Jeremy Davis spoke about rural health care
College of Public Health alum Jeremy Davis ’08 MHA testified about rural health care in front of the United States Senate Finance Committee earlier this month.
Davis is the president and chief executive officer of Grande Ronde Hospital, a 25-bed hospital in rural eastern Oregon. Because the nearest hospitals are an hour's drive away, Davis said his hospital plays a vital role in their community and region, ensuring local access to quality health care.
"Rural hospital administrators like me have an interconnected list of worries that keep us up at night, including workforce safety and shortages, financial stability and — more recently — worries about cybersecurity,” he said. “The next emergency, whether natural, public health or man-made is always just around the corner.”
Davis also spoke about challenges for rural providers including patient access to transportation, housing insecurity and government health care reimbursement.
