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Virtual Community Member meeting being held June 12, 2026, at 10:00am Pacific / 1pm Eastern Time. If you did not receive the invite, please reach out to: members@ruralhealthcommunity.org
What is Rural Health Community?
With nearly one in five people in the U.S. living in rural areas, rural healthcare organizations need protection by providing access to advanced tools and resources and encouraging the adoption of new innovations.
The Rural Health Community exists to give rural health digital leaders a dedicated forum to connect, share solutions, and drive innovation in the communities they serve.
Insights gathered during member meetings will inform the community’s strategic priorities.
Rural Health Community was established to advocate for and be the recipients of policies, programs, and services specific to rural healthcare. We aim to foster collaboration between rural hospitals and global technology leaders and increase the use of innovative technologies that protect vulnerable rural healthcare organizations.
Objectives
Strengthen
Foster relationships and collaboration among rural health leaders and their teams.
Protect
Advocate for and provide access to cost-effective programs that protect vulnerable rural health facilities and communities.
Innovate
Identify and develop innovative programs and solutions to meet rural health clinical, operational and IT needs.
Join the Rural Health Community
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Community-Driven Priorities Tackling Challenges Together
Unique programs that meet the needs of rural facilities and communities are established based on the input of community members. The Rural Health Community will advocate as a voice to the private and public sectors to identify and support the key strategic technology needs of rural healthcare facilities.
Cybersecurity was identified as a vital focus area for the first program in conjunction with the White House, American Hospital Association, National Rural Health Association, and Microsoft Philanthropy announcing a new cybersecurity initiative to support independent Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Emergency Hospitals.
Membership and Meetings
The Rural Health Community is open to all rural healthcare organization leaders and those passionate about the role of technology in supporting health and service delivery in rural communities nationwide.
Member meetings are held regularly and conducted in-person and virtually.
Existing programs include:
Link to: Rural Healthcare Impact Plan
Rural Health Impact Plan
Provides access to STARLINK’s reliable, high-speed low-latency satellite internet connectivity.
Infrastructure Modernization Program
Provides infrastructure assessments to map current state to future state plans and access to deeply discounted infrastructure for making the purchase of the future state infrastructure a reality.
Link to: Microsoft’s Rural Health Resiliency Cyber Program
Microsoft’s Rural Health Resiliency Cyber Program
Provides access to free cybersecurity assessments, cybersecurity training and Microsoft security product discounts.
Also supported by Nordic
Link to: AI Launch Pad
AI Launch Pad
Provides a toolkit was built specifically for rural hospitals, rural health clinics, FQHCs and other low-resourced rural healthcare providers to enable AI Innovation, foster oversight and empower responsible adoption.
AI Innovation Program
Provides access to Microsoft GenAI solutions co-designed to promote rural hospital resiliency.
Supported by Microsoft
Link to: Cyber Risk Management Program
Cyber Risk Management Program
Provides an expedited annual HIPAA risk assessment to meet annual risk assessment requirements and a Third-Party Party Risk Management solution
Official Partners of Rural Health Community
Recognizing the organizations empowering rural health
