Gist Healthcare Podcast

The case for big bets in rural healthcare

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By J. Carlisle Larsen
18 min readSep 14, 2026
Strategy partnerships and innovation

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Rural healthcare providers face significant opportunities and difficult choices about the future. On The Gist Healthcare Podcast, Kenny O’Neill, managing director at Kaufman Hall, discusses how leaders can approach transformation amid mounting pressure.

Further reading: Rural health needs big, transformative bets, not small pilots (Vizient Insights).

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J Carlisle Larsen

J. Carlisle Larsen

Media Production Director

J. Carlisle Larsen (JC), is Media Production Director at Vizient. Her responsibilities include breaking down healthcare business and policy news.