By Amy Oliver – A rural hospital leader told me recently that she had finally upgraded her whole hospital’s internet from 200 Mbps to 1 Gbps, and she was genuinely excited about it, because in rural health, those are the wins. I think about that every time someone talks about rolling out AI, telehealth, and cybersecurity in rural communities like it’s a simple switch to flip.
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Can the RHT initiative turn the deepening decline of rural healthcare around? Who will take on the challenges to not just spend the $50B but change the rural healthcare landscape? Here is what’s in the news this month.
By Ron Kubit – Telehealth has changed what is possible for rural healthcare across America. A rural clinician can access expertise that may not be available locally. Hospitals can extend the reach of their existing teams and give patients access to care that geography once made difficult or impossible to provide.
By Sarah Jane Tribble – A federal judge in July gave digital equity advocates a partial victory against President Donald Trump, stopping his attempt to unilaterally kill a multibillion-dollar grant program Congress created.
By Amy Oliver – One of the absolute best things about this industry is the people in it. During conference season, the number of people I get to reconnect with or meet for the first time multiplies fast, and learning from them brings me a kind of joy I really didn’t know a career could give me.
Can the RHT initiative turn the deepening decline of rural healthcare around? Who will take on the challenges to not just spend the $50B but change the rural healthcare landscape? Here is what’s in the news this month.
The Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program awards will create new residency programs in family medicine, internal medicine, preventive medicine, psychiatry, and general surgery, helping to strengthen the health workforce in rural and tribal communities.
By Bob Watson – One of the clearest tests of the federal government’s $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) will be whether rural patients’ health information can move with them across the healthcare system.
Starts September 22nd in Arlington VA – Civitas’ Annual Conference brings together leaders from across the country to discuss interoperability, data-driven quality improvement, social drivers of health, public health, community-led governance, and health outcomes.