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Wellstar Health hero image cover slide on Wellstar Health System's Digital Care Network for rural hospital sustainability, outlining three main sections: case study snapshot and key outcomes, the multi hub model for rural interconnectivity, and scaling through responsible network stewardship.

Wellstar Health's Digital Care Network

Learn how Wellstar Health built a multi-hub telehealth network that keeps higher acuity patients in local rural hospitals, reversing the extractive cycle of traditional hub-and-spoke models and strengthening Georgia's rural care ecosystem.

Hero graphic for the Rural Health Innovation Case Study Compendium executive summary, featuring the title, a description of the compendium's focus on sustainable rural care models, two section headers ('Rural Health as a Proving Ground for the Future of Care Delivery' and '4 Key Challenges to Rural Health Sustainability'), a hub-and-spoke network illustration, and the Philips/Health Impact Alliance logo.

Rural Health Innovation Case Study Compendium

The case studies in this compendium demonstrate how health systems can harness strengths unique to the rural context to address 3 key challenges to rural health sustainability

Ballad Health hero image cover slide on Ballad Health's Appalachian Highlands Care Network for rural uninsured and underinsured patients, outlining three main sections: case study snapshot and key outcomes, the broker not build model for community partnership, and matching care intensity to patient complexity.

Ballad Health's Appalachian Highlands Care Network

Learn how Ballad Health's Appalachian Highlands Care Network manages uninsured patients as a value-based population, reducing uncompensated care through community health workers, navigators, and CBO partnerships across rural Appalachia.