(Dec. 5, 2025) – With support from the Commonwealth Fund, the American Hospital Association is launching the Opportunities for Innovation in Rural Maternal Care project. This initiative will examine how rural hospitals leverage assets within their hospitals and communities to maintain, or even expand, access to care for pregnant women. The goal is to identify common elements of successful strategies and develop a range of options that other rural hospitals can adopt to preserve local maternal care now and in the future.
As AHA embarks on this work, it wants to hear from you. If your rural hospital has developed a strategy to sustain or expand maternal care, please reach out to their team using this form. Your experience can help create solutions that ensure every woman, no matter where she lives, has access to the safe, high-quality pregnancy care she and her baby deserve.
--Terry Siek