Applications for the 2026 AHA Rural Hospital Excellence in Innovation Award close Aug. 29 at 1 p.m. ET. The award honors rural hospitals leading the way in innovative, sustainable and community-centered care. If your hospital is operating unique programs and services that address health care challenges in your community, submit an application. Honorees will be recognized at the AHA’s Rural Health Care Leadership Conference in February. 

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Every day, hospitals and health systems are finding new and better ways to care for the people and communities they serve.You can see it in predictive…
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Applications for the 2027 AHA Circle of Life Award are due by 1 p.m. ET on July 15. The award celebrates innovative organizations that provide direct patient…
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The refreshed AHA Rural Health Services website gives rural hospital leaders quick access to the advocacy insights, strategic resources and field-informed…
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A bipartisan group of senators June 18 urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to improve implementation of the Rural Health Transformation…
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In this conversation, leaders from Cottage Hospital and Sharon Hospital (part of Northwell Health) share how specialized geriatric behavioral health programs…
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In this conversation, Southwest Health’s Kevin Carr, M.D., family medicine physician, and Melissa Carr, M.D., OB/GYN, reflect on the joy of practicing medicine…