Rural issues
Mandatory participation in the expanded Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR-X) Model would present significant challenges, particularly for hospitals that lack the scale or financial capacity to make the necessary investments in care redesign.
The Rural Hospital Leadership Team Award from the AHA Rural Health Services honors the leadership team who has guided their hospital and community through transformational change on the road to health care reform innovation.
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“This was never about technology,” said Muhammad Siddiqui.
That sounds like a strange way to describe the project that made Reid Health one of the finalists for the 2026 AHA Rural Hospital Excellence in Innovation Award.
The latest report from Paragon, which has targeted hospitals, relies on a long list of distorted and debunked arguments.
The new AHA Rural Hospital Excellence in Innovation Award seeks to recognize and share the accomplishments of rural hospitals that exemplify responsiveness, innovation and excellence in developing, implementing and/or sustaining programs and services.
In this Leadership Scan, rural hospital and EMS leaders will explore how organizations are strengthening real-time data exchange to improve handoffs, support faster clinical decision-making and make the most of limited capacity.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations and member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, in conversation with Immediate Past President of the Maine Hospital Association Steven Michaud, emphasized her longtime support of hospitals and…
The 2027 AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference will gather more than 1,000 rural health leaders committed to advancing health care
The Health Resources and Services Administration April 7 announced it will provide more than $135 million in funding to support nutrition and rural health workforce initiatives.