/ en Sat, 26 Apr 2025 06:23:35 -0500 Fri, 18 Apr 25 14:25:40 -0500 /education-events/2026-aha-rural-health-care-leadership-conference <p>The <strong>2026 AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference</strong>, 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 strategies and resources aimed at improving access to care, leveraging unique workforce approaches and implementing digital technologies.</p><p>We will explore the most significant challenges facing rural health care providers and present innovative approaches to transform care delivery and business practices.</p><small>Objectives</small></h3> <p>Participants will:</p> <ul> <li>Develop strategies for a more sustainable and flexible rural health care workforce.</li> <li>Learn innovative approaches to improve quality, patient safety and performance in rural health care to enhance patient satisfaction, increase efficiency and reduce costs.</li> <li>Develop robust emergency response and cybersecurity plans to safeguard rural health care systems and patient data.</li> <li>Explore innovative value-based care and advanced payment models aimed at enhancing health care efficiency and effectiveness, specifically designed to align with the unique needs of rural health care systems. </li> <li>Address treatment disparities and enhance access and outcomes in behavioral health, maternal care, and specialty services, promoting equity and eliminating disparities.</li> <li>Advance community and population health and economic development in rural areas through collaborative efforts between health care organizations, public health agencies and community stakeholders.</li> <li>Share inventive approaches to mergers, joint ventures and affiliations to help improve organizational effectiveness, financial stability and clinical outcomes. </li> <li>Learn best practices for the adoption of cutting-edge health care technology and artificial intelligence by exploring the latest advancements to enhance patient care, diagnosis and treatment.</li> </ul>-->Interested in receiving complimentary registration?<br /> Consider our Hosted Buyer Forum to connect with high-quality solutions providers</h3> <p> The Hosted Buyer Forum offers a private showcase for hospital and health system leaders interested in connecting with solution providers addressing key hospital issues. Approved applicants are given complimentary registration to the 2025 AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference. After the Forum is complete participants are encouraged to join the Associate and Sponsor Reception for beverages, appetizers and networking.</p> <p><a href="https://ruralconference.aha.org/program/hosted-buyer?utm_source=aha&utm_medium=weblisting&utm_campaign=2025-Rural-Registration" target="_blank"><strong>Learn More!</strong></a></p>--><h3>Who Should Attend:</h3><ul><li>Rural Hospital CEOs, Administrators, Senior Executives and System Leaders</li><li>Governing Board Members</li><li>Nursing and Physician Executives</li><li>Public Health and Community Leaders</li><li>Executives of Rural Health Care Associations, Networks and Clinics</li></ul><h3>Call for Speakers</h3><p>The Call for Speakers for the 2026 AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference will open Thursday, May 1, 2025.<br><a href="https://ruralconference.aha.org/program/speaking-opportunities" target="_blank">Learn more!</a></p><h3>Date</h3><p>February 8-11, 2026</p><p>Additional information on the conference is available on the <a href="https://ruralconference.aha.org?utm_source=aha&utm_medium=weblisting&utm_campaign=2026-Rural-Registration" target="_blank">AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference website.</a></p><h3>Interested in Sponsorship</h3><p>Sponsorship enables you to partner with the most trusted name in health care to reach a highly-targeted, senior-level health care audience. <a href="https://ruralconference.aha.org/sponsorship/sponsorship-opportunities?utm_source=aha&utm_medium=weblisting&utm_campaign=2026-Rural-Registration" target="_blank">Learn more about our available opportunities.</a></p> Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:25:40 -0500 Rural Workforce /role-hospitals-southeast-colorado-hospital-district-taking-skies-how-doctor-cares-patients-rural-colorado <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-9"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-7"><p><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-04/ths-southeast-colorado-hospital-district-700x532.jpg" data-entity-uuid data-entity-type="file" alt="Southeast Colorado Hospital District. Rural landscape under cumulus cloud-filled sky" width="700" height="532" class="align-left"></p></div><p>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 <a href="https://www.sechosp.org" target="_blank">Southeast Colorado Hospital District</a> in Springfield, Colo. His daily four-hour commute in his plane showcases the need and complexity of providing critical medical care to rural communities.