Exploring Rural Health is a podcast from the Rural Health Information Hub. In each episode, we’ll provide you with engaging and useful information about current issues facing rural healthcare, and talk to the people who are coming up with solutions. We’ll learn about various aspects of rural healthcare, from quality and access to programs and services. Join us each month, as we discuss new research, program implementation, and funding, here on Exploring Rural Health!
Centering Innovation in Rural Communities, with Alycia Bayne
Today’s podcast features an interview with Alycia Bayne, Associate Director for Public Health Research at the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis. She shares highlights from a resource she recently helped to develop, Practical Guide to Supporting Innovation in Rural Health, published on RHIhub’s website.
The transcript and a list of resources and organizations mentioned in the episode can be found at:
https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/podcast/innovation-guide-sep-2026
Exploring Rural Health is an RHIhub podcast.
4 Aug 2026
Recovery Is Possible: Continuity of Care from Incarceration to Community, with Kelsea O’Leary
Today’s podcast features an interview with Kelsea O’Leary, Behavioral Health Program Manager for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. She tells us about how the Recovery Is Possible program’s physicians and social workers team up to ensure continuity of care for tribal citizens, during and after incarceration. Part 3 in a 3-part series featuring the 2026 Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) Innovation Tank finalists, with Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma’s work winning second place.
The transcript and a list of resources and organizations mentioned in the episode can be found at:
https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/podcast/choctaw-care-continuity-aug-2026
Exploring Rural Health is an RHIhub podcast.
7 Jul 2026
Virtual Roads to Real Recovery, with Amanda Kennedy
Today’s podcast features an interview with Amanda Kennedy, manager of the Mercy Virtual Substance Use Recovery Program. She tells us about Mercy’s award-winning RCORP-funded virtual outreach program and the obstacles they have overcome to provide seamless care to patients with substance use disorder. Part 2 in a 3-part series featuring the 2026 Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) Innovation Tank finalists, with Mercy vSURP’s work winning third place.
The transcript and a list of resources and organizations mentioned in the episode can be found at:
https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/podcast/recovery-care-jul-2026
Exploring Rural Health is an RHIhub podcast.
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