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Rural ACO Builds on Quality Programs

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After years of preparation, nine rural hospitals and physician groups form an accountable care organization to focus on prevention.

Nurses as hospitalists

Trustee talking points A growing number of small and rural hospitals, unable to recruit or afford physician hospitalists, are staffing their hospital medicine programs

Hospital Financial Indicators

For urban, teaching and system-affiliated hospitals, the median is 49 days, and for rural hospitals, the median is 52 days, according to data from the 2013 AHA Annual Survey of Hospitals and the He

AHA issues guide on hospital-community partnerships

Population Health Helping hospitals create community partnerships A new guide from the American Hospital Association’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative hi

9 ways to bolster vulnerable communities

Millions of Americans in both urban and rural communities are unable to access essential health care services.

A Farmer, Teacher and the Consummate Trustee

Trustee Spotlight Name: Edward HatcherOrganization: Grinnell (Iowa) Regional Medical CenterYears on the board: 17

How Rural Trustees Can Meet Health Care Changes

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HRET and ACHI Survey Hospitals on Population Health

The U.S. health care field is moving in a new direction — toward population health.

The Engine that Powers Population Health

When physicians, executives and trustees look at the pros and cons of assigning a patient's total cost of care to a physician, they can't get bogged down in philosophical arguments over fairness or

The Power of Rural Alliances

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