RWHC News & Updates

(CBS News) Coronavirus hospitalizations are rising in 37 states, and rural hospitals are feeling the brunt of the fall surge. Upland Hills Health in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, has just three ICU beds total. Doctors say for the first time, they're unable to transfer patients to larger hospitals.

The nation’s pandemic hotspots have shifted to rural communities, overwhelming small hospitals that are running out of beds or lack the intensive care units for more than one or two seriously ill patients.

Wisconsin is facing a COVID-19 crisis, and we all need to work together to help get it under control. Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative (RWHC) is proud to be one of the more than 30 organizations that have joined in an effort aimed at combating the growing public health crisis in the Badger State. Today, the coalition launched a public service announcement featuring former Wisconsin Governor, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, and current University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson.

RWHC's Cella Hartline, Erin Smital and Jo Anne Preston, share resiliency tips and techniques.

(Wisconsin Watch) Rural hospitals across the U.S. struggled after routine care was suspended because of COVID-19; and now, the disease is surging in rural areas of Wisconsin

"The Power Question" Issue 120 - by Jo Anne Preston, Workforce & Organizational Development Sr Mgr

Life is filled with uncertainty, especially at times like this. While many things remain outside your control, it is comforting to know that the staff at The Richland Hospital is here to care in your time of need.

A Wisconsin ER Nurse Reflects On The Relentless Pandemic.

This issue includes: STOP the COVID Spread! , If All Do Their Part, We’ll Get Through This, How to Know to Trust a COVID-19 Vaccine?, Getting Beyond “Us vs Them”, Leadership Insights: “The Power Question”. Ways to Celebrate National Rural Health Day, UW Student 29th Annual $2500 Essay Contest Open Until June 1st, Eye On Health Cartoons

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