VRHA

The Virginia Rural Health Association (VRHA) is a nonprofit organization working for the 2.5 million people who call rural Virginia their home.

Our mission is to improve the health of rural Virginians through education, advocacy, and fostering cooperative partnerships.

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Upcoming Events:

2024 MATRC Summit

April 14, 2024
April 16, 2024
All-day event
250 Kalahari Boulevard, Pocono Manor, PA 18346

Through interactive workshops, panel discussions, and networking opportunities, we aim to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange, empowering attendees to embrace the full potential of telehealth for increasing accessibility, affordability, and quality of care for all.

Virginia Osteopathic Medical Association Spring CME Conference

April 26, 2024
April 27, 2024
All-day event
Great Wolf Lodge, Williamsburg, VA

Conference Topics will include “Primary Care Update”, including broad-reaching, state-of-the-art medical updates and OMT review.

Appalachian Syndemic Summit

May 19, 2024
May 21, 2024
All-day event
Historic Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, WV

This major summit will focus on the intersection of HIV, viral hepatitis, and substance use in Appalachia and rural communities. CEG will host this event with the following co-hosts: WV Rural Health Association, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Virginia Rural Health Association, NC AIDS Action Network, Maryland Rural Health Association, Community Liver Alliance, Community Liver Alliance, Kentucky Rural Health Association, Southern AIDS Coalition, Harm Reduction Ohio, ETSU Addiction Science Center, AIDS Alabama, and Prisma Health.

2024 Rural Health Clinic Summit

June 20, 2024
June 21, 2024
All-day event
The Inn at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

2024 Rural Health Clinic Summit

June 20-21

The Inn at Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

More Details Coming Soon

Registration Fee: $25.00

Free Lodging for RHC Staff!
*Must Register by May 24th*

REGISTER HERE

EVENT WEBSITE

25th Annual ‘Head for the Hills’ CME Conference

October 25, 2024
October 26, 2024
All-day event
Breaks Interstate Park, Breaks, VA

 

October 25-26, 2024
Breaks Interstate Park, Breaks, VA

Free for primary care/hospitalist physicians and nurse practitioners working in Southwest Virginia’s 13 counties

CME Lectures: 8 am – 12 pm each day
Friday afternoon activities will be planned at the park.

 

MORE DETAILS COMING SOON!

2024 Rural Health Voice Conference

November 19, 2024
November 20, 2024
All-day event
Abingdon, VA

The Rural Health Voice Conference is an occasion to recognize that health in rural areas is not the sole responsibility of doctors and nurses. Education, economic development, transportation, the built environment, and even social opportunities play a role in the health of individuals and communities. All aspects of the community are providers or barriers to health.

For over twenty years, the Virginia Rural Health Association has served as “The Voice for Rural Health in Virginia.” Rural Health is DIFFERENT. Rural Americans face a unique combination of factors that create disparities in health care not found in urban areas. Economic factors, cultural and social differences, educational differences, lack of recognition by legislators and the isolation of living in remote rural areas all conspire to impede rural Americans in their struggle to lead a normal, healthy life.

At this event, we focus on finding solutions within our communities. We know what the problems are – how do we work together to solve them?

Bringing the people who care about rural Virginia together provides an opportunity to discuss how we can ensure the sustainability of rural Virginia through policy, access, economics, education and more.