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Medical homes
Provide continuous, comprehensive, whole person primary care that uses a coordinated team of medical providers across the health care system
Medical marijuana legalization
Allow eligible patients to use marijuana for medical purposes; often called medical marijuana laws (MMLs)
Medical-legal partnerships
Integrate legal services into health care settings to address legal issues that affect health (e.g., housing, food, utilities); services provided by private practice lawyers, law students, etc.
Medically-supervised program helps residents get active safely
In 2002, more than 30% of the residents in a rural, upstate region of New York experienced at least one major health condition that negatively affected their lives—from heart disease and diabetes, to obesity and osteoarthritis. Enter Fit for Life. A coalition of local agencies in the Adirondack Region of northern New York created the medically-supervised exercise program to improve the quality...
Medication-assisted treatment access enhancement initiatives
Provide medications such as methadone to individuals diagnosed with opioid use disorder in outpatient, residential, and hospital settings, usually with counseling and behavioral therapies; often called MAT
Medina, Ohio
- Health data: County snapshot
Medina, Texas
- Health data: County snapshot
Meeker, Minnesota
- Health data: County snapshot
Meet the County Health Rankings Model: New Video Resource
The County Health Rankings model shows us more than 30 measures that affect how healthy residents are today and what will impact their health in the future.
Meet the Projects Selected to Make our Rankings Even Better!
Earlier this year we solicited innovative research proposals for County Health Rankings Research Grants. These grants serve an important role in strengthening our Rankings methods and increasing their strategic use and impacts. Now we’re excited to share the projects selected for funding through this competitive process:
Considering health and social services spending (...