Newsletter Archive
Weekly intelligence for rural health leaders, AI Policy, clinical deployments, and practical tools for CAHs and FQHCs.
Subscribe HereAI Scribe Oversight Is Shrinking as Rural Adoption Accelerates: RHTP Funds, OpenEvidence, and What CAH Leaders Need Now
This week's briefing covers the shrinking window for AI scribe oversight, RHTP funding updates, OpenEvidence's latest developments, and what CAH leaders need to know now.
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May 8, 2026
Rural AI Adoption Gap: Ambient Scribe Study, NRHA Partnerships, and AHA's $12M Initiative
This week's briefing covers the growing gap in rural AI adoption, new ambient scribe study results, NRHA's latest partnerships, and the AHA's $12M initiative to accelerate AI deployment in underserved health systems.
Read issue Issue 09May 1, 2026
NRHA Partners with Viz.ai, KFF Tracks $50B RHTP Vendor Capture, FDA Launches Real-Time Clinical Trials
This week's briefing covers who is actually receiving the AI dollars flowing into rural America, the NRHA-Viz.ai partnership, KFF's analysis of large-vendor capture of RHTP funds, the rural data center buildout, and the FDA's real-time clinical trial launch.
Read issue Issue 08April 25, 2026
UnitedHealthcare Eliminates Prior Auth for All Critical Access Hospitals, Idaho Launches RHTP Oversight, and the Rural AI Adoption Gap in Numbers
This week's briefing covers the biggest payer-side announcement in rural health in years, Idaho's first RHTP oversight meeting, new data on the rural AI adoption gap, and documented results from a Pennsylvania FQHC's AI tool stack.
Read issue Issue 07April 17, 2026
Google and J&J Commit $10M to Rural AI Training, Ambient Scribes Show Real Results, FY2027 Budget Threatens Rural Programs
This week's briefing covers the biggest rural health AI investment of 2026, new JAMA-backed evidence on ambient documentation, and the policy contradiction embedded in the FY2027 budget proposal.
Read issue Issue 06April 10, 2026
AHA Publishes Rural AI Governance Guide, Public Trust in Healthcare AI Drops, Mississippi Deploys $206M
This week's deep dive on rural health AI policy, the latest governance guidance from the AHA, and Mississippi's largest-ever AI investment.
Read issue Issue 05April 3, 2026
$50B RHTP Meets Its September Deadline, Mississippi's AI Workforce Strategy, Tyler Wallace at Microsoft
Tracking the $50B Rural Health Transformation Program and a conversation with Microsoft's Tyler Wallace, Ph.D.
Read issue Issue 04March 27, 2026
Washington Post on RFK Jr. and Oz's Rural AI Plan, 200 State AI Bills Filed, Amazon Launches Healthcare AI
National coverage of the rural AI plan, a surge of state legislation, and Amazon's move into healthcare AI.
Read issue Issue 03March 20, 2026
BPC Breaks Down State RHTP Tech Plans, Healthcare Brew on Where the $50B Is Going
A clear-eyed look at how states are translating federal rural health tech dollars into real plans.
Read issue Issue 02March 13, 2026
HIMSS26 Takeaways, Oz Pushes Agentic AI, Rural Hospitals Take the Stage
Highlights from HIMSS26 and the growing momentum behind agentic AI in rural care settings.
Read issue Issue 01March 6, 2026
ECRI Flags AI Misdiagnoses as #1 Safety Concern, Sanford Health CMO on Agentic AI
ECRI's top safety finding this year plus a CMO's perspective on deploying agentic AI responsibly.
Read issue Issue 00February 27, 2026
AHA Responds to HHS on AI Rules, Eko Health Deploys AI in Rural Mississippi
The inaugural issue: AHA's response to HHS proposed AI rules and Eko Health's Mississippi deployment.
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