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Rural Hospitals Struggle Under Private Equity Ownership

Electronic Health Reporter

FACHE Private equity ownership of rural hospitals is growing, but so are concerns about the effects private equity firms can have on quality of care in small, community hospitals. Illegal copying is prohibited. By David L. Schreiner, Ph.D.,

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How The Rapid Shift To Telehealth Leaves Many Community Health Centers Behind During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Henry Kotula

Well-resourced hospitals have quickly made the transition. Although most barriers were similar in both urban and rural regions, a greater proportion of rural clinics compared to urban clinics (18 percent versus 7 percent) reported inadequate broadband services as an issue.