Rural Hospital Gold Partner

Microsoft is committed to strengthening rural health innovation, resiliency, and efficiency by helping rural hospitals with practical AI, cybersecurity, cloud, and training resources.

Through the Microsoft Rural Health Resiliency Program, rural hospitals can access resources designed to foster AI adoption, bolster cybersecurity protection, and provide affordable access to Microsoft solutions and technologies.

The program supports rural hospitals with:

  1. AI adoption and innovation: Access AI learning resources for rural and community health teams, deploy the Rural Health AI Innovation Lab’s Claims Denial Navigator, and take advantage of offers such as Dragon Copilot for eligible independent rural hospitals.
  2. Cybersecurity resiliency: Get a free cybersecurity assessment, curated cybersecurity awareness training for frontline staff, foundational cybersecurity learning for IT teams, and resources to protect patient care and sensitive data.
  3. Affordable solutions and modernization: Explore Microsoft nonprofit pricing where eligible, and a free Cloud & AI Readiness Assessment to help plan a secure, cost-effective modernization path.

Who qualifies:

All hospitals considered “rural” by CMS qualify (see dataset here), as well as independent Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Emergency Hospitals, and Rural Community Hospitals. Other healthcare organizations may be eligible for Microsoft nonprofit pricing outside this program.

 What Microsoft customers say:

“Greenwood Leflore Hospital is constantly fending off cyber threats, both internally and externally. This is becoming increasingly difficult… this program allows us to augment our I.T. staff with software and hardware, thus greatly minimizing our attack surface.” — Note to Representative Thompson from Greenwood Leflore Hospital, Greenwood, Mississippi

Services and resources available:

– Free cybersecurity assessment and training resources

– Cloud & AI readiness assessment

– Dragon Copilot offer for eligible rural hospitals (60% off MSRP)

– Free Claims Denial Navigator AI tool

– AI learning path for rural and community health

– Microsoft nonprofit pricing for eligible organizations

Contact

Laura Kreofsky, National Director, Rural Health Resiliency, Microsoft Elevate

Email: lkreofsky@microsoft.com