What EHF Learned in 2025: A Recap of our Policy Research Reports
When we align policy, financing, clinical care, and community action, Texans get healthier—and the system gets smarter.
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Transforming Rural Health in Texas: How Strategic Alignment Drives Lasting Change
The HHSC Rural Health Transformation Fund application is a comprehensive, forward-looking blueprint for rural health in Texas. If funded and implemented, Rural Texas Strong has the potential to transform rural health systems, reduce health disparities, and ensure that every rural Texan has a better opportunity to live a healthier life.
Assessing the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps: Research and Practical Applications
The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (CHR&R) is a well-established analytic framework that assesses health on a variety of clinical access and outcome measures, social determinants of health metrics, and prevalence of individual health-related behaviors. CHR&R has generated substantial interest and has important strengths. CHR&R was an early adopter of a social-ecological model of health. … Read more
Key Takeaways from EHF’s Policy and Research Reports in 2024
As a major health philanthropy in Texas, EHF has developed a diverse range of tools, both financial and non-financial, that help to improve the health of all Texans.
Bright Spots – Case Studies in Innovative Rural Healthcare
Texas A&M Rural and Community Health Institute: Rural hospitals are closing at an increasing rate endangering the health of 20% of our population. The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina reports that nearly 700 rural hospitals are currently at risk of closing, and 118 rural hospitals have … Read more
Research Highlights
Shao-Chee Sim, EHF’s VP for Applied Research presents Hurricane Harvey anniversary survey results for the Governor’s Interagency Coordinating Group in Austin Texans said that their state government should be doing more to help many people get access to healthcare, and these numbers show why they feel that way.” Texas Tribune EHF’s 2018 Texas Health Policy … Read more
Optimizing Rural Health: A Community Healthcare Blueprint
A new report from the A&M Rural and Community Health Institute at the Texas A&M University Health Science Center outlines new ways forward for rural Texas communities facing or experiencing a hospital closure. The Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the T.L.L. Temple Foundation sponsored the report.
Rural health matters
EHF’s Research division offers information and data resources on the state of rural health in Texas and ideas for health improvement.