Activity ID
15051Expires
June 17, 2029Format Type
EnduringCME Credit
1.00Fee
$0CME Provider: Massachusetts Medical Society
Description of CME Course
Rural communities across the United States face growing challenges that threaten the health and well-being of their populations, including hospital closures, workforce shortages, limited access to specialty care, and economic instability. This lecture, recorded May 16, 2026, examines the structural, financial, and policy factors driving disparities in rural health outcomes and explore innovative approaches to strengthening rural health systems. Participants will learn how community-centered learning health systems, data-driven decision-making, care coordination, and value-based care models can improve quality, equity, and sustainability in rural health care delivery. The session also highlights evidence-based strategies to address rural health challenges, including telehealth expansion, workforce development initiatives, behavioral health integration, and rural-urban partnerships that support healthier communities and more resilient health systems.
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Commercial Support?
NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
Analyze the major structural, economic, and workforce factors contributing to worsening health outcomes and health care access disparities in rural America, including rural hospital closures, workforce shortages, and insurance instability.
Evaluate the principles of community-centered learning health systems and discuss how data integration, care coordination, and value-based models can improve quality, equity, and sustainability of rural health care delivery.
Identify evidence-based strategies and policy approaches to strengthen rural health systems, including telehealth expansion, workforce development, behavioral health integration, and innovative rural-urban partnerships to improve population health outcomes.
Competencies
Practice-based Learning & Improvement, Systems-based Practice
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Physician Executives, Physician Scientists, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
