In response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, NOSORH is hosting weekly listening sessions with the 50 State Offices of Rural Health to identify the challenges and opportunities that SORH are hearing from their constituents. These reports document the resulting identified rural challenges and concerns, innovative rural strategies, opportunities for collaboration, needed rural resources, and identified areas of concern or suggestions for SORH-managed federal programs.
- SORH COVID-19 Learning Community Notes – July 30
- SORH COVID-19 Learning Community Notes – July 9
- SORH COVID-19 Learning Community Notes – June 25
- SORH COVID-19 Learning Community Notes – June 11
- SORH COVID-19 Learning Community Notes – May 28
- SORH COVID-19 Learning Community Notes – May 21
- SORH COVID-19 Learning Community Notes – May 14
- SORH COVID-19 Learning Community Notes – May 7
- SORH COVID-19 Learning Community Notes – April 30
- SORH COVID-19 Learning Community Notes – April 23
- SORH COVID-19 Learning Community Notes – April 16
- SORH COVID-19 Learning Community Notes – April 9
- SORH COVID-19 Learning Community Notes – April 2
- SORH COVID-19 Learning Community Notes – March 26
- Rural Health Concerns Opportunities and Strategies for COVID-19 – March 16
Peer-Identified Resources
Communications and Stakeholder Outreach
- South Carolina Office of Rural Health Website
- Project ECHOs
- Anabaptist Outreach
- “Stop the Spread” Poster
- “Plain Communities Can Protect Themselves Against COVID-19” Article (PA example)
- Letter to Anabaptist and Farming Communities (PA example)
- Hospital Outreach
- Rural Hospital “Thank You” social media cards (MT example)
- “Encourage-MINT” for Rural Hospital Administrators (MT example)
- Foundation Outreach
- Sample letter for RHC support (CO example)
Workforce Resources
- CDC’s Interim Guidance on Developing a COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Plan
- Temporary Policy Changes for Certain Foreign Medical Graduates During the COVID-19 National Emergency (J-1 Policy Memorandum)
- ASTHO’s Making Contact: A Training for COVID-19 Contact Tracers
- Ohio’s Public Health Assist Team Volunteer Requirements Checklist (volunteers for contact tracing)
- NASHP’s State Strategies to Address Healthcare Provider Shortages
- CDC’s Mitigate Healthcare Personnel Staffing Shortages
- FEMA COVID-19 Resources for Fire and EMS
- Coping with COVID-19: Best Practices for Fire and EMS
Telehealth
- Cardiac Telerehabilitation Webliography (Northeast Telehealth Resource Center)
Rural Community-based Responses
Grants Management
- COVID SHIP Reporting and Documentation Requirements (PA example presentation)
- OMB Guidance 200.313 (Federal ownership in grant-funded equipment and property)
- COVID-19 Funding Tip Sheet: SHIP included (VT example)
- COVID19 SHIP Funding: Additional Information and Reporting letter (NH example)
- Emergency SHIP Funding FAQ (updated 4.17)
- COVID-19 State Rural Infrastructure Funding Strategy (VT example)
Rural Health Care Infrastructure
- Methodology: $10 Billion Allocation to Rural Hospitals and Providers
- CDC’s Community Planning Framework for Healthcare Preparedness Chapter 3C (Crisis Standards of Care) includes ideas for staffing and ethics plans
- Treating Suicidal Patients During COVID-19: Best Practices and Telehealth (4/14/20)
Data Tools
- NOSORH COVID-19 Data Tool
- Identifying Vulnerable Rural Populations During COVID-19: The CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index
Looking to share your rural successes, challenges or concerns? Rural stakeholders can send an email directly to HRSA at RuralCOVID-19@hrsa.gov