Webinar: Solving for Rural Health Disparities

It's a challenging time for most healthcare organizations, but it could be argued that rural organizations are some of the most vulnerable. Rural healthcare providers are striving to provide high quality care amid declining populations, physician shortages, lack of access to technology and higher unemployment rates than urban and suburban communities.

While these providers face significant barriers and challenges, rural hospitals are an integral part of the healthcare ecosystem. Modern Healthcare Custom Media is hosting a webinar to educate readers on how rural hospitals are solving for disparities among their populations, as well as share innovative solutions to these disparities and change the rural healthcare landscape.

Join this webinar to:

• Understand the difference between health disparities and health inequities.
• Learn about new programs and innovations in place to meet the challenge of providing quality health services.
• Gain new knowledge on what can be done to improve the health of rural Americans.
   

Jim Kendrick
President and CEO
Community Hospital Corporation

Jim Kendrick is the President and CEO for CHC, a national leader in advancing community-owned hospitals. Jim gained more than 20 years of experience as an executive for not-for-profit and for-profit hospitals and healthcare systems before joining CHC to lead the organization. 

Robert Budman, MD, MBA, CDI-P
CMIO
Nuance Healthcare

Dr. Budman is Board Certified in Family Med & Informatics. He focuses on efficiency, safety, and quality initiatives with global experience in multi-EHR and service line care delivery. His work involves implementation, workflow adoption, and optimization. Dr. Budman earned multiple clinical awards and speaks extensively on healthcare IT.

Bob Stephen
Vice President, Caregiving and Health Programs
AARP

Bob Stephen is AARP’s Vice President, Caregiving and Health Programs and serves as AARP’s lead for family caregiving. In these roles, he leads the strategy and execution of AARP’s enterprise-wide efforts to help 50 plus Americans live independently as they age, while supporting the 40 million family caregivers who so often make this possible.  

Prior to joining AARP in 2010, Bob spent over two decades in strategy development and management consulting where he worked with rural communities and healthcare providers.  He has a BA from the University of Iowa and an MBA from the University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business.  
 

Emily Basara
Associate Content Strategist
Modern Healthcare

Emily Basara is Modern Healthcare's Associate Content Strategist. She is responsible for the development of webinars, white papers and other engaging content for marketers looking to target the healthcare industry. In addition, she is responsible for development of topics and themes and speaker recruitment for Modern Healthcare’s conferences and events.
 

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