RWHC News & Updates

This issue includes: Fighting COVID with Arm Tied Behind Back, RWHC Briefs White House on Rural Health, “Don’t wait. Vaccinate.” PSA, A Rural Hospital Partners for Childcare, “Five Keys to Rural Resilience”, RWHC Celebrates Rural Health Ambassadors, Leadership Insights: “Compassion”, UW Students Can Apply for 30th Annual $2,500 Monona Essay Prize, RWHC National Leadership Residency Program, Upcoming RWHC Leadership Programs, Eye on Health Cartoons

Please help us publicize the 30th Annual $2,500 Hermes Monato Rural Health Essay Competition.

(Video) The ad features, Pete, a former long-time high school football coach and Pete's doctor, Dr. Heyka, of Bellin Health. Both are from Oconto, Wisconsin. “Don’t wait. Vaccinate." was produced by Platform Communications and will run for four weeks on TV and radio, statewide in Wisconsin, thanks to the support of a generous grant from the CDC Foundation.

SSM Health filmmakers, including a former NBC News producer, visited hospitals, homes and a PPE supply center across Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Missouri to capture stories of the pandemic as they unfolded in the lives of patients and front-line hospital caregivers and staff. The result gives Behind the Mask, an emotional look at a historic event in ways largely unseen by the public.

John Painter felt so strongly about his decision to get vaccinated that he wanted to share his experience with more people. The resulting video is just what’s needed to communicate effectively and respectfully, says a communications professional.

This issue includes: COVID Will End as a Whimper, Not a Bang, Dialing Back Covid Anger/Denial, It Must be Summer, 2021 Q&B/RWHC Community Engagement Awards Announced, UW Students Can Apply for 30th Annual $2,500 Monona Essay Prize, Register: RWHC National Leadership Residency Program, Register: WI Center Nursing Conference: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Leadership Insights: “Follow Up”, "Lead The Way In Five Minutes A Day", Upcoming RWHC Leadership Programs, Eye on Health Cartoons

In year six of this successful program in Wisconsin, we are expanding nationally to engage new healthcare leaders in this one-year track of monthly education and skill development sessions. We cover a wide array of topics to ensure success for those newly promoted.

Wisconsin Doctors and Nurses Share Personal Vaccination Reflections in DHS Campaign

Stop the COVID Spread! (WHA Poster Download)

(Issue 129) “I’m so proud of you.” This is easy to say to someone else when they have reached a goal, accomplished something they set out to do, or overcome a difficult challenge. That is why I’m going to be proud of you at the end of this article if you can say to yourself, “I’m proud of myself.” How do you lead with a sense of pride, and why does it matter that you do?

(Video link from WHA) Wisconsin hospitals cared for their communities during the pandemic.

This issue includes: Rural Economy Needs Vaccination, GOP Governors Face Vaccine Hesitancy, Losing Pandemic Telehealth Gains?, Who Does 911 Call for 911?, Leadership Insights: “Pride”, Upcoming RWHC Leadership Programs, National Rural Health Association – Rural Advocate, Support RWHC Healthy Wisconsin (RWHC’s New Foundation), 2020-21 RWHC in Review, Eye on Health Cartoons

RWHC Executive Director Tim Size discusses rural health and the role of the cooperative during the latest edition of Tomah Health HealthCheck 360.

(Issue 128) Wisconsin rural hospital CEO and CFO rock stars inspired possibility thinking with a group of emerging leaders recently, demonstrating that striving for the C-suite might not be an unreachable-or undesirable-goal after all. We may sense “distance” between ourselves and those at higher levels of position or success, but we’re all just people under our name tags. These senior leaders shared their extraordinarily human leadership journeys and the habits that keep their head above turbulent waters, openly offering actionable advice to encourage new leaders to keep growing. Which one do you need to hear?