Vision
Empowering rural communities for a healthier Tennessee.
Mission
To strengthen health care across Tennessee by actively involving rural communities in shaping their health care future, providing strategic technical assistance, conducting implementation-focused research, promoting partnerships, and advocating for evidence-based policies that enhance access, quality, equity, and long-term resilience of health care in rural communities.
This four-year, $12 million project will engage a multidisciplinary team to identify health care gaps in rural counties and support those communities in developing solutions. A key component of the Center of Excellence is in administering and supporting grants that will be distributed to address rural health concerns across the state. Of the $12 million in the grant, $7 million will go to these planning and implementation grants.
The Center of Excellence will be built around five cores. The administrative core will provide technical support and foster collaboration to drive change in rural health care. The evaluation core will define and share impact. The planning and implementation core will identify and pilot innovative solutions. The sustainability and dissemination core will share best practices across the state. The practice optimization core will partner with health care practices to identify sustainable funding to optimize health care practice.
