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Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Cybersecurity in Health Care with John Riggi, AHA’s National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk

I welcomed John Riggi, AHA’s National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk, to our Leadership Dialogue to have a conversation about planning for and navigating cyber and physical threats.
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Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Importance of Advocacy and Storytelling in Rural Health with Lori Wightman, R.N., CEO of Bothwell Regional Health Center

In this Leadership Dialogue, I’m joined by Lori Wightman, R.N., CEO of Bothwell Regional Health Center, in Sedalia, Mo. Lori and I discuss working in a “family atmosphere” unique to a rural hospital and navigating the same pressures that face urban hospitals.
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Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Advancing Health and Building Trust with Lynn Hanessian and Robert Trestman, M.D.

In this Leadership Dialogue, Lynn Hanessian, former chief health strategist for Edelman, which recently released its 2025 Trust Barometer, and AHA Board Member Robert Trestman, M.D., chair of psychiatry and behavioral medicine at Carilion Clinic., join Tina Becker Freese to discuss the importance of trust and how it has evolved in recent years.
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Unity, Purpose and Resolve Will Drive AHA’s 2025 Annual Membership Meeting

We look forward to welcoming hospital and health system leaders to our 2025 AHA Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C., in less than two months.
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AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference Offers Actionable Strategies, Thoughtful Insights and Tested Strategies to Advance Rural Health

In a new location for 2024, the 37th Annual AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, will be held Feb. 11-14 in Orlando, Fla. The conference brings together senior executives, physician leaders, trustees and nurse executives from the nation's leading rural hospitals and health systems to share powerful insights and strategies to transform rural health care delivery and business practices.
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In 2024, data will drive IFDHE’s discussions on health equity

For the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, 2024 can be summed up in a single phrase: “letting the data speak and guide us.”
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Washington update panel discusses legislative priorities for rural health care

AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack joined AHA’s Chad Golder, senior vice president and general counsel, Travis Robey, vice president of political affairs, and Shannon Wu, director of payment policy, for a discussion on the ever-shifting landscape of health care affairs on Capitol Hill.
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2025 AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference day three roundup

Susan Doherty, the AHA’s vice president of field engagement, began the closing session of the 2025 AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference by reemphasizing the vital importance of rural hospitals and health care providers.
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Transforming Rural Health: Strategies for the Future

Michelle Hood, AHA executive vice president and COO, moderated a panel discussion with Chris Hasse, chief administrative officer, Mayo Clinic Health System, and Julie Yaroch, D.O., president, Promedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital in Adrian, Mich., about the future of rural hospitals and health care. The wide-ranging discussion largely focused on the importance of rural health care, technology and community collaboration.
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Navigating the Impact of a Growing Medicare Advantage Program on Rural Hospitals

In a panel discussion moderated by Aaron Wesolowski, AHA vice president of research strategy and policy communications, John Allison, AHA senior associate director, health policy and analytics; Jeremy Martin, COO of St. James Parish Hospital in Lutcher, La.; and Carl Vaagenes, CEO, Alomere Health, in Alexandria, Minn., reviewed the impacts of certain Medicare Advantage programs on many rural hospitals, as revealed in the AHA’s new report, The Growing Impact of Medicare Advantage on Rural Hospitals Across America.