</p><p>Frankum's journey as a pilot-doctor began in 2003, driven by the need for an efficient way to reach multiple rural hospitals. His efforts have been crucial in towns like Springfield, where the Southeast Colorado Hospital District serves as a vital health care hub. “[Frankum] comes in once a month, and just since I’ve been here the last couple of years, I know numerous people he has found cancers on or snipped polyps off of,” said Heather Burdick, chief nursing officer and nursing home administrator at the Southeast Colorado Hospital District. “His work not only saves lives but also strengthens the health care systems in these small towns.”</p><p>“My work makes it so that only one person has to travel instead of all these other people having to travel,” said Frankum, “and it allows some very rural hospitals to turn their wheels and do procedures in their town.” Frankum’s efforts, and those of many other traveling physicians, ensure that residents of these rural areas receive the medical attention they need without having to travel long distances.</p><p><a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/housing-transportation/charles-frankum-colorado-doctor-pilot" target="_blank" title="Learn More">LEARN MORE</a></p></div></div><div class="col-md-3"><div><h4>Resources on the Role of Hospitals</h4><ul><li><a href="/advocacy/access-and-health-coverage">Access to Care</a></li><li><a href="/roleofhospitals">All Case Studies</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div> Thu, 03 Apr 2025 11:57:53 -0500 Rural Workforce /news/chairpersons-file/2025-03-31-chair-file-leadership-dialogue-importance-advocacy-and-storytelling-rural-health-lori <p>Rural hospitals and health systems face big challenges, but together — with a unified voice — we can work to ensure people living in rural communities get the safe, quality health care they need.</p><p>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, including workforce shortages and the high costs of labor, supplies and drugs. Rural hospitals also experience severe underpayments by Medicare and Medicaid, and most have “razor-thin” operating margins.</p><p>Lori describes leading annual advocacy days — where Bothwell board members meet with state legislators (and candidates in election years) — and emphasizes the importance of all team members telling the hospital story.</p><p>I hope you find our conversation insightful and strategic. Look for future conversations with health care, business and community leaders on making health better as part of the Chair File in 2025.<br> </p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0QCVh9HyZ4&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aha.org%2F&source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ" target="_blank" title="YouTube: Leadership Dialogue Series: Importance of Advocacy and Storytelling in Rural Health"><strong>Watch the Leadership Dialogue on YouTube.</strong></a></p><hr><div><p></p></div><p><a href="https://player.captivate.fm/episode/934a92c6-6fc0-4245-b43b-0c44a2bc9ea4" target="_blank" title="Captivate: Leadership Dialogue Series: The Importance of Advocacy and Storytelling in Rural Health"><strong>Listen to the Leadership Dialogue on Captivate.</strong></a></p><p> </p><div class="raw-html-embed"> <details class="transcript"> <summary> <h2 title="Click here to open/close the transcript."> <span>View Transcript</span><br> </h2> </summary> <p> 00:00:01:05 - 00:00:23:09<br> Tom Haederle<br> Welcome to Advancing Health. In the face of today's multiple challenges, every hospital needs support and buy in for its mission of great care. Storytelling - sharing the right kinds of stories with the right audience at the right time - is a great way to build and maintain that support. This is particularly important for rural hospitals and health systems, most of which have razor-thin operating margins. </p> <p> 00:00:23:12 - 00:00:40:10<br> Tom Haederle<br> In this month's Leadership Dialogue, hosted by the ���������� Association's 2025 Board Chair Tina Freese Decker, we hear more about the importance of advocacy and of all team members participating in telling the hospital story. </p> <p> 00:00:40:13 - 00:01:07:25<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> Thank you so much for joining us today. I'm Tina Freese Decker, president CEO for Corewell Health, and I'm also the board chair for the ���������� Association. Last month we talked about trust and how our hospitals and our health systems can strengthen that trust with our communities and the people that we serve. Our rural hospitals are uniquely positioned to do this, as they are often the largest employers in their towns and communities, and frequently the only local source of care. </p> <p> 00:01:07:27 - 00:01:28:07<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> Rural health care is about being a family. We take care of each other in our communities as best as possible, and we're here to provide that care close to home, no matter what headwinds that we all face. I recently had the opportunity to attend the ���������� Association's Rural Conference and you could really feel that sense of family and community in the room. </p> <p> 00:01:28:09 - 00:01:59:15<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> We work in hospitals in red states and blue states all across the country, but we are all focused on the same thing: helping our neighbors in our communities to be healthier. There are some big challenges that are facing real health care, but together with a unified voice, we can get what we need. As I have traveled around our country meeting with the ���������� Association's regional policy boards and visiting the rural hospitals and my health system and others, the number one concern that I have heard from our hospitals, our communities, is access. </p> <p> 00:01:59:18 - 00:02:22:28<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> And that is why it is so integral to the ���������� Association strategy and it is why it is so important that we come together as a field and that we're united as a field, because these challenges that we are facing are real. So today, I am pleased to have a distinguished leader in rural health care with us to talk about how we can all work together to advocate for the needs of our hospitals. </p> <p> 00:02:23:01 - 00:02:45:09<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> I'd like to welcome Lori Wightman. She is the CEO of Bothwell Regional Health Center, a 108 bed acute care hospital in Sedalia, Missouri. Laura has served in this role since 2019, but even prior to Bothwell, she worked in real health care as the president of Mercy Hospital Ada in Ada, Oklahoma. So, Lori, welcome. Glad you were able to join us today. </p> <p> 00:02:45:15 - 00:02:46:17<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> Thank you, Tina. </p> <p> 00:02:46:19 - 00:03:03:20<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> And I wanted to start out with just telling us a little bit about yourself. I know you started your health care career as a nurse and then you made the shift to administration. Can you tell us about yourself and how you see that family aspect in the hospital and the community in our rural areas? </p> <p> 00:03:03:22 - 00:03:30:01<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> Sure. Well, my father was a hospital administrator and my mother was a nurse, so I did both. And so it was a natural progression. And I think the foundation that nursing lays gives you all kinds of transferable skills that have been very helpful as I went into hospital administration. My career and dating advice has always been, you can't go wrong with a nurse. </p> <p> 00:03:30:03 - 00:03:57:14<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> And there's certainly served me well. And you talk about that family atmosphere. That is why I continue to choose rural health care. I've done the CEO position in a suburban hospital, and I sat at our senior leadership team meeting and thinking I was the only one on our senior leadership team that even lived in the area that we served. </p> <p> 00:03:57:17 - 00:04:23:24<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> Everyone else lived in a different suburb, and I just thought that was strange and disconnected. And, so I returned again then to rural health care because it is like a family. And it's ironic because we just finished revisiting our mission, vision and values. And our new mission statement talks about together we work to provide compassionate and safe care to family, friends, and neighbors. </p> <p> 00:04:23:27 - 00:04:37:07<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> Invariably, when I met new employee orientation, a significant number of people were born at the hospital. That's why I love rural. It's like that "Cheers" phenomenon where everyone knows your name. </p> <p> 00:04:37:09 - 00:05:01:02<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> Very true. I used to lead a couple of rural hospitals as well. And like you said, even just walking into a rural hospital it feels like family where everyone there knows your name and of course, protect things from a confidentiality and a privacy perspective, but that feeling that we're all in this together. So I love that your mission statement is about together, that you can make an impact on people's health. </p> <p> 00:05:01:05 - 00:05:13:28<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> I described a little bit about what it's like to walk into a rural hospital. Can you share a little bit about what is like to be a rural hospital, what it means in today's environment and why it's such a great place to work? </p> <p> 00:05:14:01 - 00:05:47:06<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> Well, in many ways, rural hospitals are uniquely the same as our suburban or urban counterparts. Forty six million people depend on a rural hospital for their care. So we struggle with the same labor shortages, the cost of labor supplies and drugs is rising faster than our reimbursement. We have all of those same struggles. Unique is that family atmosphere, I think. </p> <p> 00:05:47:06 - 00:06:13:26<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> And we have multiple generations working at the