{"692619":{"#nid":"692619","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Rural Evaluation and Analytics for Community Health: AI Platform Helps Identify Solutions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgians living in rural areas are more likely than the state\u2019s city dwellers to suffer from cardiovascular disease and to die from preventable causes.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPolicymakers, health system executives, community leaders and others working to address this challenge now have help from Rural Evaluation and Analytics for Community Health (REACH GA), an advanced decision-support platform that offers a comprehensive view of healthcare use in rural Georgia. In addition to updated information on rural health issues, the platform provides computer-based tools to guide allocation of healthcare resources and explore the potential impact of changes to rural health services.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe REACH GA platform provides up-to-date, actionable information to help leaders understand the big picture of healthcare in rural Georgia,\u201d said Jon Duke, M.D., a principal research scientist in the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and the project\u2019s principal investigator. \u201cBeyond more accurate data, the platform uses artificial intelligence (AI) and other computer-driven tools to support improved decision-making.\u201d\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOf Georgia\u2019s 159 counties, 126 are considered rural. Approximately 24 percent of the state\u2019s 11.3 million residents live in these rural areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/rural-evaluation-and-analytics-community-health-ai-platform-helps-identify-solutions\u0022\u003ERead the full article\u003C\/a\u003E on the GTRI news page\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new advanced decision-support platform known as REACH GA is offering a comprehensive view of healthcare use in rural Georgia. It will help guide allocation of healthcare resources and explore the potential impact of changes to rural health services.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New platform can help leaders make decisions about health-related challenges"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2026-09-16 17:02:04","changed_gmt":"2026-09-16 17:07:25","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-09-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-09-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681170":{"id":"681170","type":"image","title":"Distance traveled by patients to access medical services, by county in Georgia. ","body":"\u003Cp\u003EChart shows average distance patients traveled to access medical services, by county in Georgia. (Credit: Rural Evaluation and Analytics for Community Health)\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1789577445","gmt_created":"2026-09-16 16:50:45","changed":"1789577886","gmt_changed":"2026-09-16 16:58:06","alt":"Chart shows miles traveled to access medical services","file":{"fid":"265534","name":"miles-per-claim.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/16\/miles-per-claim.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/09\/16\/miles-per-claim.png","mime":"image\/png","size":270718,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/09\/16\/miles-per-claim.png?itok=YscxLSX_"}}},"media_ids":["681170"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193653","name":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["gtri.media@gtri.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}