The application period for the 2024 Rural Hospital Leadership Team Award is open. The Award, from the AHA Rural Health Services honors the leadership team who have guided their hospital and community through transformational change on the road to health care innovation. The team will have displayed outstanding leadership and responsiveness to the community’s health needs and demonstrated a collaborative community process that has led to measurable outcomes.

The team, as represented by its president, CEO or administrator, will receive a stipend for 2024 of $2,000 to defray a team representative’s expenses to attend the AHA Rural Leadership Conference Feb. 23 – 26, 2025, in San Antonio, TX. The AHA will work with the honoree and finalists to provide national recognition of their achievements through media releases and announcements and feature stories in our national media channels.

Applications are due Aug. 31, 2024, via email to ruralaward@aha.org. Award recipient and finalists will be notified in November.