Sponsored by the North Carolina Hospital Association, the South Carolina Hospital Association and The Duke Endowment, this annual conference focuses on current issues unique to small and rural health care executives. It is designed for hospital, health system, association and governmental employees and hospital and health system trustees.

Event Materials

Agenda and seminar brochure(pdf)

View recording of the keynote address - Dr. Maria Susan Kobylinski, Geisinger Health System.

Wednesday, November 9

• Preconference Session: Critical Access Hospitals – Current and Future Opportunities (pdf), S.C. Office of Rural Health, N.C. Center for Rural Health Innovation and Performance, N.C. Hospital Association, N.C. Office of Rural Health and Community Care

• Keynote Address by Dr. Maria Susan Kobylinski – Medical Homes and Care Transitions: Lessons for Rural Providers from the Geisinger Health System (pdf)

• Improving Care Transitions and Decreasing Readmissions through Public and Private Partnerships (pdf), Community Care of North Carolina, Carol Woods Retirement Community and Chatham Hospital

• Triple Aim in Western North Carolina: The Long View (pdf), WNC Health Network and Georgetown Hospital System

Thursday, November 10

• Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (pdf), Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Rural Health Policy

• Partnerships For Patients: The Carolinas Perspective (pdf), South Carolina Hospital Association

• Washington Report (pdf), American Hospital Association