Association of Health Care Journalists resumes in-person Rural Health Workshops; next one in Chattanooga July 14

The pandemic has kept the Association of Health Care Journalists from having its annual Rural Health Workshop, until now. One will be held July 14 in Chattanooga, Tenn., and registration is open and free.

ACHJ says journalists can get answers at the workshop to such important questions as, "What does it take to keep a rural hospital open in the state with the highest rural hospital closure rate in the country?" It says the health-care and policy experts and researchers at the workshop will include Stephanie Boynton, vice president and CEO of hospitals in North Carolina Hospital and Tennessee, who "will talk about how a hospital just days away from closing its doors found a path to survival and what that has meant to a community."

The program, which may be updated, will also include sessions on finding and interrogating data, judging the quality of programs that will receive opioid settlement funds from state and local governments, and what it takes to build the rural health care pipeline, among others.

To register, go here or call 423-756-5150. Use this link to book your hotel room. Watch AHCJ’s website and social media platforms for important program announcements and updates.