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Finances complicate rural hospitals' digital modernization efforts
While small hospitals' leaders are ready to upgrade their technology, Shawn Weldin, 2025 HIMSS Changemaker Award recipient and IT director at Sabetha Community Hospital, says concerns about reimbursement and costs of new tools pose a challenge.
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      While small hospitals' leaders are ready to upgrade their technology, Shawn Weldin, 2025 HIMSS Changemaker Award recipient and IT director at Sabetha Community Hospital, says concerns about reimbursement and costs of new tools pose a challenge.

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