The Most Important Decision That Could Save a Rural Hospital By Patrick Quinlan, MD If you were leading a rural hospital today and could make just one strategic investment, what would it be? A new building? Additional staff? New diagnostic equipment? Another enterprise software platform? Each has its place. But if the goal is to […]
You Can’t Recruit Your Way Out of Rural Healthcare’s Biggest Problem by Patrick Quinlan, MD Rural healthcare has a workforce problem. At least that’s the diagnosis. The prescription has remained largely unchanged for decades: recruit more doctors, recruit more nurses, recruit more specialists. Offer signing bonuses. Increase salaries. Expand residency programs. Hire locums. Hope for […]
How to Save Rural Hospitals Now, Not Next Year by Patrick Quinlan, MD Rural healthcare is facing a crisis. Hospitals are closing. Providers are burning out. Patients are traveling hours for care that should be available close to home. Fortunately, help is on the way. Unfortunately, it may arrive years too late. Across the country, […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hippo Technologies, Inc. Launches Virtual Care Program with West Feliciana Hospital to Expand Access and Reduce Emergency Department Burden in Rural Louisiana St. Francisville, La – May 1, 2026 – Hippo Technologies, Inc., developers of Hippo Virtual Care™, a next-generation telemedicine platform enabling real-time clinical collaboration, today announced the launch of a groundbreaking […]
Why Health Tech Fails Without Behavior Change – and What Actually Works Healthcare isn’t short on technology. The real constraint is how it gets used in practice. That might sound surprising in a field overflowing with innovation. But across more than 50 Hippo pilot programs spanning health systems, post-acute providers, and rural care, one pattern […]
Why Rural Health Transformation Requires More Than Traditional Telehealth Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) funding represents a veritable opportunity to rethink how rural care is delivered. But if funding is deployed toward traditional models like episodic telehealth, then risks exist in sustaining the limitations of these models instead of transforming care. Telehealth surged during the […]
How Are You Going to Spend Your $1B in Rural Hospital Funding? By Patrick Quinlan, MD Washington has unlocked $50 billion for rural hospital relief (approximately $1B per state, thanks to The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS Rural Health Transformation Program). That sounds like a massive breakthrough. But let’s be honest: if we spend […]
Real Remote Care Solutions for Rural Maternal Health A new report by the CHQPR shows that fewer than 41% of US Rural hospitals still provide Maternal Health services, down 5% since 2020. An additional 13% are in danger of closure (127 rural hospital maternal health units). For rural mothers, this means no local maternal healthcare […]
How Coactive Care Could Radically Improve Healthcare Delivery Coactive Care allows certified caregivers to provide patient care under the direct guidance of remote clinicians (physician, PA, nurse, etc.) This new care delivery model improves access, cost, productivity and satisfaction by providing care at home to improve wellness for the 10% of patients who generate 70% […]
Transforming Healthcare in Kenya: How Dr. Dennis Kinoti and Hippo Virtual Care Are Reaching the Unreachable In the heart of Kibera, one of Africa’s largest informal settlements, Dr. Dennis Kinoti is leading a quiet revolution. Armed with a wearable headset and a commitment to bring specialist care to underserved communities, Dr. Kinoti is redefining what […]
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