American Hospital Association February 24, 2025
Over 1,200 rural leaders are gathered at the AHA 2025 Rural Health Care Leadership Conference in San Antonio this week. Discussions about challenges and opportunities facing the field range from hospital leadership to grassroots advocacy.
Joanne Conroy, CEO and president of Dartmouth Health and immediate past chair of the AHA Board of Trustees; Sunil Eappen, president and CEO of the University of Vermont Health Network; and Andrew Mueller, CEO of MaineHealth, discussed the importance of coordinated grassroots advocacy for raising awareness about the challenges rural academic health systems face. The discussion also covered how this collaborative effort successfully influenced lawmakers and how other rural systems can put these strategies...