Health care leaders can develop “specific competencies and skills that can contribute to effective crisis management,” write Helena Bonfitto and Benjamin Wise, senior program managers for AHA Funded Partnerships. The blog highlights key takeaways on strengthening crisis management, as discussed at the AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference in February, including powerful lessons from two health care leaders who described their organizations’ experiences responding to the May 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. LEARN MORE 
 

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Angela Hewlett, M.D., professor of infectious diseases at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and medical director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit,…
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The refreshed AHA Rural Health Services website gives rural hospital leaders quick access to the advocacy insights, strategic resources and field-informed…
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A bipartisan group of senators June 18 urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to improve implementation of the Rural Health Transformation…
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In this conversation, leaders from Cottage Hospital and Sharon Hospital (part of Northwell Health) share how specialized geriatric behavioral health programs…
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In this conversation, Southwest Health’s Kevin Carr, M.D., family medicine physician, and Melissa Carr, M.D., OB/GYN, reflect on the joy of practicing medicine…
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The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response June 16 announced the launch of the Digital Stockpile and Manufacturing Response Network Challenge,…