The Director of the Oregon Office of Rural Health shares his state’s strategies to address common rural health issues and also newer epidemics such as opiate abuse.
Read MoreAn Interview with Scott Ekblad
Rural Spotlight Interviews
An Interview with Ajit Pai
Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai discusses the critical need to expand broadband deployment in rural communities and the promise that broadband holds for rural healthcare.
Read MoreAn Interview with Darrold Bertsch
The shared CEO of both a North Dakota Critical Access Hospital and a Federally Qualified Health Center discusses how these two essential safety net providers work together to meet the healthcare needs of their rural region.
Read MoreAn Interview with Gina Capra
The Director of the Veterans Health Administration’s Office of Rural Health (ORH) discusses the Veterans Choice Program and other VA activities underway to connect rural veterans to the healthcare services they need.
Read MoreAn Interview with Craig Kennedy
The Executive Director of the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved discusses its development, and how ACU works to expand access to primary care in rural areas.
Read MoreAn Interview with Robert T. Trachtenberg
The Executive Director of the National AHEC Organization discusses its evolution, and how AHECs build the rural healthcare workforce.
Read MoreAn Interview with John Halfen, M.D.
Halfen, the Medical Director of Lakewood Health System in Staples, Minn., discusses the challenges of transitioning to a patient centered medical home model.
Read MoreAn Interview with Lisa Davis
Lisa Davis
The director of the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health discusses innovative programs, hydraulic fracking and her work in prisons.
Read MoreAn Interview with Leila Samy
The ONC Rural Health IT Coordinator describes how the hospitalization of her father led her to become an advocate for health IT.
Read MoreAn Interview with Lander Cooney
The CEO of Community Health Partners in Montana discusses how witnessing poverty as a classroom teacher and as a traveler led her to health care.
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