Thank you for making the 2026 Maryland Rural Health Conference and Mid-Atlantic Rural Health Transformation and Innovation Summit a success! We sincerely appreciate our generous sponsors and exhibitors for making these events possible. Many thanks to the amazing guest speakers, panelists, and presenters for sharing your insights, resources, and expertise. A special thanks to the MRHA Board of Directors and Planning Committee for your help and time. We also greatly appreciate our wonderful volunteers, our AV team, and the Hilton hotel staff. And thank you to our members and attendees for joining us. We hope you left with new connections, ideas, tools, and inspiration.

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Maryland Rural Health Conference Presentations
Breakout Session One:
1A: Poverty Simulation for Interprofessional Rural Health Education
1C: Transforming Rural Health Through Food Systems

Breakout Session Two:
2A: BHIPP - Enhancing the Behavioral Health Workforce While Increasing Access to Care in Rural Maryland
2B: Connecting Communities to Care: Community Health Workers Transforming Rural Health
2C: Best Practices and Lessons Learned from a Rural Multidisciplinary Health Equity Program

Breakout Session Three:
3A: Building Rural Health Resilience - The Expanded Roles of the Rural Community Health Worker Workforce
3B: From Access to Action: Health Equity Resource Communities in Rural Maryland
3C: A Collaborative Physician-Pharmacist Practice Model for Chronic Disease Management and Women's Health

Plenary Session: Building a High School Mentorship Pipeline to Strengthen the Workforce on Maryland's Eastern Shore

Mid-Atlantic Rural Health Transformation and Innovation Summit Presentations
Breakout Session One:
1A: Strengthening Health in Rural Communities: Employing Community Health Workers to Address Our Needs
1B: Innovative Digital Solutions for Teen Mental Health in Rural, Underserved Communities
1C: Expanding Cardiovascular Specialty Access Through Community Care Networks

Breakout Session Two:
2A: Turning RHTP Dollars into Sustainable Access: A Practical Implementation Framework
2B: Developing an Overdose Response Program on a College Campus: The Role of Undergraduate PHEs
2C: Humanizing Healthcare in Rural Maryland: A Blueprint for Action

Breakout Session Three:
3A: Hidden in Plain Sight: The Untapped Potential of Physician Assistants in Rural Health
3C: Activating People in Healthy Eating Practices: Profiling Successful Community-Based Programs