2008 Monthly Newsletters
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RWHC Eye On Health, January 1st, 2009
An Opportunity for American Healthcare
The Experts Finally Find a Common Voice?
In Spite of Challenges, Rural Holds Its Own
Access to Physician Care Increasingly Grim
Medicare Plans Physician Incentive Program
Medicare Experiment Not Going as Expected
Rural Hospital Survival Benefits Community
Community Care in Platteville
$2,000 Rural Essay Prize Deadline is April 15th
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, December, 2008 (pdf file)
Aging Population Drives Physician Shortage
We Don’t Get What We Don’t Pay For
Rural Health Information Technology Scan
“From the Middle”: Social Entrepreneurship
I Want to Be a Nurse When I Grow Up
$2,000 Rural Essay Prize Deadline is April 15th
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, November, 2008 (pdf file)
Here We Go Again
RWHC ITN “First in the Country”
17th Annual Monato Essay Prize Now $2,000
Rural Pharmacy Rotations Pay Dividends
UW Promotes e-Learning for MDs
Wisconsin AHEC Centers Nearly Double
Rural Wisconsin Health Leaders Honored
Hospital Promotes Health to 3rd Graders
Rural Health Policy Institute: January 26-28th, Washington DC
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, October, 2008 (pdf file)
It’s Our Country, Whether We Like It or Not
With Prevention, Your Insurance Plan Matters
What Return on Investments for Wellness?
We Already Pay for Most Uninsured “Care”
Rural Health Leadership–Past & Future
Calvin Beale Helped Nation See Rural Reality
Support for Diabetic Patients Beyond Medical
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, August-September, 2008 (pdf file)
Mental Illness: a Conspiracy of Silence?
Health Workforce: Out of Order, Out of Time
Wisconsin Organizes to Get Workforce Data
Some Neighbors Easier to Love Than Others
Place Matters
Club Scrub “Grows Your Own”
School Sports Supported by Rural Hospital
RWHC Seeks Associate Director for Advocacy
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, July, 2008 (pdf file)
Surf, Turf and the Future of Primary Care
A Rural Hospital Leads on Dental Access
2008 Monato Rural Essay Prize Winner
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, June, 2008 (pdf file)
Rural Hospitals’ Charitable Exemption
Rising Mortality Rates Affect All of Us
Employer-Based Health Reformed Away?
Rural Innovation & Cooperation
New Guide on Rural Leadership
“There Oughta Be a Law”
RWHC ‘08 Rural Health Ambassador Awards
RWHC ‘08 Nurse Excellence Awards
Hospice Touch
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, May, 2008 (pdf file)
What Were They Smoking?
Patients Give Rural Hospitals High Marks
Federal Policy Penalizes Community Service
Medicare Private Plans Grow in Wisconsin
CMS Improves CAH Bed Definitions
Addressing Rural Men’s Health
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, April, 2008 (pdf file)
Medicare Dis-Advantage
Heathcare Quality & Safety Is No Accident
State of States: Rural Barriers Persist
County Governments Expand Health Agenda
Healthier Communities: Worksite by Worksite
Hospital Promotes Diabetes Self-Management
Worksite Culture Affects Parental Roles
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, March, 2008 (pdf file)
Reform Needs Renewed Sense of Community
Med Schools Get the Results They Select For
Occasionally, a Good Idea from New York
Medical Myths That Can Kill You
Hospital Partners to Create Job Opportunities
Where They Really the Good Old Days?
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, February, 2008 (pdf file)
Medicare Agency Acting Out Against Rural?
Rural ER Wait Time Half of Urban Hospitals
The Business Case & Role for Primary Care
Curing the Overtreament Epidemic
Medicare Private Plans Grow in Wisconsin
Rural Hospital Goes the Extra Mile
Eye On Health Cartoons
RWHC Eye On Health Newsletter, January, 2008 (pdf file)
Where is Rural in Health Care Reform?
One in Five Can’t Afford Needed Care
Nursing Faculty Shortage = Nursing Shortage
If RAC Can’t Tell You, Nobody Can
How Do We Build or Rebuild Real Towns?
Piranhas Leave Clean Bite
FCC to Help RWHC HIT Initiatives
Rural Hospitals & Their Larger Community
Eye On Health Cartoons
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