Rural Health Podcasts

In the United States, behavioral health and physical health can sometimes be treated as if they are unconnected, usually involving separate sites of care.

Millions of women across the United States have no access to maternal health care, particularly in rural areas that lack obstetric services.

In this podcast episode, listeners will learn how a persistent data-centric security approach and program can help to reduce the cyber risks that threaten patient safety and care delivery, as well as how to decrease the threat of cyber-attacks, including ransomware.

In this podcast episode, listeners will learn how to create a culture of cybersecurity in their organization and facilitate board-level risk visibility and accountability to ultimately protect patient safety.

In this podcast episode, listeners will learn how hospital executives, IT departments, staff, and hospital boards can align before a cyberattack, so that if an attack occurs, everyone is prepared.

Building a robust nursing workforce is hugely important in providing quality care to patients, but poses unique challenges in rural Ohio.

Health equity is a discussion that is often framed only around race, but it means so much more.

Mergers, acquisitions and affiliations. Most health care leaders agree that the future, especially for rural providers, will involve more cooperation and partnerships.

In this conversation, guest Kevin Barnett, senior investigator with the Public Health Institute and board member for Trinity Health, discusses what it will take for rural providers to bridge the gap between clinical care and community population health, while also improving health equity.

John Supplitt, Senior Director of Field Engagement at the American Hospital Association joined RHV to discuss concerns and possibilities for our rural facilities.

Squeezed budgets, lack of insurance, transportation and access issues, dwindling patient populations — all problems facing rural health care providers in America.

The creation of the Rural Emergency Hospital designation on January 1, 2023 was intended to offer struggling rural hospitals a new financial lifeline.

Serving a small rural community in upper Michigan, Mackinac Straits Health System was once in dire financial straits, operating on only a few days of cash reserves.

Communicating information is critical during emergencies and disasters.

The shortage of behavioral health care professionals is a serious public health issue, particularly in rural areas.

When a community health needs assessment was conducted in Hardeman County, Tennessee, it confirmed that not only was obesity a serious health threat for adults and children, but accessing food at all was a problem for many county residents.

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.

Rural hospital advocates, CEOs and other leaders share their planning, implementation and innovations in this shifting environment.

For critical access hospitals and rural hospitals with 50 beds or fewer, an attractive new option became available on January 1st of this year. That was the opportunity to seek designation as a new rural emergency hospital, which expands the conditions under which hospitals can seek payment from Medicare.

In this episode, three AHA rural health care policy experts discuss the 2023 rural advocacy agenda for Congress and the Administration.