Reviewers -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An Integrated Approach to Improving Health and Health Care in Rural Communities -- 3 Quality Improvement Activities in Rural Areas -- 4 Human Resources -- 5 Finance -- 6 Rural Health Carein the Digital Age -- Appendixes -- A Biographies of Committee Members -- B Characteristics of Rural Populations -- C The Rural Health Care Delivery System.