Chronic disease is a major concern in rural America, often coming on Community Health Needs Assessments as a key priority area with diabetes in particular.

This week, JJ and Rachel sit down to talk about how the rural healthcare industry will look as we start to move past the pandemic.

Rural hospital leaders are more than just administrators keeping their own hospitals and healthcare services running—many of them are using their voices to be rural health advocates, speaking out on issues that affect all of us in rural healthcare.

To provide the best possible patient care in today’s environment, hospitals and healthcare providers must have a strong IT infrastructure with systems to manage and support every part of patient care, which often comes at a high cost.

This week, JJ and Rachel discuss the ever rising costs that travel nursing agencies are charging to fill staffing shortages in hospitals and the domino-effect that has on health care.

Legislations that paint with a broad brush often leaves rural hospitals unsupported at best and disadvantaged at worst.

This week we welcome a passionate advocate for rural health who continually brings awareness to the healthcare challenges, successes and opportunities facing rural America.

There is so much in healthcare that we as leaders need to understand and keep track of to do our jobs effectively. Whether it’s trends in technology, best practices, proposed legislation or anything else, we need to know what’s going on in our industry.

The COVID-19 pandemic just accelerated a trend we were already seeing before the pandemic—we knew nursing shortages were coming and then the pandemic brought that on much earlier than anticipated.

This week, we welcome back US Rep. Tim Walberg, representing Michigan's seventh congressional district for an update from our nation's capitol.

This week, we welcome back Rep. Andrew Fink to discuss the issues that are impacting rural health and rural communities.

This week, we talk about the process in place to ensure that we are responding to the unique challenges in our own community when it comes to their important health.

Employee engagement is a major focus of hospitals around the country, especially rural hospitals because it is central to how patients are cared for each and everyday.

The experience a patient and their family has with a hospital or healthcare provider can affect a multitude of things.

This week JJ and Rachel give us an update on the vaccine mandate

This week, JJ and Rachel look back and reflect on an eventful 2021

This week, JJ and Rachel discuss the role faith plays in making a decision on vaccination

This week, JJ and Rachel discuss hospital safety ratings and how they might not be as helpful as they sound.

The opioid crisis in America is something that is impactful in each community in our nation. It affects our rural healthcare systems, communities and health outcomes.

We've often discussed how critical rural healthcare is as a pillar of rural economies. But strong rural economies are equally important to rural healthcare.

Population health management is critically important for rural communities where health outcomes are often poorer than in non-rural communities.

Rural hospitals typically serve smaller populations, but today, we are talking about rural hospitals that serve geographically isolated locations

This week, JJ and Rachel discuss the potential ramifications of the upcoming federal vaccine mandate.