EDC and Partners Transform Rural Health
As many states consider ways to transform rural health care, EDC is prepared to support them and rural health organizations in improving access to high-quality health and behavioral health care. Our services are designed to address increased requests from states who have received Rural Health Transformation Program awards and build on EDC’s decades of innovative and successful work to improve rural health care. View our at-a-glance service menu here and learn more about our services here.
Across the United States, EDC’s experts live and work in rural communities. Our team is driven by a deep commitment to improve access to high-quality care and guided by a first-hand understanding of rural communities’ strengths and needs. Working closely with our partners, our team helps design, implement, evaluate, and scale rural health initiatives—on time, on budget, and always guided by our partners’ priorities. Our focus is on building capacity to drive and sustain improvements long after we are gone.
EDC’s rural health services position our nonprofit to support states and funded partners at every stage of Rural Health Transformation Program awards—as a prime contractor, implementation partner, or as specialized subject matter experts. Our team includes national leaders with expertise in Clinical Workforce Training and Support; Primary and Preventive Care; Maternal and Child Health; Adolescent Health; Substance Misuse Prevention; and Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention
Whether your organization is leading an award or seeking expert partners, EDC brings proven solutions in the areas most critical to rural health transformation. All solutions are cost-effective and tailored to meet partners’ needs. A brief overview follows:
- Clinical Workforce Training and Support for preventive, primary, perinatal, and behavioral care providers, leaders, and administrators
- Planning Support that engages rural residents, providers, and partners in shaping priorities, effective program models, and successful implementation plans
- Digital Tools that extend providers’ reach, promote preventive care, and support disease management
- Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Networks that build capacity to use data to increase efficiencies and improve systems, services, and patient outcomes
- Coaching to launch and sustain partnerships, streamline operations, increase coordination of care, and successfully implement new service models
- Needs Assessments of health care systems and services; workforce capacity, distribution, and retention; and barriers to health care access by population and place
If you are planning, launching, or scaling rural health work, we invite you to contact us and explore how we can accelerate progress and transform rural health together.
Contact: Kimberly Dash, MPH, PhD, Co-Lead of EDC’s Be Well Transformation Area (Phone: 617-618-2425)
