RWHC Rural Health News & Updates

A Need Not Met - June 2026

posted on 6/1/2026 10:07:00 AM

How many of you can identify with the inner groan you suppress when you’re aware you’re about to be on the receiving end of another complaint? It could be a patient call transferred to your phone to voice a care concern, a fellow leader whose day ...

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In Focus: Hospitals serve as anchor institutions in rural communities

posted on 6/1/2026 8:30:00 AM

Marie Barry, Director of Community, Economic, and Workforce Development discusses how hospitals are anchor institutions in rural communities and how they can also serve as economic drivers for small towns and villages.

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July 2026 Eye On Health Newsletter

posted on 6/1/2026 8:02:00 AM

Contents include: "What/Who is Rural", "We Share Far More Than We Imagine", "Will AI Anxiety Drive Talent Into Healthcare?", "“Social Prescribing–It’s Working”, "“Five Myths About Rural Health Care”", and "Leadership Insights: “A Need Not Met”"

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June 2026 Eye On Health Newsletter

posted on 5/29/2026 11:15:00 AM

Contents include:“Defying Ageism Can Help You Live Longer”Medicare "Advantage" & Rural DisadvantageJoin the Wisconsin Social Rx EcosystemDr. AI Chatbot: “Free” & “Accessible”Leadership Insights: “Forming New Habits”SO MANY OPTIONS: Wisconsin ...

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Forming New Habits - May 2026

posted on 5/4/2026 9:06:00 AM

Bad Habits. Ever wondered why you can’t easily stop an old, ineffectual behavior you know doesn’t serve you and replace it with a more productive one? Be it procrastinating, saying yes too often, working through lunch, reacting impulsively, offer...

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May 2026 Eye On Health Newsletter

posted on 4/1/2026 3:08:00 PM

May's RWHC Eye On Health contents include: 3 of 10 Wisconsin Kids Needlessly at Risk, Who Profits from Anti-Vax?, Fight the Loss of Rural Maternity Care, Why Hospitals Face Increased Costs, Saving Rural Hospitals, Leadership Insights: “Walking on S...

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Walking on S.T.I.L.T.S. - April 2026

posted on 4/1/2026 3:03:00 PM

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS: One of the priorities of our work as leaders is to grow our people. We expect those we serve to be receptive to coaching and feedback in order to recognize blind spots that hinder further achievement along their success journey....

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Donut Anyone? - March 2026

posted on 3/18/2026 10:03:00 AM

Do you like donuts? I do! A chocolate glazed, Bavarian cream donut (with sprinkles, of course!) hits my favorite list. What about you?REFUELING YOUR HEART: Before you salivate on the screen at the thought, I’d like to introduce a different sort o...

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Pearls of Wisdom - March 2026

posted on 3/12/2026 9:50:00 AM

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS: I had opportunity to hear four respected leaders from different RWHC membership hospitals speak at our recent Emerging Leaders program. They were prompted to share their leadership lessons and advice to developing leaders. What t...

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April 2026 Eye On Health Newsletter

posted on 3/5/2026 10:14:00 AM

April's Newsletter contents include: Beyond AI: Empathy & Trust, AI Avatars–Replacement or Supplement?, Outrage Cycles Amplified by Technology, Walking the Talk of the Wisconsin Idea, Leadership Insights: “Pearls of Wisdom”, SO MANY OPTIONS: Wisco...

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Applications Now Open for the 34th ANNUAL $3,000 Hermes Monato Rural Health Prize

posted on 2/10/2026 1:11:00 PM

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March 2026 Eye On Health Newsletter

posted on 2/3/2026 4:51:00 AM

This Issue Includes: A Rural Leader’s Lifetime Experience, Flu in Kids Can Turn Deadly Fast, President Trump’s “Great Healthcare Plan”, “Innovation is a People Business”, Leadership Insights: “Share the Light”, SO MANY OPTIONS: Wisconsin Hea...

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Share the Light - February 2026

posted on 2/3/2026 4:48:00 AM

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS NEWSLETTER: As leaders, we have opportunity to be the focal point of attention more frequently than the employees who we support. We often get the credit for team accomplishments and/or share on behalf of staff with senior leaders...

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How Bad Leaders Taught Me to Take Better Care of Myself

posted on 1/14/2026 10:01:00 AM

REFUELING YOUR HEART NEWSLETTER - JANUARY: Here is what happened, here is what I learned, and here is what I do differently now. This blog is a small collection of lessons I learned from the worst leaders I have had along my journey in healthcare. Th...

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