RUPRI Leader – Interview with Mario Gutierrez on the future of healthcare

We sat down to talk about the future of healthcare with Mario Gutierrez, who serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP). Last year, Gutierrez participated in a panel with TSC Director Pamela Villacorta at the Governor’s Conference on Aging and Disabilities. We asked him about his perspective on the state of …

Accountable Care Communities in Rural: Laying the Groundwork in Humboldt County, CA . RUPRI Health & Human Services Panels. June 2015.

This joint paper was authored by members of both the Health and Human Services Panel in June 2015. The paper presents a case for the viability of Accountable Care Community (ACC) models in rural communities, including in rural Humboldt County, California. Accountable Care Communities reflect a unified approach to improving the health and reducing the …

The Geography of Need: Identifying Human Service Needs in Rural America. RUPRI Rural Human Services Panel. June 2011.

This brief begins by describing the conceptual framework for existing place-based typologies and our rationale for creating a new typology built upon a human service needs profile. We then detail our data and methods for our typology, including a discussion of the relative trade-offs in using different geographic units of analysis. We show the results …

Place-Based Policies and Public Health: The Road to Health Rural People and Places. RUPRI Health & Human Services Panels.

Place-Based Policies and Public Health: The Road to Healthy Rural People and Places View Report This joint paper by the RUPRI Health Panel and Human Service Panel examines how effective place-based policies can influence how rural and metropolitan areas develop, how well they function as places to live, work, operate a business, preserve heritage, and …