CareIQ supports technology that helps rural providers work more efficiently and coordinate care. Priorities include provider productivity, interoperable health information systems, remote patient monitoring, and health technology innovation. These investments aim to reduce administrative burden and improve prevention and management of chronic disease.

Homegrown Health Heroes builds pathways into healthcare careers for people who live in rural Virginia. The initiative supports physician recruitment and retention, allied health education, Earn to Learn programs, and early career pipelines. Its goal is a lasting workforce of clinicians and allied health professionals serving their own communities.

Connected Care, Closer to Home supports flexible models that make healthcare easier to reach. Mobile and hybrid care, community paramedicine, and innovative maternal care can connect rural residents with services closer to where they live and reduce avoidable emergency department visits.

Live Well Together focuses on prevention and healthier daily living. Its priorities include Food is Medicine, Active Kids, consumer technology, and integrated care for people enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid. These efforts aim to improve chronic disease outcomes and support healthier rural communities.

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Virginia’s approach centers on the needs and ideas of rural residents, providers, and community partners. Ongoing engagement with local organizations helps identify barriers to care and shape implementation. The program uses the rural definition established by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. The program currently serves 76 rural localities across the Commonwealth.