Articles
Leadership Dialogue, Rural issues, Rural Workforce, Medicare, Medicaid
Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Importance of Advocacy and Storytelling in Rural Health with Lori Wightman, R.N., CEO of Bothwell Regional Health Center
In this Leadership Dialogue, I’m joined by Lori Wightman, R.N., CEO of Bothwell Regional Health Center, in Sedalia, Mo. Lori and I discuss working in a “family atmosphere” unique to a rural hospital and navigating the same pressures that face urban hospitals.
Rural issues
Chair File: Rural Health — Caring for Our Neighbors
Leading a rural hospital can feel like you are battling alone, but together with a unified voice we can advocate for what our rural patients need.
Leadership Dialogue, Quality & Patient Safety, Patient care and Information, Patient and Family Education/Engagement
Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Advancing Health and Building Trust with Lynn Hanessian and Robert Trestman, M.D.
In this Leadership Dialogue, Lynn Hanessian, former chief health strategist for Edelman, which recently released its 2025 Trust Barometer, and AHA Board Member Robert Trestman, M.D., chair of psychiatry and behavioral medicine at Carilion Clinic., join Tina Becker Freese to discuss the importance of trust and how it has evolved in recent years.
Community Partnerships, Advancing Health in America, Strategic Planning
Chair File: Building Trust in Today’s Environment
Trust — in one another, our hospitals and health systems, our communities and our government — feels more important than ever.
Advocacy & Public Policy, Leadership Dialogue
Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Tackling Today’s Health Care Challenges with AHA Leaders Stacey Hughes and Ashley Thompson
There is so much for health care leaders to navigate when it comes to public policy and government relations. Thankfully, the AHA has an expert team with extensive experience who are advocating for the field and here to listen and help.