hospital. Now, you can't say anything bad about anyone because invariably they're somehow related. Or they were best friends in high school, or they used to be married to each other. So I mean, it's unique in that way. We have the same types of struggles that  our counterparts do. </p> <p> 00:06:13:28 - 00:06:18:03<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> What pressures are you feeling the most acutely right now? </p> <p> 00:06:18:06 - 00:06:47:09<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> Well, you take all of those common challenges that I talked about, and you turn up the volume a little bit. Because for us, 78% of our patients and our volume is governmental payers, so 78% of our business, we're getting reimbursed below cost. You can't make that up in volume. So we rely on all of the governmental programs, you know, disproportionate share all of those things. </p> <p> 00:06:47:09 - 00:06:54:22<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> And, 340B is doing exactly for us what it was designed to do, save rural hospitals. </p> <p> 00:06:54:25 - 00:07:11:22<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> Those areas are critical that they remain. And so that we can continue to provide that sustainable, high quality care in our communities and all of our communities. 78% being governmental. It's a huge portion of what we do and what we rely on for access and caring for people. </p> <p> 00:07:11:29 - 00:07:23:15<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> Right. We are the typical rural hospital. We have razor-thin margins and aging plant of 18 years. </p> <p> 00:07:23:18 - 00:07:31:10<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> So those are challenges that you're trying to navigate right now with all of the other things that happen. And how is your staffing levels going? Are those going okay? </p> <p> 00:07:31:13 - 00:07:55:12<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> Have the same labor shortage issues. We still have 22 traveling nurses here, but we have started being very aggressive in a grow your own program. And so as soon as the next month we're going to cut that number in half and then, within six months, we're hoping to have all of contract staff out. </p> <p> 00:07:55:15 - 00:08:02:04<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> Is that something that you're most proud of, or is there something else that you want to share that you're most proud of from a rural hospital perspective? </p> <p> 00:08:02:06 - 00:08:29:24<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> I think what I'm most proud of is you get to personally view the impact of your decisions on people. I'm very proud of our all the talented people that we have here, from clinicians to community health workers. All of our physicians get to use all of the things they learned in medical school and residency, because there isn't a lot of subspecialists, so they are working at the top of their license. </p> <p> 00:08:29:26 - 00:08:50:21<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> Just several months ago, one of our critical care physicians diagnosed a case of botulism. Now as an old infection control nurse I get very excited about that because I never thought in my career I would see botulism. But it was diagnosed and treated here and the person's doing well. </p> <p> 00:08:50:23 - 00:09:25:27<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> Oh, that's wonderful to hear. When you talk about all the different people that are part of health care in rural settings, or also another settings, it's quite amazing to see how many different areas we need to come together to take care of our community. When you think about an even larger scale, from rural hospitals to urban and teaching hospitals and others, how do you think about the whole ecosystem of our field and how we, you know, do we need all of us or and is there a way to form that greater fabric and social connection, or is there something else that we should be doing? </p> <p> 00:09:25:29 - 00:09:50:21<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> We are all very interconnected and I believe we are all needed. And I especially feel that as an independent hospital, not part of a health system, this is my first independent hospital. I rely on my hospital association more than I ever did when I was working for a health system, because it all comes down to relationships. </p> <p> 00:09:50:21 - 00:10:18:13<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> And so how do you develop, how do you get yourself in situations where you are meeting and now working with your partners around the state or the region? Because it comes down to relationships, you really need to know who your neighbors are in terms of other hospitals, who you're referring your patients to and develop that working relationship because it is all interconnected. </p> <p> 00:10:18:13 - 00:10:25:06<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> And we rely on our partners that we refer to, and they rely on us, too. </p> <p> 