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The National Rural Health Resource Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to sustaining and improving health care in rural communities.

As the nation’s leading technical assistance and knowledge center in rural health, The Center focuses on five core areas:

  • Transition to Value and Population Health
  • Collaboration and Partnership
  • Performance Improvement
  • Health Information Technology
  • Workforce 

Nov 4, 2022

This is the fourth and final podcast in our Stepping Up: Health Equity in Rural Hospitals Podcast Series.

Featuring Dr. Heidi Helgeson MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Rio Grande Hospital and Andrew Thomas, Baylor University '23, health equity intern at Rio Grande Hospital

Guests will share stories of success and...


Nov 4, 2022

This is the third podcast in our Stepping Up: Health Equity in Rural Hospitals Podcast Series.

Featuring Sarah Brinkman, Program Manager, Stratis Health and Shena Popat, Senior Research Scientist, Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis at NORC at the University of Chicago 

Data are a cornerstone for efforts to identify...


Nov 4, 2022

This is the second podcast in our Stepping Up: Health Equity in Rural Hospitals Podcast Series.

Featuring Selena McCord MPH, Community Program Manager, National Rural Health Resource Center and Jennifer Barbour, Director of Relations, Sparta Community Hospital

Understand the importance and role of health equity...


Nov 4, 2022

This is the first podcast in our Stepping Up: Health Equity in Rural Hospitals Podcast Series.

Featuring Benjamin D. Anderson, MBA, MHCDS, Vice President, Rural Health and Hospitals, Colorado Hospital Association and Dr. Jennifer Bacani-McKenney, Kansas Health Foundation Board and family practice physician at Fredonia...


May 11, 2021

Featuring Alicia Bauman, Community Health Director, Lakewood Health System, Staples, MN and Mat Spaan, MPA, Manager, Care Delivery & Payment Reform, Minnesota Department of Human Services

Learn how a small MN CAH formed non-traditional community partners in order to address food insecurity to improve population health....