The findings of the Survey offer insight into the level of proficiency and training of EMS practitioners who provide the medical response expected by communities during disasters and mass casualty incidents.

Organization: National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)

Date: May 2017

Rural Wisconsin Health 2017 provides a snapshot of health in rural Wisconsin through a compilation of health-related data.

Organization: Wisconsin Office of Rural Health

Date: June 2017

This toolkit is designed for use by SORH as a starting point for promoting and implementing NRHD activities. The information provided is simply a guide. Every SORH has a different level of capacity for carrying out the ideas and resources out- lined in the toolkit. It’s up to each Office to choose what to put into action. This toolkit can also be used by state-wide partners to encourage to promote NRHD within their communities.

Organization: National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health

This report presents an annual overview of national trends in health statistics. It contains a Chartbook that assesses the nation's health by presenting trends and current information on selected measures of morbidity, mortality, health care utilization and access, health risk factors, prevention, health insurance, and personal health care expenditures. This year's Chartbook includes a Special Feature on racial and ethnic health disparities.

Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This report helps to raise awareness of the vital role hospitals play in their communities, both as a provider of health care services and as major economic contributors. The report focuses on hospitals and does not include independent physician’s offices, dentists or residential care facilities.

Organization: University of Wisconsin-Cooperative Extension Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and the Wisconsin Hospital Association

This project tracks the well-being of children in the United States. It seeks to enrich local, state and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children — and to raise the visibility of children's issues through a nonpartisan, evidence-based lens. The 2017 Data Book urged state and federal policymakers not to back away from targeted investments that are proving to help U.S. children become healthier, more likely to complete high school and better positioned to contribute to the nation’s economy as adults.

This paper examines how the role of Medicaid has changed over time in the 46 states with small-town and rural populations. Medicaid is a vital source of health coverage nationwide, but the program’s role is even more pronounced in small towns and rural areas. Medicaid covers a larger share of nonelderly adults and children in rural and small-town areas than in metropolitan areas; this trend is strongest among children.

Organization: Georgetown University, Center for Children and Families, and the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program

The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy awarded grants to 18 organizations to combat the impact of opioid overdose at the community level. Awardees in the pilot project were funded to increase the availability and utilization of naloxone and to focus on the importance of referring individuals dependent on opioids to an appropriate substance abuse treatment center.

Organization: National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health

Date: April 2017

Disparities in health status and access to healthcare exist between people living in rural areas and those in urban areas. This Snapshot displays selected indicators of access to healthcare, health behavior/risk factors, and mortality rates, comparing rural to urban residents.

Organization: Sheps Center for Rural Health Services Research

Date: May 2017

This report provides important information regarding the health status of Wisconsin’s residents — including successes, challenges and identified opportunities to work together to continue to make improvements.

Organization: Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Date: May 2017