# Linda Stevenson with Fisher-Titus Health

By Healthcare · Published 2025-04-15 · Updated 2026-07-23 · Healthcare on MarketScale
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> Rural health systems are uniting to tackle infrastructure challenges that require more than individual hospital solutions

## Key points

- Rural health systems are collaborating to address infrastructure challenges that individual hospitals cannot solve alone.
- Vendor education and strategic partnerships are essential to overcome budget and staffing constraints in rural healthcare.
- Potential Medicaid funding cuts pose a significant threat to the sustainability of small rural health systems.

[**Linda Stevenson**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevensonlinda/), CIO of **Fisher-Titus**, shares why she helped launch the rural health community initiative at [CHIME](https://marketscale.com/industries/healthcare/erin-osbourne-at-chime-fall-forum/) and how it’s creating essential momentum for collaboration. Speaking from VIVE 2025, Linda highlights the unique challenges rural hospitals face—from limited budgets to lean staffing—and the importance of collective action.

> Once partners understand rural constraints, they're more willing to tailor pricing, support, and innovation.

She emphasizes how vendor education is key. **Fisher-Titus**, despite its size, is now recognized as "Most Wired," thanks in part to strategic partnerships and creative contracting. But Linda also raises concern over looming Medicaid funding cuts, which could devastate small systems.

> Unity, innovation, and vendor alignment are crucial for rural healthcare survival in 2025 and beyond.

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