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The decentralized academic health center: a 21st-century model for rural health innovation.
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Abstract
Rural communities in the United States face persistent gaps in health care access, workforce capacity, and outcomes despite substantial federal investment. Academic health centers (AHCs) are central to clinical care, research, and education, but remain largely urban-based and structurally misaligned with rural needs. We propose the Decentralized Academic Health Center (D-AHC), a distributed model that integrates academic institutions, rural providers, public health systems, and communities through shared governance, interoperable data infrastructure, and digital health tools. Unlike traditional hub-and-spoke systems, the D-AHC treats rural partners as co-equal participants in education, research, and care delivery. Using Wyoming as a case example, we outline 5 implementation domains: workforce development, research and data systems, clinical partnerships and digital health, community engagement and policy, and financial sustainability. We further describe provider and community readiness considerations and present a practical implementation roadmap. The D-AHC aligns with major federal initiatives, including HRSA rural investments and the 2025 Rural Health Transformation Program, offering a scalable framework for improving access, strengthening workforce pipelines, and enhancing system sustainability in rural and frontier regions.
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