Top leaders in rural health discuss what’s ahead in free webinar Other News & Updates 12/17/2020 7:48:00 AM "Rural healthcare: Lessons from 2020 and how to prepare for 2021": A free 60-min video panel discussion w/ Q & A session on Tues., January 19, 2021 at 1:00 (CST). Join us for an exclusive discussion with top association executives about the current and future state of rural healthcare. Read More
2020 Rural Health Ambassador Award Winners Announced Other News & Updates 12/16/2020 10:39:00 AM The Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative (RWHC) has established the Rural Health Ambassador Award to recognize employees at member hospitals who have gone above the call of duty in promoting their respective organizations, and made significant contributions to rural health care in general. Read More
Supporting Employee and Patient Families with Child Care Assistance Other News & Updates 11/23/2020 2:26:00 PM Childcare has emerged as a top priority in all three of Wisconsin Partners’ regional groups. We’ve seen how childcare has been a challenge for parents, grandparents, providers, and employers, thereby affecting the community at large. And, even though a state child care subsidy program exists, less than 10% of income-eligible families use it. Read More
Celebrating National Rural Health Day Other News & Updates 11/9/2020 9:42:00 AM A Commentary by Tim Size, RWHC Executive Director Read More
Bounce Back (Video) Other News & Updates, COVID-19 10/19/2020 9:22:00 AM RWHC's Cella Hartline, Erin Smital and Jo Anne Preston, share resiliency tips and techniques. Read More
Outbreak Wisconsin: 'This is Slowly Grinding Us Into Dirt' Other News & Updates 10/14/2020 10:01:00 AM A Wisconsin ER Nurse Reflects On The Relentless Pandemic. Read More
WCRGME Rural Healthcare Video Other News & Updates 10/12/2020 12:24:00 PM Check out WCRGME’s Rural Healthcare video that was shared with medical students during their Off the Beaten Path event on September 25th in place of the in-person facility tour that would normally occur Read More
29th Annual $2,500 Hermes Monato Rural Health Essay Competition Other News & Updates 10/8/2020 10:07:00 AM Read More
28th Annual $2,500 Rural Health Prize Awarded Other News & Updates 9/8/2020 8:37:00 AM RWHC’s 28th Annual $2,500 Monato Rural Health Essay Prize has been awarded to Brooke Resch, a recent graduate of the Wisconsin Academy of Rural Medicine for her essay, “Grandpa Needs Help.” Read More
Webinar: Advancing Rural Health: Nursing Education, Policy, and Practice Other News & Updates 6/22/2020 6:54:00 AM (60 min) - NRHA Annual Conference June 17, 2020 Read More
Rural Wisconsin hospitals already operated at narrow or negative margins. Will they survive the pandemic? Other News & Updates 5/1/2020 1:05:00 PM (WSAW-TV) Rural Wisconsin hospitals have largely been spared the nationwide closures that have plagued some states around the country in the past decade. But six weeks into a postponement of elective procedures that’s left them without half or more of their revenue streams, federal funding has so far covered barely a third of those losses and experts fear for their future. Read More