title: The rural case for quality (and why it matters).
abstract: Rural hospitals cannot exempt themselves from expanding mandates to report on quality, but they can create and report on best practices from which larger systems can learn.
authors.forename: Laurie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D017751:Safety Management; D014481:United States