Community and Rural Hospital Resource Center

Success Stories
North Texas Medical Center switched from a mobile to fixed MRI and improved services, quality care, and revenue.
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Find out how St. Alexius Hospital in suburban Chicago met the challenge of competing with regional hospitals by providing advanced technologies such as the Symbia® S SPECT imager.
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FREE:Download the CT Image Book
Siemens can help you improve your ability to diagnose disease faster, while providing maximum patient comfort for the people in your community.
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State Rural Health Organizations

State Hospital Organizations

Other Rural Health Resources

Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Maine Rural Health Research Center
New England Rural Health RoundTable
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis
Richard G. Lugar Center for Rural Health
Rural Assistance Center
Rural Health Research Gateway
Rural Health Resource Center
Rural Policy Research Institute
Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
US Dept of Agriculture, National Agriculture Library, Rural Health Topics
WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center

Additional Resources

National Rural Healthcare Association
American Hospital Association: Small or Rural Hospitals

Spotlight
The winner of the Siemens “Win an MRI” contest and new MAGNETOM ESSENZA is Lockport Memorial Hospital in Lockport, NY!
Every second counts in healthcare. And Lockport is the recipient of a brand new MRI, and once installed, the MAGNETOM ESSENZA will be available for diagnostic imaging 24-hours a day, greatly increasing patient access to MRI and improving overall quality of patient care. Lockport Memorial Hospital won the MRI – worth approximately $800,000 – through a first-of-its-kind online video competition.

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Live broadcast announcement[29.71 MB]
Winning video submission[30.72 MB]
Video entry montage[8.85 MB]

Case Studies and Best Practice Information

Whitepaper: Pre-owned Equipment Strategies — What You Should Know about OEM Refurbished & Third-Party Used
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Free Report: Top 100 Fastest Growing Rural Counties in the U.S. By identifying trends in terms of population, community hospitals can better plan to meet the future healthcare needs of their communities.
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Bring MRI to your Rural or Community Hospital
Learn the steps and strategies to evaluate and bring today's fastest growing imaging technology, MRI, to your hospital.
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Webcasts and Videos

Jane Ann Bridges
CFO of Nacogdoches
- Siemens Shares our Passion

Competitive Advantages of Hybrid Imaging
Crouse Hospital shares how it has increased nuclear scanning volume and succeeded in its market using Siemens' Symbia TruePoint SPECT·CT system.
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Latest Trends in Financing for Rural and Community Hospitals
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