Rural hospitals are under siege from COVID-19. Here's what doctors are facing, in their own words.
It’s difficult to put into words how hard COVID-19 is hitting rural America’s hospitals.
Lauren Hughes
State Policy Director, Farley Health Policy Center; Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Lauren Hughes, MD, MPH, MSc, is a practicing family physician, associate professor of family medicine, and the state policy director of the Farley Health Policy Center at the University of Colorado, where she leads initiatives to translate data for policymakers to inform the design and implementation of evidence-based health policy. She serves on the Boards of Directors of the American Board of Family Medicine and the Rural Health Redesign Center Organization, is an alumna of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, formerly led the American Medical Student Association as its national president, and worked on Capitol Hill for Iowa Senator Tom Harkin.