00:10:25:08 - 00:10:43:23<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> One of the things I heard you say about the Rural Health Conference that the ���������� Association just put on, and the value of the ���������� Association is that we're not alone. And those values of relationships are really critical. So I appreciate that. The ���������� Association also talks a lot about how do we tell the hospital story. </p> <p> 00:10:43:25 - 00:10:55:15<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> So how do you engage in advocacy to make sure we're telling that hospital story so that our legislative leaders and others know the value that we're bringing to the community? </p> <p> 00:10:55:17 - 00:11:22:11<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> Well, we are surrounded by stories. And so the first thing is to always be picking up on what is the story that is surrounding us, and how can we capture that? Because the most effective way is to bring that patient or nurse or physician to the legislator to testify, because they are the most effective way of communicating a message. </p> <p> 00:11:22:18 - 00:11:49:07<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> You know, the suits can go and talk about data, but nothing is more effective than what I call a real person telling their story and how a decision or a potential decision is going to impact them and how it feels. The other thing we do is every October, it's become tradition. We have Advocacy Day with our board, at our board meeting. </p> <p> 00:11:49:09 - 00:12:21:12<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> We invite our state elected officials  - so people representing us at the state capitol - to come to our board meetings. On election years their challengers also come and I invite the hospital association and they all answer two questions: What do you hope to accomplish in the next legislative session, and what do you think might get in the way? That sets the scene for my board to understand that part of their role in governance is advocacy. </p> <p> 00:12:21:14 - 00:12:29:19<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> And so I've had two of my board members...almost every legislative session I go and testify on on some bill. </p> <p> 00:12:29:21 - 00:12:50:01<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> That is really a good idea. Thank you so much for sharing that. Do you have any other final suggestions for us as AHA members, as other hospitals, whether it's rural or urban, that we should think about or do as we think about advocacy and access or also field unity? </p> <p> 00:12:50:03 - 00:13:22:11<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> You know, having been on the board of two different state hospital associations, I get it. You know, sometimes members can be at odds with each other on a given issue. And my advice to AHA would be to play the role of convener, facilitating conversations between members to better understand each other's position. And if a middle ground can't be reached, then that might be an issue that AHA remains neutral on. </p> <p> 00:13:22:14 - 00:13:34:07<br> Lori Wightman, R.N.<br> But there are so many issues where we can agree on and that is very much the role and what all of us depend on AHA to play in advocating. </p> <p> 00:13:34:09 - 00:14:02:15<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> There's a lot that binds us together. Like you said, we're all caring for our neighbors and our communities, and that's the most critical piece of it. And we have to keep that front and center with every decision that we make and every action that we do. Well, Lori, thank you so much for being with us today on this AHA podcast, for sharing your expertise in rural health care and for talking about some new ideas that all of us can take forward to ensure that we're telling the hospital story in the best way possible. </p> <p> 00:14:02:18 - 00:14:21:09<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> So while I know that we have our work ahead of us, I know that I continue to be energized every time I speak with committed and passionate hospital leaders like Lori. Again, appreciate your work that you do every single day for the neighbors and for the people in your community that you serve. We'll be back next month for another Leadership Dialogue conversation. </p> <p> 00:14:21:13 - 00:14:23:01<br> Tina Freese Decker<br> Have a great day. </p> <p> 00:14:23:03 - 00:14:31:13<br> Tom Haederle<br> Thanks for listening to Advancing Health. Please subscribe and rate us five stars on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. </p> </details> </div> Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:49:30 -0500 Rural Workforce /news/headline/2025-03-27-aha-others-urge-congress-reauthorize-and-expand-workforce-program-foreign-born-staff <p>The AHA and dozens of other organizations yesterday urged <a href="/lettercomment/2025-03-27-house-letter-aha-other-organizations-support-conrad-state-30-and-physician-access-reauthorization-act">House</a> and <a