Category: Podcast

This week, we get into the challenges rural hospitals face as they implement their own infection control programs, and how those programs have changed and adapted in response to the pandemic as well as preparing for future outbreaks.

Access to prenatal care in rural communities is critical to the health and well-being of mothers and their children, but its often difficult to access, limited in scope, or worse,… Read more »

Connecting with federal government decision makers is an important t part of rural hospital advocacy efforts. But without a Washington DC base, it’s not easy to cultivate those relationships.

As rural hospitals work to provide the best quality of care for their patients, while maintaining financial solvency, programs like 340B can help make drugs more affordable.

Last week we discussed the myriad of headlines relating to financial losses hospitals are facing across the country. Since then we’ve seen even more headlines on hospitals posting significant financial losses.

JJ and Rachel sit down to talk about the healthcare industry’s aftershocks coming on after the pandemic.

Today we are talking big picture about the role nurse practitioners play in our total continuum of care

The patient experience is not a new topic for healthcare, for rural hospitals or even for this podcast. But it’s so central to what we do and it’s a little unique in the rural environment.

This week, JJ and Rachel sit down to talk about mergers, acquisitions and the consolidation of healthcare services in America.

We talk about healthcare policy often, and when we talk about long-term financial stability for rural hospitals, we’re usually talking about federal policy as it relates to reimbursements, payment structures, etc. But state-level healthcare policy also has a significant impact on rural hospitals.