Folsom, CA
Lake Natoma Inn
Join us for insights and networking with California’s top rural health leaders.
The CSRHA Annual Conference brings together healthcare leaders from rural clinics, hospitals, and rural health partners for a candid discussion about what rural health communities are doing to remain resilient and thrive in this challenging environment. Attendees will leave inspired and empowered to effect change.
The California State Rural Health Association’s (CSRHA) core mission is to improve the quality and length of life of rural Californians through advocacy, collaboration, and education.
About This Event
For the past 26 years, CRSHA has hosted a conferences to provide an environment for networking and dissemination of pertinent information among professionals and community members from California’s rural communities.
Each year, a statewide planning committee selects the theme and topics for the conference. The conference engages statewide participants and presenters who share an interest in rural health issues, building and strengthening partnerships and discussing projects/programs in a variety of general sessions and exhibits. Exhibitors, along with the presenters and participants, play an important role in this event. They demonstrate how their services or products can enhance an organization’s viability allowing them to make connections with rural populations.
A lineup to leave you inspired and empowered to effect change in the rural health communities.
8:30 am
Check-in
9:00 am
Opening Remarks
9:10 am
The Landscape of Rural Health
Brock Slabach - Chief Operations Officer, National Rural Health Association
10:00 am
Identify Innovative Solutions to Support Health and Well-Being of All Californians
Karol Swartzlander - Executive Director of CA Commission on Aging (CCoA)
10:50 am
BREAK
11:00 am
Findings of Rural Equity Landscape Analysis
Holly Laird - Office of Health Equity, California Department of Public Health
11:50 am
Taking Care of Our Staff: Maintaining Purpose and Impacting Quality
Kirsten Storne-Piazza, CRHCP - Clinic Administrator, Orchard Hospital, Gridley, CA
12:30 pm
Lunch and Exhibitor Networking
1:45 pm
AI and Rural Health
Nathan Sundheimer - Director, Digital Strategy, Healthcare, Wipfli LLP
2:35 pm
Healthy Rural California – Addressing Access to Care and Health Inequities in the Rural North
3:05 pm
BREAK
3:15 pm
Understanding Alzheimer's and Dementia
Ingrid Villeda - Program and Community Engagement Specialist, Alzheimer’s Association
3:55 pm
The California Statewide Area Health
JD Garza - Program Manager / Associate Director, California Health Education Health Center
4:45 pm
Reception
Sponsorship Opportunities
The Building Rural Communities Through Collaboration conference is the CSRHA’s annual offering for rural health care leaders and advocates.This conference is designed for health care leaders from rural hospitals, health care systems with a strong presence in rural communities, rural health clinics, and community health organizations. Participants include administrators, trustees, physician executives, nursing administrators, public health officials, and community leaders.
A variety of sponsorship opportunities are available to increase exposure. Sponsorship benefits include:
- Pre-and Post-conference attendee lists with email addresses
- Logo placement on promotional materials, conference website and mobile app
- Complimentary registrations
The Building Rural Communities Through Collaboration conference is the CSRHA’s annual offering for rural health care leaders and advocates.This conference is designed for health care leaders from rural hospitals, health care systems with a strong presence in rural communities, rural health clinics, and community health organizations. Participants include administrators, trustees, physician executives, nursing administrators, public health officials, and community leaders.
A variety of sponsorship opportunities are available to increase exposure. Sponsorship benefits include:
- Pre-and Post-conference attendee lists with email addresses
- Logo placement on promotional materials, conference website and mobile app
- Complimentary registrations
Hotel Information
The designated lodging for this conference is Lake Natoma Inn in Folsom, CA. Reservations can be made by clicking here or by calling the reservation team at (916) 351-1500.
CANCELLATION & REFUND POLICY
To receive a refund, requests must be submitted prior to Tuesday, October 1. No refunds will be offered for cancellations received on or after Tuesday, October 1. Substitutions of registrations in lieu of cancellation is encouraged.
COVID-19 POLICY
CSRHA strongly recommends all attendees are fully vaccinated against COVID prior to attending. The CDC has identified the following symptoms of a COVID-19 infection. If you have one or more of these symptoms in the days prior to or during the event, please do not participate.
If you are waiting for COVID-19 test results or have had close contact with a person who has tested positive for or who has COVID-19 symptoms, please stay home unless you receive a negative test result before the event. Also, please report to CSRHA if you test positive for COVID after the event such that you may have received and/or spread the virus at the event.
Please review the current safety measures in place within California. As the COVID-19 virus and its variants are highly contagious, event attendees acknowledge the risk of exposure, assume all such risk, and CSRHA shall not be held liable.