Rural Hospital Telehealth Playbook: Building a More Resilient Health System

Rural hospitals are vital to both community health and local economies, supporting 1 in 12 rural jobs and nearly $220 billion in economic activity nationwide. Yet, many face growing financial pressures, workforce shortages and aging infrastructure that put access to care and community stability at risk. As states and rural health leaders look to new opportunities through the federal , telehealth offers a practical strategy for investing in rural access, care delivery innovation, workforce support and hospital sustainability.

Join Manatt Health and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) for a live, interactive webinar where we will discuss real world examples of how rural hospitals can leverage telehealth partnerships to strengthen their sustainability and transform how care is delivered to rural communities.

Key topics include:

• Considerations for building telehealth partnerships in rural hospitals, including lessons learned from MUSC’s launch of the MUSC Health Black River Medical Center
• Framework for considering how rural hospitals can strengthen their telehealth partnerships as their organizational capacity increases
• Findings from , authored by Manatt Health and the MUSC Center for Telehealth
• Policy and implementation considerations for state and hospital leaders seeking to use the Rural Health Transformation Program investments to build durable rural telehealth capacity.

Presenters:

• , Senior Managing Director, Manatt Health
• , Senior Manager, Manatt Health
• Emily Warr, MSN, RN, Telehealth Administrator, Center for Telehealth, MUSC
• Jay Hinesley, MHA, FACHE, CEO, MUSC Health Pee Division
• Yotam Papo, MD, MPH, Hospitalist & Physician Researcher, Center for Telehealth, MUSC
• Matt Severance, MBA, MHA, FACHE, Chief Affiliations Officer & CEO, MUSC Regional Health Network

Date and time:

Wednesday, June 17
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PT