What's New

The May Issue of RWHC Eye On Health is now available and Includes:

• Getting Real About Rural Resilience 
• Multi-Sector Partnerships that Heal
• 2019 Wipfli-RWHC Cost Champions Awards
• Join the Champions of Health Campaign
• Partners Growing Rural GME in WI
• Leadership Insights: “The Staff of Leadership”
• Upcoming RWHC Leadership Programs
• 27th Annual Monato Rural Essay Prize Submissions Due June 1st
• Help Development the Next Generation of Rural Leaders
• Eye On Health Cartoons

Thanks for your ongoing support for rural health!

Issue 104, "Summarize", by Jo Anne Preston, Workforce & Organizational Development Sr. Mgr., is available online:

Issue 103, "Transparency", by Jo Anne Preston, Workforce & Organizational Development Sr. Mgr., is available online:

Issue 102, "Work/Life: How We Balance", by Jo Anne Preston, Workforce & Organizational Development Sr. Mgr., is available online:

Introducing HEAL

RWHC is committed to partnering for opportunities to reduce burnout in healthcare providers and leaders. One great program that addresses this is the HEAL - Healthy Embodied Agile Leadership program. The goal of the HEAL program is to provide a pathway for healthcare practitioners/leaders to sustainably thrive and be a force for positive change in their patients, practices and systems. 

Click Here for the 2019 schedule and signup links.

RWHC is committed to partnering for opportunities to reduce burnout in healthcare providers and leaders. One great program that addresses this is the HEAL - Healthy Embodied Agile Leadership program. The goal of the HEAL program is to provide a pathway for healthcare practitioners/leaders to sustainably thrive and be a force for positive change in their patients, practices and systems. This opportunity for physicians, clinicians, C-Suite-any health care leader-focuses on resiliency in these times of chaotic change. In this CME approved program, participants will learn to:

• ·   Shift from coping to transforming, reframing problems into opportunities
• ·   Learn practices for building resilience
• ·   Build energy agility among 4 patterns in the nervous system
• ·   Learn how to use oneself as an instrument for positive change

HEAL has achieved exceptional results with participating physicians and healthcare leaders. Join for one of the 2019 events!

A Very Partial List of Rural Health Innovations in Wisconsin–" 'The Challenge is Not so Much New Models But Further Expanding a Culture of Innovation.' This brief compendium of 32 rural innovations was collected from Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative (RWHC) Members and Staff for a Rural Policy Research Institute Health Panel meeting, supported by the Helmsley Foundation, for a conversation about innovations occurring in rural health practice, delivery system design and payment models on December 6 and 7 in Washington, DC."  Tim Size, RWHC Executive Director 

“Rural Health in Wisconsin: Workforce Challenges and Bright Spots," a PPT by Tim Size, RWHC Executive Director for the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Ground Rounds, 11/14/18.

UW-Madison Seeks Associate Dean for Public Health and Community Engagement

Please share this opportunity with any and all who you believe share a commitment re academic community engagement.

The UW School of Medicine and Public in Madison is seeking candidates for the newly configured position of Associate Dean for Public Health and Community Engagement.