href="/lettercomment/2025-03-27-senate-letter-aha-other-organizations-support-conrad-state-30-and-physician-access-reauthorization-act">Senate</a> sponsors of the <a href="https://S. 709 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/709] /H.R.1585 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1585]">Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act</a> to reauthorize and expand the program which allows foreign-born medical graduates trained in the U.S. to practice medicine in rural and underserved areas. The bipartisan legislation would increase current state allocations from 30 to 35 physicians per year and provide flexibility to expand the number of waivers in states where demand exceeds that limit. <br><br>“One of the strengths of the Conrad 30 program is its flexible design, which allows each state to tailor the program to meet its specific healthcare needs,” the organizations wrote. “This reauthorization will reinforce that flexibility while providing needed clarity and incentives to attract and retain more highly qualified physicians. As workforce shortages worsen, Congress must act with urgency to advance this legislation and strengthen one of the most successful programs for addressing healthcare workforce shortages.” </p> Thu, 27 Mar 2025 15:43:19 -0500 Rural Workforce /role-hospitals-copley-hospital-rural-vermont-hospital-combats-workforce-shortages-earn-and-learn-opportunities <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-9"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-7"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-01/THS-copley-training-700x532.jpg" data-entity-uuid data-entity-type="file" alt="Copley Hospital. A female health worker in scrubs practices needle insertion in a training arm while another health worker in a white coat looks on" width="700" height="532" class="align-left"></div><p>Health care professionals are needed in many communities across the U.S., particularly in rural areas.</p><p>To address workforce shortages in rural Vermont, Copley Hospital in Morrisville is among several hospitals participating in the <a href="https://ccv.edu/workforce-career-development/career-pathway-entry-program-cpep/" target="_blank">Career Pathway Entry Program (CPEP)</a> offered by the Community College of Vermont. This program combines college classes with paid job shadows at local companies and organizations, providing students with an apprenticeship or other “earn-and-learn” opportunities. Other participating hospitals include Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, Northwestern Medical Center, and Southwestern Vermont Medical Center.</p><p>During the summer months, the participating hospitals schedule online courses in the evening as well as in-person lab training and job shadows. The hospitals, like other participating organizations, are looking to hire CPEP graduates, and students are encouraged to apply for open positions at their job shadow site.</p><p>For summer 2025, Copley Hospital offers shadow days for students to explore several careers, including patient engagement specialist, medical assistant, phlebotomist, medical lab scientist, radiology technologist, facility technician and environmental services team member.</p><p>Community College of Vermont students who have participated in the program give it high marks, calling it “awesome.” Amara, who’s now working to finish a degree in radiologic science at Vermont State University, <a href="https://www.copleyvt.org/copley-and-community-college-of-vermont-a-pathway-to-a-healthcare-career/" target="_blank">observed</a>: “I got to know the various departments at Copley and found I was most interested in radiology. I asked to spend more time shadowing there, and by the end of the program, I knew that’s what I wanted to do.”</p><p>J.T. Vize, Copley Human Resources generalist, says the program helps meet the hospital’s “growing need for people” in several career areas. “Our goal [is] to meet people who were looking for a new — or second — career in the health care field and introduce them to the myriad opportunities available here,” <a href="https://www.copleyvt.org/copley-and-community-college-of-vermont-a-pathway-to-a-healthcare-career/" target="_blank">Vize explained</a>.</p><p>The CPEP is funded by a federal partnership between the Northern Border Regional Commission and the U.S. Department of Labor; the grant is part of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities initiative.</p><p><a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://www.copleyvt.org/copley-and-community-college-of-vermont-a-pathway-to-a-healthcare-career/">LEARN MORE</a>.</p></div></div><div class="col-md-3"><div><h4>Resources on the Role of Hospitals</h4><ul><li><a href="/workforce-home">Workforce</a></li><li><a href="/roleofhospitals">All Case Studies</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div> Tue, 07 Jan 2025 14:49:28 -0600 Rural Workforce /cybersecurity/insights-resources-rural-hospitals <div class="raw-html-embed"> </div> /* Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar */ .