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Rural health care: Big challenges require big solutions
Given the trend of rural hospital closures and concerns about access to health care services, most rural health care activity focuses on the here and now. In this blog, AHA’s Erika Rogan and Joy Lewis examine the unique challenges facing rural communities and opportunities for the field to improve by creating both short- and longer-term solutions.
Q&A with two rural health care CEO’s on managing COVID-19 in their communities
Two rural hospital leaders share how they are addressing the coronavirus pandemic in their communities.
Voices on Value: A Conversation with William Shrank, M.D.
Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s The Value Initiative, talks with William Shrank, M.D., senior vice president and chief medical officer, Humana, to get his insights on health care affordability, value and the strategies that Humana is using to disrupt health care delivery.
Physician Leadership Experience addresses clinician burnout and self-care
Carrie Saia, CEO of Holton (Kan.) Community Hospital, and Erin Locke, a physician at the hospital, recently participated in AHA’s Physician Leadership Experience and shared their thoughts on why this unique opportunity so profoundly affects providers.
Celebrating the achievements, heroes of rural health care
Tom Nordwick, CEO of Uvalde (Texas) Memorial Hospital and chair-elect for the AHA’s Section for Small or Rural Hospitals, shares why and how his hospital celebrates National Rural Health Day.
AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference will offer innovative ideas, fresh insights and effective strategies
The AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, Feb. 2-5 in Phoenix, offers an unparalleled opportunity to learn and share with renowned health care leaders innovating at the forefront of change, writes AHA Executive Vice President Maryjane Wurth.
How Christiana Care became a leader in implementing age-friendly health system principles
Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Del., is leading the way in implementing age-friendly care by adopting evidence-based practices called the 4Ms Framework. The John A. Hartford Foundation and Institute for Healthcare Improvement in partnership with the AHA and Catholic Health Association of the United States have launched the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative using the framework to improve care for older patients.
How bold new ideas can advance health in rural communities
An invisible beam that detects ships and airplanes. An innovative drug that reduces cholesterol in a way no one has tried. The notion that tumors can be killed by choking off their blood supply. These things — radar, statins and anti-angiogenesis drugs, respectively — are taken for granted today. But when first proposed, they were laughed at, rejected and deemed impossible.
Partnerships a plus for Gundersen, critical access hospitals
Learn about the framework for Gundersen Health System’s (La Crosse, Wis.) model for affiliations with critical access hospitals and how it has led to reduced operational costs and reduced costs of care.
5 strategies rural hospitals are using to bolster their workforce
The ability to provide rural residents with high-quality health care is contingent upon an adequate supply of providers.