New rural health funding is making its way to Emmett, where local health care leaders say the investment will help replace aging equipment, improve technology, and support access to care close to home.
The funding comes through Idaho’s Rural Health Transformation Program. Statewide, 18 of Idaho’s 26 critical access hospitals received funding through the program, including Valor Health.
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“Our main principles at Valor are providing exceptional care locally. That’s really what drives us. And so I think that people will see with this investment just more focus on delivering that high-quality care and making the care available here locally as much as possible,” said Valor Health CEO Brad Turpen…