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Chair File: Celebrating the ‘Power of Rural’ and Keeping Rural Hospitals Strong

Every November, we celebrate National Rural Health Day to raise awareness of the challenges facing rural hospitals and health systems and help highlight the innovative work they are doing to preserve access to high-quality, affordable care.
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Building a Diverse Rural Workforce with Northern Light Health

The ongoing struggle for Northern Light Health is recruiting and retaining providers willing to live and work in Maine’s most remote regions.
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Recruiting and Retaining an International Health Care Workforce

Ensuring a robust nursing workforce in rural Ohio poses unique challenges. Armed with a broad plan to retain their current workforce and recruit additional team members, the team at Fisher-Titus Health created a plan to recruit international nurses to their community ensure they remain a strong independent hospital for years to come.
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Advocating for Rural Health Providers

In this episode, three AHA rural health care policy experts discuss the 2023 rural advocacy agenda for Congress and the Administration.
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Improving Maternal and Infant Services in Rural Iowa

Millions of women across the United States have no access to maternal health care, particularly in rural areas that lack obstetric services.
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Building a Rural Nursing Workforce With Fisher-Titus Medical Center

Building a robust nursing workforce is hugely important in providing quality care to patients, but poses unique challenges in rural Ohio.
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Retaining A Rural Nursing Workforce: It Takes A Village

Attracting and retaining nurses presents a major workforce challenge, particularly in rural health care settings. At the University of Vermont Health Network, leaders realized that the ongoing nursing shortage crisis required creative solutions, including investment in the well-being of the nursing staff.
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A National Staffing Emergency in Rural Health Care

Attracting and retaining skilled health care workers in rural settings is more difficult than ever before, with increasing competition from other employers and dwindling applications.
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AHA Statement for Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Rural Health Care

AHA statement on policies to ensure rural patients continue to receive access to high-quality care.