Welcome
The Arizona Center for Rural Health (AzCRH) core mission is to improve the health and wellness of Arizona’s rural and underserved populations. AzCRH houses programs including:
- State Office of Rural Health (AzSORH)
- Workforce Data & Analysis (CRHWorks)
- Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (AzFlex)
- Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (AzSHIP),
- Arizona First Responders Initiative (FR-CARA)
- MEZCOPH Rural Health Professions Program (RHPP)
- Rural Arizona Connects: Linking Rural Health to Rural Veterans
- Students Helping Arizona Register Everyone (SHARE) and Health Insurance Help
- Arizona Rural Recruitment and Retention Network (Az3RNet)
- Arizona Department of Health Services ADHS-AzCRH Interagency Service Agreements:
AzCRH serves rural Arizona by:
- Providing education, technical assistance, data and analysis to rural hospitals and providers to help them adapt to a rapidly changing rural health environment and address rural health needs;
- Training, recruiting and retaining health professionals for rural practice;
- Collecting, synthesizing and disseminating data to inform providers, policymakers and consumers about legislation, regulation, and grant opportunities to improve rural health.
CRH Event Calendar
Feb 1 2021 : Arizona Rural & Public Health Policy Forum
Feb 3 2021 : Critical Access Hospital Billing and Coding Bootcamp
Feb 9 2021 : Rural Health Policy Institute
Feb 19 2021 : Dine College | ASM-Navajo Nation Conference
Mar 9 2021 : Clinic Designations and Service Area Optimization
CRH Rural News
Jan 05, 2021 :
COVID-19 cases in Arizona record single-day high for deaths
Nov 10, 2020 :
Gov. Ducey Proclaims November 19, 2020 "Rural Health Day"