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; display: block; overflow: hidden; max-width: 1170px; margin: 0px auto 25px auto; } .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { position: absolute; bottom: 40px; color: #003087; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .8); width: 100%; padding: 20px 40px; font-size: 3em; box-shadow: 0 3px 8px -5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .6); } @media (max-width:991px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 2.5em; } } @media (max-width:767px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { font-size: 2em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; } } @media (max-width:530px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { position: relative; background-color: #63666A22; } } /* Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar // */ <div><header class="Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024-11/cybersecurity-rural-banner-1170.jpg" alt="Banner Image" width="1170" height="250"><div><h1>Cybersecurity Insights and Resources for Rural Hospitals</h1></div></header></div> /* CntMenuSub */ .CntMenuSub { margin: 20px 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #afb1b1; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-weight: 400; font-size: .7em; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuBar { border-bottom: 1px solid lightblue; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuBar a:after { content: "|"; padding: 0 3px 0 6px; color: #555; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuBar a:last-child:after { content: ""; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubHome, .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubParent { text-transform: uppercase; color: #555; opacity: .9; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubParent {} .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubChild {} .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubCurrent { opacity: .7; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubHome:hover, .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubParent:hover { text-transform: uppercase; color: #d50032; } /* CntMenuSub // */ <div class="row CntMenuSub"><div class="CntMenuBar"><a class="CntMenuSubHome" href="/cybersecurity">Cybersecurity</a> <span class="CntMenuSubChild">Cybersecurity and Risk Advisory Services</span></div></div> /* center_body */ .center_body { /*margin-top:50px;*/ margin-bottom: 15px; } .center_body h3 {} .center_body p { font-size: 16px } p.center_Intro { color: #002855; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 30px; margin: 10px 0 25px 0; font-weight: 700; font-size: 2em; } @media (max-width:768px) { p.center_Intro { line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 23px; font-size: 1.45em; } } .center_body .center_Lead { color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 21px; } /* center_body // */ <div class="col-sm-12 center_body accThemes"><p class="center_Lead">Cyberthreats such as ransomware attacks are threat-to-life crimes. While escalating cyberattacks underscores the critical need for your hospital or health system to defend against malicious actors, you cannot do it alone. This is especially true for rural hospitals with limited access to technology, staff and financial resources as they are often the primary source of health care in their communities.</p><p class="center_Lead">That’s why the AHA is collaborating with multiple parties across the public and private sectors to support our rural members with cybersecurity risk mitigation.</p><p class="center_Lead">For more cybersecurity resources, learn about cybersecurity resources from Microsoft and Google to assist rural hospitals, and please visit AHA’s dedicated page to support the HHS Cybersecurity Performance Goals.</p></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12 rowEqual_768"><div class="col-sm-9"><div class="col-md-12"><h2>Highlights</h2> .col-md-12.rowEqual_768 .col-md-12.spacer h3 { margin-top: 0px; } <div class="col-md-12 spacer"><div class="col-sm-4"><span data-target="#MODAL-TARGET-101" data-toggle="modal" id="" title="Listen to the podcast: Start with Defense: Building a Cyber-Ready Team with Microsoft"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020-01/advancing-health-podcast.jpg" alt="xxxxxxxxxxxxx" width="270" height="263"></span></div><div class="col-md-8"><h3><span data-target="#MODAL-TARGET-101" data-toggle="modal" id="" title="Listen to the podcast: Start with Defense: Building a Cyber-Ready Team with Microsoft">Start with Defense: Building a Cyber-Ready Team with Microsoft</span></h3><p>In this Advancing Health podcast, cyber security experts from the AHA and Microsoft discuss the urgent need to build a cyber-strong workforce, particularly in rural hospital and health systems, and how methods such as re-skilling can sustain permanent cyber readiness.