Networking for Rural Health: SITE VISIT AWARDEES

Site Visit Awardees

Networking for Rural Health was a three-year initiative of AcademyHealth; the project closed on June 30, 2003. With support from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the project was intended to strengthen the rural health care infrastructure by fostering the development of rural health networks that seek to improve access to and the quality of health care services in rural communities.

State	Network/Location	Composition	Service Area
Alaska	Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Anchorage, AK	7 entities including: Regional Health Systems, Hob referral Hospital in Anchorage	Alaska
California	Sierra Rural Health Networks/Mark Twain Hospital San Andreas, CA	3 hospitals, 2 health departments	3 counties; 4,000 square miles; 150,000 population
California	North Coast Clinics Network Eureka, CA	9 CHC clincs; 1 health department	3 northern coastal counties
Colorado	San Luis Valley Health Care Network Conejos County Hospital District La Jara, CO	3 hospitals, 1 medical clinic, and 1 community health center	6 counties in southern Colorado
Florida	Health Partnership of North Central Florida Gainsville, FL	26 health care providers and social service agencies	5 counties in northern Florida
Hawaii	Hawaii Health Centers Hui Bay Clinic, Inc. Hilo, HI	5 community health centers	Islands of Oahu, Hawaii, and Maui
Iowa	Henry County Health Center Mt. Pleasant, IA	3 county-owned hospitals	Southwest Iowa; 58,000 population
Illinois	Healthy Communities Partnership Lincoln, IL	hospital, physician practices, health department, Chamber of Commerce, and other community agencies	Logan County (Central IL); 32,000 population
Maine	County Health Link Caribou, ME	3 hospitals 2 home health agencies; 5 social service agencies	Aroostook County is 6,850 sq. miles; 77,000 population
Michigan	Community Services Network of Michigan Traverse City, MI	5 health and social service agencies	21 counties in northern Michigan; 11,383 square miles
Minnesota	Itasca Partnership for Quality Health Care Grand Rapids, MN	38 members, including hospitals, clinics, other providers, employers, consumers	Itasca County, 2910 square miles, 41,500 population
Nebraska	Health Partners of Southwest Iowa Omaha, NE	3 hospitals	3 counties; 40,365 population
Nebraska	Heartland Health Alliance Lexington, NE	31 hospitals	60 of the 93 counties in Nebraska
Nebraska	Northeast Nebraska Rural Health Care Partnership Wisner, NE	"9 entities including hospitals, clinics, extention agencies, educational organizations, and communtiy based services "	9 counties; 110,380 population
New Hampshire	Rural Health Coalition of New Hampshire Wolfeboro, NH	16 hospitals (15 in New Hampshire; 1 on Vermont border)	75% of New Hampshire's geographic region; 25% of population
Nevada	Nevada Rural Hospital Project Reno, NV	11 hospitals	70,000 square miles; 303,000 population
New York	Seven Valleys Health Coalition Cortland, NY	1 hospital; 2 physicians; 1 health department; 18 social service agencies	500 square miles; 48,963 population
Oregon	Central Oregon Hospital Network (CONet) Bend, OR	7 hospitals	31,000 square miles in central and eastern Oregon
Vermont	Northern Counties Health St. Johnsbury, VT	4 clinics (FQHCs)	Bi-state region of Vermont/New Hampshire; 30,000 population