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Veterans Rural Health Resource Center - Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah | Established in 2008
VRHRC-Salt Lake City focus areas include:
- Innovating in rural geriatric care, complex care, and chronic conditions.
- Developing tools using VA and external data to identify care gaps for rural Veterans.
- Creating culturally competent care models for rural American Indian/Alaska Native Veterans.
- Enhancing access to mental health services for rural Veterans.
Project Portfolio, Fiscal Year 2026
Click Title to view Project Overview PDF for Clinicians and Researchers.- Advancing Virtual Care Access for Older Rural Veterans
- An Exploration of a Competency-Based Framework to Provide Clinical Supervision via the Video Telehealth Modality across Rural Psychology Training Programs
- ASPIRE: Advancing Suicide Prevention in Rural Environments
- Digital Mental Health Clinics for Rural Capacity Building
- Enhancing Access and Engagement of Mental Health Care for Rural Native Veterans
- Improving Access to Geriatric Care in Rural Areas: GRECC Connect
- Improving Access to Mental Healthcare for Rural Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury
- Increasing Access to Mental Health Care for Rural Veterans Living with Serious Mental Illness
- Integration of Geriatric Mental Health Consultation with Geriatric Medicine
- Personalized Implementation of Virtual Treatments for Rural Veterans: PIVOT-R
- Quantifying Rural-Urban Differences in Overall Healthcare Utilization Among Veterans Facing Housing Instability and Impact of Temporary Financial Assistance
- Rural Enhancement of the Volunteer Transportation Network (REV)
- Rural Native Veteran Navigator Program (RNV-NP) Development
- Rural Native Veteran Social Determinants of Health Dashboard
- Rural Veterans and Community Mental Health Care: How, Why, and Ways VA Can Become the Preferred Provider
- Rural Workforce Data Mart
- Strengthening Healthcare in Rural Areas: Connecting Providers Through a Rural VA Community of Practice Initiative
- Successful Aging in Place for Tribal Veterans: Improving Access to Dementia Specialty Care through Telemedicine
- Supporting Caregivers of Rural Native Veterans
- Tele-Dementia Management in the Rural Western Pacific Islands
- Telemedicine Coaching for Older Adults to Connect in the Home (T-COACH)
- WE Care - Working to Engage rural CAREgivers
Recent Publications
- Arredondo K, Bay K, Witte L, et al. Rural Practice Made Attractive: A Scoping Review of Rural Primary Care Physician Recruitment and Retention Incentives. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2026.
- Caloudas AB, Haltom TM, Taylor JM. "It's Killed My Sex Life": Veteran Bladder Cancer Survivors' Perspectives on Sexual Problems and Intimacy. Archives of Sexual Behavior. Jan 21 2026.
- Carlson C, Davis C, Humber M, Peeples A, Lindsey M, Paiko L, and Gould, Christina. Connecting Aging Rural Veterans with Tele-Geriatrics and Geriatric Mental Health Services: Referring Clinicians' Survey Perspectives. Telemedicine and Reports. 2026 2026;7(1):9–17.
- Davis CH, Peeples AD, Carlson C, et al. Geriatrics needs among rural older Veterans receiving virtual mental health services. The Journal of Rural Health. 2026;42(1):e70124.
- Day SC, Hoggan G, Lindsay J, Shore J. Administrative and Logistical Considerations Essential for Success of Virtual Mental Health Clinics for Rural Native Veterans. Telemedicine and e-Health. 2026.
- Drwal KR, Wakefield BJ, Wagenblast A, Hurst D, Haraldsson B, El Accaoui RN. 12-Month Outcomes for Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: EXPERIENCE FROM THE VETERAN AFFAIRS. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. Jan 1 2026;46(1):44–49. doi:10.1097/hcr.0000000000000979
- Dryden EM, Pimentel CB, Riley J, et al. Sustaining a Promising Clinical Practice in High-Turnover Rural Environments Through the Geriatric Referral Navigator Role: Qualitative Case Study. JMIR Formative Research. Mar 25 2026;10:e81305.
- Riley JT, Dryden EM, Pimentel CB, et al. Participatory Approach to Program Sustainment: Example From a Multisite National Geriatrics Telemedicine Program. JMIR Formative Research. Mar 27 2026;10:e82409.
Rural Health - Navigation
- Office of Rural Health Home page:
https://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/index.asp - Enterprise-Wide Initiatives (EWI) page:
https://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/Enterprise-Wide-Initiatives-EWI.asp - Veterans Rural Health Resource Centers (VRHRC) page:
https://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/Veterans-Rural-Health-Resource-Center-VRHRC.asp
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