced or virtual continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) implementation service. Provides feedback on CGM implementation from 76 PC practices in Colorado as well as characteristics of those practices. Compares metro versus nonmetro PC utilization of two CGM services: the self-paced American Academy of Family Physicians Transformation in Practice Series (TIPS) service or the virtual CGM initiation service (virCIS).
Author(s): Kimberly T. Wiggins, Tristen L. Hall, Bonnie Jortberg, et al.
Citation: BMC Primary Care, 26, 195
Date: 06/2025
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Primary Care Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections in the United States from 2019 to 2021
Examines the impact of COVID-19 on sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing in primary care settings from 2019-2021. Analyzes data from 4,410,609 patient encounters recorded in the PRIME Registry and observes testing rates according to STI type, patient demographics, patient region and community type, and metropolitan, micropolitan, small town, or rural location.
Author(s): Shiying Hao, Esther E. Velásquez, William S. Pearson, et al.
Citation: PLOS ONE, 20(6)
Date: 06/2025
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Examines the impact of COVID-19 on sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing in primary care settings from 2019-2021. Analyzes data from 4,410,609 patient encounters recorded in the PRIME Registry and observes testing rates according to STI type, patient demographics, patient region and community type, and metropolitan, micropolitan, small town, or rural location.
Author(s): Shiying Hao, Esther E. Velásquez, William S. Pearson, et al.
Citation: PLOS ONE, 20(6)
Date: 06/2025
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