By Karen Barber, CEO, Yoakum Community Hospital
Like many other community hospitals, Yoakum Community Hospital, in Yoakum, Texas, experienced unprecedented challenges this year due to the COVID pandemic. Thanks to...
By Mark Kimball, CEO, St. Mark’s Medical Center, La Grange, Texas
The holidays are a good time to reinforce that community hospitals are in the service industry, and community outreach...
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By Wayne Boutwell, CEO, ContinueCARE Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist in Columbia , S.C.
Building relationships within your community is more important than ever for community hospitals,...
Rural Matters, a podcast featuring issues important to Rural America, recently spoke to Brian Doerr, Senior Vice President of Information Technology and Security, and Privacy Officer for Community Hospital Corporation...
It’s natural for communities to turn to hospitals during times of health crisis. The outbreak of COVID-19 is a prime example of the important emergency-response role hospitals fill. Over the...
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By John Yeary, CEO, Freestone Medical Center
The holidays are a time for giving and gathering. However, for hospitals, community involvement and giving back should be year-round priorities....
Metaphors commonly used to describe community hospitals underscore their importance to the regions they serve. They’ve been called economic engines, cornerstones of the community, and, by Forbes, the “financial glue”...
Rural Matters, a podcast featuring issues important to Rural America, recently spoke to Karen Barber, CEO of Yoakum Community Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Texas, and Jim Kendrick, president...
By guest author Paul Lee, Senior Partner & Founder, Strategic Health Care
National policy in support of rural healthcare has been lacking for more than a decade. Critical access hospitals...
Vital to an organization’s future, a business plan is a framework outlining the steps for financial and operational success. For many hospitals, this process has occurred at five-year intervals tied...
