Taken from the Primary Care Collaborative’s 2025 Evidence Report: Closing the Distance in Rural Primary Care, these five case studies highlight how primary care practices across rural communities are innovating to meet local needs despite facing consistent workforce shortages, growing financial pressures and access challenges.
Drawing from diverse models—including FQHCs, direct primary care practices, independent rural clinics and teaching health centers—these various stories illustrate how comprehensive, community-rooted primary care strengthens access, supports clinicians and improves health outcomes in rural communities that need it.