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A new blog, part of the Keeping Care Close to Home initiative, discusses how connected care networks are essential to sustaining rural maternal care. The blog…
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In this episode, Betty Chu, M.D., chief medical officer of Advocate Health, discusses leading a health system through Hurricane Helene, responding to…
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When the American Hospital Association launched the Keeping Care Close to Home: Innovations in Rural Maternal Health project in 2025, we set out to understand…
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A new AHA report warns that access to care is increasingly at risk in rural communities as workforce shortages, financial pressures and policy changes threaten…
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In this conversation, Tori Bahr, M.D., section chief of pediatrics at Gillette Children’s, shares how healthcare teams can improve the transition from…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oct. 9 released its first report on how states are implementing funds from the Rural Health Transformation…