Friday, January 11, 2019

Register for free Jan. 22 webinar on rural hospital closures

The Center for Health Journalism at the University of Southern California Annenberg will host a free webinar on to discuss why so many rural hospitals are closing and what the trend means for communities' health and overall wellbeing.

The 1-hour webinar will begin at 1 p.m. ET on Jan. 22. and will last about an hour. Two panelists will lead the discussion: Dr. Katy Kozhimannil and Betsy McKay. Kozhimannil is the director of research at the Rural Health Research Center at the University of Minnesota, and her research focuses on how health policy can improve health care delivery, quality and outcomes during critical times. McKay is a senior writer for The Wall Street Journal and writes about U.S. and global public health.

Click here for more information about the webinar or to register.

Funding for the webinar was provided by The Commonwealth Fund and the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation.

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