Hosted by Sanford Health, The Summit on the Future of Rural Healthcare brings together influential voices in healthcare, technology, academia, business and government to address the evolving landscape of rural health.
Through candid, solutions-driven dialogue, the Summit explores innovative approaches to care delivery, coverage, technology and collaboration that can improve outcomes and strengthen the future of healthcare in rural communities.
Information about future Summit programming and participation opportunities will be shared on this website when available.
With candid, solutions-driven dialogue among nationally recognized experts, the Summit explores some of the most important topics shaping the future of healthcare.
Rapid advances in AI and digital capabilities
Continued momentum in value-based care
Stronger provider-payer collaboration
Scalable strategies for care delivery
Integrated, data-driven, patient-centered care
ABOUT THE Summit
The Summit on the Future of Rural Healthcare serves as a national forum for healthcare leaders, innovators, policymakers and industry experts to explore ideas and partnerships that are redefining care delivery.
By bringing together diverse perspectives from across healthcare and beyond, the Summit fosters meaningful collaboration and advances solutions that improve access, outcomes and affordability for rural communities.
Summit IN THE NEWS
Explore media coverage, thought leadership and key discussions emerging from past Summit conversations.
The fourth annual Summit on the Future of Rural Health Care brought leaders from across the health care industry together in Sioux Falls, South Dakota…
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told attendees at the Summit on the Future of Rural Health Care on Tuesday…
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The United States’ head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Dr. Mehmet Oz, spoke at Sanford Health’s Summit…
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Oracle Health and Life Sciences Executive Vice President and General Manager Seema Verma said Tuesday…
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Dr. Mehmet Oz says the federal government’s new $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program isn’t meant to simply help hospitals pay their bills…
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Hospitals and health systems can’t rely on traditional strategies any longer…
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Members of the AHA Board of Trustees Oct.14 participated in a panel on the future of rural health care…
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AHA leaders today participated in Sanford Health’s fourth annual Summit on the Future of Rural Health Care…
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Sanford Health hosted The Summit on the Future of Rural Health Care…
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Nearly half of South Dakotans live in rural areas, but access to healthcare can be difficult depending on where you live…
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At the 2025 Sanford Rural Health Summit panelists and healthcare professionals had conversations about the future of rural healthcare…
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South Dakota will use federal dollars meant to improve rural health care to make changes that will be felt for generations…
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Dr. Bobby Mukkamala made a social media splash in 2018 by walking into a Michigan gun store and buying an AR-15 rifle and 90 bullets…
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Tuesday was Day 14 of the federal government shutdown, meaning hundreds of thousands of employees are not getting paid, and many still have to work…
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The use of artificial intelligence in the health care industry has the promise of being “transformative” if it’s used in the right ways…
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The key to improving rural health care in the Dakotas is more than telehealth, according to health and innovation experts…
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On an overcast day in Sioux Falls, some of the most influential voices from across the country came together…
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Rural health systems should be the champions of virtual care delivery…
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