The struggles of Alabama\u2019s rural hospitals are not a new problem but there are new factors – some that could hurt their efforts to survive and some that could help.<\/p>\n
AL.com recently talked with Danne Howard, president and CEO of the Alabama Hospital Association about those developments.<\/p>\n
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