Rhoden: Rural health care dollars will be 'game changer'

AHA participates in fourth annual Sanford Rural Health Summit

AHA leaders today participated in Sanford Health's fourth annual Summit on the Future of Rural Health Care in Sioux Falls, S.D. Bill Gassen, Sanford Health president and CEO, and AHA chair-elect designate, discussed the importance of hospital and health system leaders coming up with solutions to challenges threatening care access in rural areas, including geographic isolation, workforce shortages, financial challenges and aging populations. “Wit…

Rhoden: Rural health care dollars will be 'game changer'

Gov. Larry Rhoden spoke to reporters Oct. 14 after addressing Sanford Health’s Summit on the Future of Rural Health Care. (Jonathan Ellis/The Dakota Scout)South Dakota will use federal dollars meant to improve rural health care to make changes that will be felt for generations, Gov. Larry Rhoden told health care leaders from around the country Tuesday.Rhoden addressed Sanford Health’s Summit on the Future of Rural Health Care in Sioux Falls. The…