Community Health

Mobile health clinics move care to the community as budget pressures and access gaps mount

From college campuses in California to Kansas City schools, mobile health clinics are closing care gaps—but funding pressures threaten the model's reach.

From the C-Suite to the Classroom: A Healthcare Leader’s Bet on the Next Generation

Healthcare isn’t short on strategy right now—it’s short on people, access, and experienced leadership where it matters most. In Texas alone, more rural hospitals have closed than in any other state over the past decade, leaving entire communities with limited access to care. At the same time, many health systems are realizing they haven’t…

Policy, AI, and New Funding Models Are Reshaping Mental Health Care Delivery

Mental health care isn’t a new problem—but it’s finally being treated like an urgent one. After years of being sidelined, the cracks in the system are becoming impossible to ignore: overstretched clinicians, long wait times, and entire communities without consistent access to care. In the U.S., the scale is striking—more than one in five…

Exploring the Intersection of Board Governance, Community Engagement and Creativity with Ann Margolin

Behind every city vote, hospital budget or zoning decision is a leader navigating tough, often conflicting priorities. Right now, public leaders are operating in an environment of rising healthcare costs, workforce shortages and heightened community expectations—especially within safety-net systems that collectively provide billions in uncompensated care each year. The stakes are real—they affect patients…

How THA Strengthens Texas Healthcare Through Policy, Workforce Solutions, and Community Collaboration

As healthcare continues to evolve in response to post-pandemic challenges, workforce shortages, and an ongoing mental health crisis, the institutions that support the backbone of healthcare—hospitals—are under immense pressure. In Texas, where geographic and demographic diversity create unique complexities, the role of hospital associations in steering policy and support services is more vital than…

Healthcare Operations Improve with AI That Unites Data, Automation, and Ethics

Generative AI has captured the public imagination, but its most transformative use cases may lie far from flashy consumer tools. In healthcare operations, where complexity, inefficiency, and fragmentation remain persistent challenges, AI is now driving measurable improvements. Research suggests AI-enabled healthcare systems could cut administrative costs by up to $360 billion in the U.S. alone….

Market-Based Planning, Specialization and Technology To Shape Healthcare Provider Networks for Tomorrow

Health systems must strategically realign their provider networks to balance community demand with financial viability amid a looming physician shortage

Ryan Thousand at CHIME Fall Forum

A rural hospital CIO explains how strategic partnerships and AI-driven innovation help small communities compete with larger healthcare systems

HFMA’s Historic New Leaders: The Trailblazing Women Who Are Leading Healthcare Finance

A historic milestone reshapes healthcare finance leadership as women claim unprecedented positions of power across one state's influential chapters

The Pink Ladies Fishing Team Gives Breast Cancer Survivors a Therapeutic Outlet

Cancer survivors discover healing and connection through a therapeutic fishing community built on shared strength

The Impact of Healthcare Mentorship on Leadership Development

Mentors shaped one healthcare executive's rise through competing industry sectors and complex market challenges

Lessons Learned from 24-Year-Old Hospital CEO Aidan Hettler

Youth and unconventional paths are reshaping how rural hospitals think about finding and developing their next generation of leaders

Be the Best Part of Their Day: Values-Driven Leadership in Rural Healthcare

Rural healthcare leaders who align their teams around shared values can transform patient outcomes and community loyalty in underserved regions

Facing Adversity Head-On: Leadership Insights From Charmeachealle Moore

A former NFL linebacker turned cancer survivor reveals how perseverance through life's toughest challenges shapes transformative leadership

Education, Empathy, and Social Justice Shaping the Future of Social Work

A growing workforce of professionals is redefining how communities tackle poverty, inequality, and mental health crises

Your Community Needs You with Matt Seefeld | Ep. 7 | Growthwell with Josh Byrd

Building a fulfilling career requires intentional choices about where you invest your energy and how you serve your community

Empowering Survivors: Sophia Strother-Lewis’s Journey from Abuse to Advocacy and Entrepreneurship

A trauma survivor transforms personal pain into a platform for helping others navigate healing and rebuilding their lives

Advancing Workforce Development and Health Equity: HIMS 2024 with Geoffrey Roche

Healthcare leaders are discovering that solving workforce shortages is essential to closing health equity gaps across vulnerable populations

Advancing Health Equity Through Digital Innovation: Insights from Dr. Bryan O. Buckley at HIMSS 2024

Healthcare leaders are leveraging digital tools and social needs screening to close equity gaps and deliver whole-person care

Create a Sustainable Nursing Industry Future Through Enhanced Culture and Community Initiatives

Healthcare facilities must address cultural and community gaps to retain nurses and combat a workforce shortage extending over a decade

Care Beyond Medicine: How Papa Combats Elderly Isolation by Connecting Seniors with ‘Pals’

A growing elderly population faces isolation that medicine alone cannot solve, spurring demand for human connection alongside healthcare

CHIME Fall Forum 2022: Celebrating 30 Years of Leadership, Innovation, and Unparalleled Community Engagement in the Healthcare IT Sector

Healthcare IT leaders gathered to reflect on three decades of industry transformation and the collaborative networks shaping tomorrow's innovation

Humanizing Healthcare (Part 2/3): Advancing Beyond the Walls

Healthcare transformation demands courageous leaders and individuals willing to challenge the status quo beyond traditional institutional boundaries

Beyond Healthcare, How Nurses Have Shaped Modern Society

Nursing's influence extends far beyond hospital walls to reshape policy, culture, and social movements across generations

Impacting the Stigma

Shame and fear keep millions from seeking addiction treatment, but changing public perception could unlock the path to recovery

Personal Connections

A director turned her family's addiction crisis into a mission to equip others with the support tools she wished she'd had

The Impact of Naloxone OTC

Removing barriers to a lifesaving medication could reshape how communities respond to overdoses nationwide