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Rural Hospitals and the AI Advantage: Turning constraints into catalysts
This Trailblazer explores how rural hospitals are using AI to stabilize operations and extend care without large-scale IT investment.
Rural Hospitals and the AI Advantage: Turning Constraints into Catalysts
A new AHA Market Scan Trailblazer report suggests tat rural hospital constraints related to operating margins, workforce shortages, geographic isolation, and growing administrative burden may be accelerating a more pragmatic and targeted approach to artificial intelligence adoption.
Infographic: The Realities of Behavioral Health in Rural Communities
Download this infographic to learn more about how hospitals and health systems support behavioral health in rural communities.
Using Z Codes to Reduce Disparities in Health Outcomes in Rural Indiana
Hospitals and health systems are working to address the societal factors that influence health, including the social needs of their patients, social drivers of health in their communities and the root causes that lead to health disparities.
Analysis: Hospitals and Health Systems Are Critical to Preserving Access to Care for Rural Communities
Hospitals and health systems play critical roles in preserving access to care for patients in rural America.
Equity of Care Awards Case Study: Monument Health Rapid City Hospital
Monument Health Rapid City Hospital’s excellence in using quantitative and qualitative data to address disparities and improve patient health quality resulted in the organization winning AHA’s 2023 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Small/Rural Hospital Excellence category.
National Rural Health Day Digital Toolkit
We invite you to share the following advocacy-focused social media posts to your own channels in our collective efforts to celebrate the #PowerOfRural all week long.
Data-Driven Initiative Drives Down Disparities in Rural Health Care
Identifying the underlying factors that contribute to disparities in outcomes in vulnerable rural populations and developing strategies to address these issues remain constant challenges, but progress is being made. OSF Healthcare’s Health Equities Action Lab (HEAL) is employing a data-driven strategy to address breast cancer disparity outcomes among its Illinois patients, 65% of whom live in rural areas.
Rural Hospital Closures Threaten Access: Solutions to Preserve Care in Local Communities
The American Hospital Association today released a new report highlighting the variety of causes that resulted in 136 rural hospital closures from 2010 to 2021, and a record 19 closures in 2020 alone.
Telling the Hospital Story: Rural Hospitals in Action
The Telling the Hospital Story initiative shines a light on the crucial work of health systems and hospitals that advance community heath through proactive, compassionate and high-quality care.