Name
Innovating Rural Health Delivery: Integrating Primary Care Transformation and Employer-Based Wellness
Description

Rural healthcare organizations are demonstrating how integrated, community‑driven models can overcome access barriers and improve population health beyond traditional care settings. This session highlights how rural health systems and partners are extending PCMH‑informed primary care, Community Health Workers, behavioral health, and mobile services into schools, worksites, and underserved communities across multiple counties. Speakers will share practical strategies for operationalizing population health workflows, engaging employers through structured wellness assessments and on‑site preventive services, and using CHWs to connect clinical care with social and workplace supports. Attendees will gain a replicable framework for leveraging partnerships, governance, and data‑informed outreach to advance equity, strengthen workforce health, and sustain rural innovation.

Marisol Penuelas