Telehealth & Covid-19
The Fastest Access to the Best Care: Tele-Emergency Is Rural America’s Most Urgent Telehealth Priority
There is a phrase that sums up the entire promise and urgency of emergency telehealth into seven words: "The fastest access to the best care." That is not a cute slogan. It is a [...]
Moses Lake Community Health Center Video Visit Re-Launch
Four Years of Trying. Then Everything Changed. How Moses Lake Community Health Center Finally Made Telehealth Work — and What Any Rural FQHC Can Learn From Their Journey Most community health centers didn't choose [...]
The Telehealth Leadership Gap: Still Drifting
Why Good People Doing Good Things Is Not Enough to Fully Leverage Telehealth's Potential In May 2026, the American Telemedicine Association held its 30th annual conference. I have attended about eight of them since 2013, [...]
Are Rural Hospitals Better Off Because of Telehealth?
A question that surfaces regularly among rural hospital leaders — and deserves a direct answer: "Are rural hospitals, critical access hospitals, and 'tweeners' better off financially as a result of telemedicine partnerships? Or are these partnerships driving down their Case [...]
RHTP’s Greatest Untapped Opportunity:
Building the Capability to Innovate
The Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) has attracted a lot of attention — and a lot of vendors. Within weeks of states announcing their RHTP funding awards, technology companies began marketing aggressively to rural healthcare organizations. Telehealth Booths. AI platforms. [...]
Buying Technology for RHTP Is Easy.
Driving RHTP Outcomes Is Not.
RHTP funding is arriving — and with it, a wave of technology purchasing decisions. Advanced imaging systems. Telehealth platforms. Remote patient monitoring programs. AI-powered scribing tools. Consumer-facing digital health solutions. Vendors are calling. Demos are being scheduled. Budget conversations are [...]
Preparing for RHTP RFPs:
What Rural Health Leaders can do NOW
The Rural Health Transformation Program has set a remarkable amount of activity into motion — 50 state applications submitted, awards issued, revised budgets under review, and RFPs at the state level are beginning to take shape. For most rural [...]
When Telehealth Gear Gathers Dust:
Why Equipment Funding Isn’t Enough
This article is based on a webinar presented by Jen Donathan, Shari Snyder, Ryan Baker, and Christian Milaster for Generation West Virginia’s Broadband Technical Assistance Webinar Series. There is a pattern we have seen play out across community health [...]
Consumer-Facing Digital Health Is Coming:
Are States and Rural Providers Ready?
When CMS designed the Rural Health Transformation Program, it made a deliberate bet: consumer-facing digital health technology — symptom checkers, remote monitoring devices, AI chatbots, chronic disease apps, digital navigation tools — could meaningfully address rural healthcare access barriers if [...]