2001 Monthly Newsletters
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RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, December, 2001 (as a pdf file )
Medicare Reform Inevitable, Its Shape Isn’t
Rural Take Needed On Medicare Reform
Rural Medicare Payment Fixes Decimal Dust
Blood Just Business To Red Cross
Lessons From For-Profit Networks
Safer Health Care Starts With Common Sense
RWHC Quality Program Available Nationally
HIPAA Collaborative Of Wisconsin
Eye On Health Cartoon
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, November, 2001 (as a pdf file )
Quality Data Needed About Quality Of Care
Wisconsin Rated High For Quality Of Care
Will Insurers Block Small Business Proposal?
Midwest, Medicare & HMOs
Michael Decker Wins ACHE-WI Honors
RWHC Virtual Network
Eye On Health Cartoon
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, October, 2001 (as a pdf file )
Not Rural To Urban But Rural-Urban To Fringe
Secretary Thompson True To His Rural Roots
More Health Insurance Hikes Predicted
Wisconsin Needs To Plan Its Future Workforce
The Role Of Quality Report Cards?
Eye On Health Cartoon
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, September, 2001 (as a pdf file )
Medicare Future Hung Up On Political Fence
Losing The Ethic Of Caring For Your Neighbor?
Changing Health Plan, Physician Relationships
So, Why Choose To Be A Rural Doctor?
Public Thanks, Whether Fred Wants It Or Not
The Job Of Leadership: Inspire Commitment
Critical Access Hospital Map For Wisconsin
At Least Some Tobacco $ Fights Tobacco Use
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, August, 2001 (as a pdf file )
What Is Needed Next For Medicare?
Thompson Brings Science To Patient Safety
Errors-Why We Don’t Act & How We Can?
Regional Consortium Makes A Difference
Wisconsin Ready To Move On Dental Crisis
"Rural" In The UW Plan; Action To Follow?
Beginning To Regret What We Wished For?
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, June, 2001 (as a pdf file )
We Must Stand For Rural Reality, Not Myths
Raising The Bar For Provider
Success Demands Touch And High Tech
Warm Hearts Build Healthy Bodies
Lessons From The For-Profit Networks
RWHC Hospital 1st As Exemplary Employer
Student’s "Life In the Box" Awarded $1,000
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, May, 2001(as a pdf file )
RWHC Nursing Excellence Award Winners
REACH For Rural America
Medicare Redesign: Ask The Rural Questions
Small Businesses Expect State Insurance Fix
Backlash Or Accessing Needed Labor?
Rural Counties Need Proactive Med. Schools
Our Great Failure—Rural Dental Health
Nonprofits Are Fundamental To Who We Are
A Friend To Rural Communities Moves On
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, April, 2001 (as a pdf file )
Non-Profits Fighting Threat To Mission
Historic Medicare Payment Bias Recognized
Work Force Shortage & Civil Disobedience
Work Force Shortage & Vocational Training
Less Competition Among Health Insurers?
A Conflicted Public View Of Health Care
Rural Environmental Scan
A Voice Of Hope About The Next Four Years
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, March, 2001 (as a pdf file )
Medicare Accountability–"First Do No Harm"
MD Recruitment From Developing Nations?
Excessive Tax Cuts Threaten Medicare
The Rural Interest In Medicare Reform
In Quality Matters, Rural Not Small Urban
Medicare Isn’t The Only Federal Program
Core Rural Health Resources & Contacts
Wisconsin’s BadgerCare In The Limelight
Rural Teleconferences That Actually Work
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, February, 2001 (as a pdf file )
Fair Medicare Payments Are Not Subsidies
Improving Quality No Longer Just Academic
Individual Blindness To System Failure
Living Is Also About Preparing For Loss
End Of Life Care Principles
Competitive Threat To Rural Infrastructure
Rural Hospital Gets Governor’s Top Award
$1000 Monato Prize
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, January, 2001 (as a pdf file )
Rural Hospitals Proposing Medicare Reform
Debate On Market Reforms Requested
Employers To Drop Insurance Broker Role?
Sowing Seeds Of Hope
Texas Uses Tobacco To Support Rural Health
RWHC CVO NCQA Recertified
Effective Advocacy Is Belief Driven
Piedra Negra
Eye On Health Cartoons