#034: Building a Sustainable Future for Rural Health Departments

The Atrómitos Way

Local health departments need more resources, narrow funding streams, and outdated electronic health records systems, leading to a fixed scarcity mindset among local health directors. These issues are exacerbated post-pandemic, highlighting the need for regional collaboration, strategic planning, and innovative problem-solving. Through funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP), Tiffany Erichsen's work with local health departments has focused on workforce development and training, improving culture, and building networks of support among health leaders. By learning from other regions across North Carolina, she and her team have provided local leadership training and built communities of practice among rural health educators, emphasizing community building and collaboration.

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