{"id":55771,"date":"2025-07-11T03:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T03:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/55771\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T03:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T03:10:09","slug":"sanford-health-to-convene-4th-annual-rural-health-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/55771\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanford Health to convene 4th annual rural health summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the fourth consecutive year, Sanford Health will convene some of the leading and most influential voices in health care, technology and business for a day of thought-provoking conversations focused on transformation in rural health care delivery. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cAdvancing access, quality and sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fourth annual <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfordruralhealthsummit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Summit on the Future of Rural Health Care<\/a> will take place Oct. 14\u00a0at the Sanford Barn in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It will also be livestreamed for journalists and the public to join.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sanfordhealth.org\/author\/bill-gassen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Gassen<\/a>, president and CEO of Sanford Health, will moderate a fireside chat with Rick Pollack, president and CEO at the American Hospital Association. He will also sit down with other health system CEOs including Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., president and CEO, Dartmouth Health; Andrea Walsh, president and CEO, HealthPartners; and Erik Wexler, president and CEO, Providence, for a panel discussion moderated by Alexis Kayser, health care editor at Newsweek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has never been a more important time to bring together a group of dynamic leaders across the health care ecosystem for meaningful conversations about how we can accelerate the future of health care for patients, senior care residents, health plan members and communities,\u201d said Gassen. \u201cWe look forward to a day of bold ideas, collaboration and impact as we reimagine what\u2019s possible in rural care delivery \u2013 together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Confirmed speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Emily Barey, R.N., chief nurse evangelist, Epic<\/li>\n<li>Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., CEO and president, Dartmouth Health<\/li>\n<li>Tony Hernandez, interim president, Presbyterian Health Plan<\/li>\n<li>Alexis Kayser, health care editor, Newsweek<\/li>\n<li>Amy McDonough, managing director, Strategic Health Solutions, Google<\/li>\n<li>Ateev Mehrotra, M.D., MPH, chair, Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University, School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Bobby Mukkamala, M.D., president, American Medical Association<\/li>\n<li>Rick Pollack, MPA, president and CEO, American Hospital Association<\/li>\n<li>Mario Schlosser, co-founder and chief technology officer, Oscar Health<\/li>\n<li>Molly Smith, group vice president, public policy, American Hospital Association<\/li>\n<li>Seema Verma, MPH, executive vice president and general manager, Oracle Health and Life Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Andrea Walsh, JD, president and CEO, HealthPartners<\/li>\n<li>Erik Wexler, MBA, president and CEO, Providence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional details about this year\u2019s program and newly confirmed speakers can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfordruralhealthsummit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sanfordruralhealthsummit.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s event brought together health system CEOs, industry experts and prominent tech leaders for candid, wide-ranging conversations focused on pioneering innovation in a shifting landscape. Nearly 200 guests attended the Summit in Sioux Falls and more than 5,000 streamed the event online.<\/p>\n<p>Media and members of the public can register to view the livestream of the event at <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfordruralhealthsummit.org\/register-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sanfordruralhealthsummit.org\/register-now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more<\/p>\n<p class=\"blog-ending\">\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"blog-cat-single\">Posted In<br \/>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sanfordhealth.org\/category\/company\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Company News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sanfordhealth.org\/category\/health-care-leadership\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leadership in Health Care<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sanfordhealth.org\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sanfordhealth.org\/category\/rural-health\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rural Health<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sanfordhealth.org\/category\/location\/sioux-falls\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sioux Falls<\/a>                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the fourth consecutive year, Sanford Health will convene some of the leading and most influential voices in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":55772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[41004,210,1141,1142,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-55771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-care","8":"tag-bill-gassen","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-health-care","11":"tag-healthcare","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114832410263055239","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}