</p></div></div><div class="col-md-12 spacer"><div class="col-sm-4"><div class="modalVideo video-btn" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u-tksBBtzo0" data-target="#myModalVideo" data-toggle="modal" title="Watch the video: Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Program for Rural Hospitals"><img src="https://img.youtube.com/vi/u-tksBBtzo0/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Program for Rural Hospitals" width="1280" height="720"></div></div><div class="col-md-8"><h3><span class="modalVideo video-btn" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u-tksBBtzo0" data-target="#myModalVideo" data-toggle="modal" title="Watch the video: Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Program for Rural Hospitals">Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Program for Rural Hospitals</span></h3><p>In this video, AHA’s National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk John Riggi interviews Laura Kreofsky, program lead for Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Program for Rural Hospitals, about why Microsoft worked collaboratively with the White House and the AHA to create the program, and how the program helps rural hospitals understand, prepare for and respond to cyber risks. 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The conference will feature top rural practitioners sharing actionable strategies and resources aimed at improving access to care, leveraging unique workforce approaches, implementing digital technologies and prioritizing health equity.</p><p>Join us to explore the most significant challenges facing rural health care providers and gain practical solutions to transform care delivery and business practices.</p>Interested in receiving complimentary registration?<br /> Consider our Hosted Buyer Forum to connect with high-quality solutions providers</h3> <p> The Hosted Buyer Forum offers a private showcase for hospital and health system leaders interested in connecting with solution providers addressing key hospital issues. Approved applicants are given complimentary registration to the 2025 AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference. After the Forum is complete participants are encouraged to join the Associate and Sponsor Reception for beverages, appetizers and networking.</p> <p><a href="https://ruralconference.aha.org/program/hosted-buyer?utm_source=aha&utm_medium=weblisting&utm_campaign=2025-Rural-Registration" target="_blank"><strong>Learn More!</strong></a></p>--><h3><small>Objectives</small></h3><p>Participants will:</p><ul><li>Develop strategies for a more sustainable and flexible rural health care workforce.</li><li>Learn innovative approaches to improve quality, patient safety and performance in rural health care to enhance patient satisfaction, increase efficiency and reduce costs.</li><li>Develop robust emergency response and cybersecurity plans to safeguard rural health care systems and patient data.</li><li>Explore innovative value-based care and advanced payment models aimed at enhancing health care efficiency and effectiveness, specifically designed to align with the unique needs of rural health care systems.</li><li>Address treatment disparities and enhance access and outcomes in behavioral health, maternal care, and specialty services, promoting equity and eliminating disparities.</li><li>Advance community and population health and economic development in rural areas through collaborative efforts between health care organizations, public health agencies and community stakeholders.</li><li>Share inventive approaches to mergers, joint ventures and affiliations to help improve organizational effectiveness, financial stability and clinical outcomes.</li><li>Learn best practices for the adoption of cutting-edge health care technology and artificial intelligence by exploring the latest advancements to enhance patient care, diagnosis and treatment.</li></ul><h3>Who Should Attend:</h3><ul><li>Rural Hospital CEOs, Administrators, Senior Executives and System Leaders</li><li>Governing Board Members</li><li>Nursing and Physician Executives</li><li>Public Health and Community Leaders</li><li>Executives of Rural Health Care Associations, Networks and Clinics</li></ul>Call for Proposals</h3> <p>The Call for Proposals for the 2025 AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference has been extended to Friday, July 12, 2024.<br /> <a href="https://ruralconference.aha.org/program/speaking-opportunities" target="_blank">Learn more!</a></p>--><h3>Date</h3><p>February 23-26, 2025</p><p>Additional information on the conference is available on the <a href="https://ruralconference.aha.org?utm_source=aha&utm_medium=weblisting&utm_campaign=2025-Rural-Registration" target="_blank">AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference website.</a></p><h3>Interested in Sponsorship</h3><p>Sponsorship enables you to partner with the most trusted name in health care to reach a highly-targeted, senior-level health care audience. <a href="https://ruralconference.aha.org/sponsorship/sponsorship-opportunities?utm_source=aha&utm_medium=weblisting&utm_campaign=2025-Rural-Registration" target="_blank">Learn more about our available opportunities.</a></p> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:21:10 -0600 Rural Workforce