Rural Workforce
The 2026 AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, February 8-11 in San Antonio, will gather more than 1,000 rural health leaders committed to advancing rural health and providing quality care for patients and communities. The conference will feature top rural practitioners sharing actionable…
What was once going to be empty space is now used for everything from staff meetings to community medical events, but its main purpose is serving as the Rural Medical Education Center, supporting Unity's commitment to health care education at all levels.
The application deadline for the Rural Health Transformation Program is Nov. 5.
Sanford Medical Education, in partnership with the USD Sanford School of Medicine, has received accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to launch a new emergency medicine residency program in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital in Grand Rapids, Minn., is launching a new rural health care residency program in partnership with the University of Minnesota Medical School and Fairview Health.
AHA urges the CMS to ensure that the Rural Health Transformation Program funding prioritizes payments to hospitals through an efficient and streamlined state application and award process.
In the heart of rural Louisiana, Acadiana Workforce Solutions has launched the Country Road Inclusion Project, an initiative aimed at tackling the region’s critical shortage of health care workers.
CHI Health St. Elizabeth's CNA Advance Program offers training, testing and employment to individuals who want to become certified nursing assistants.
Many daily commutes are on the ground — car, train, bikes — but what if you took to the air? Dr. Charles Frankum has spent over two decades flying himself to some of the most remote hospitals in Colorado and Kansas, including the Southeast Colorado Hospital District in Springfield, Colo.
In this Leadership Dialogue, I’m joined by Lori Wightman, R.N., CEO of Bothwell Regional Health Center, in Sedalia, Mo. Lori and I discuss working in a “family atmosphere” unique to a rural hospital and navigating the same pressures that face urban hospitals.