RWHC News & Updates

Special 2024 Election Issue of RWHC Eye On Health - December

posted on 11/6/2024 7:54:00 AM

This issue includes: For Your 2024 Post-Election Hangover, Tips to Avoid Personal Partisan Gridlock, One Theory Why We Disagree, “Quality Hospital Care is an Economic Asset”, Leadership Insights: “Merging Cultures”, 33rd Annual $2,500 Monato Essa...

| Categories: Eye On Health 2024

Be the Light - October 2024

posted on 10/22/2024 9:21:00 AM

REFUELING YOUR HEART: Burnout. Compassion fatigue. Stress and anxiety. Feeling overwhelmed. Regardless of words used to describe the feeling, the expression holds similar meaning: the light once held for the excitement and passion of the work is bei...

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Merging Cultures - October 2024

posted on 10/18/2024 8:02:00 AM

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS: When we merge cultures—be it two large corporations, two small departments combining, or even a physical move to a shared workspace with a new group of people—there are common fears as well as opportunities. The fears are natur...

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November 2024 Issue of RWHC Eye on Health

posted on 10/9/2024 9:24:00 AM

This Issue of RWHC Eye on Health includes: Geography is a Healthcare Equity Issue, Insurers Undermine Rural Maternity Care, We Are Unprepared for Exploding Seniors, Farming Survival Depends on Off-Farm Jobs, Facing the Reality of Farmers & Suicide, L...

| Categories: Eye On Health 2024

Change Up - September 2024

posted on 9/25/2024 11:47:00 AM

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS: AI has reached a tipping point, it seems. What was until recently “out there somewhere” is now infiltrating my daily work. It is interesting to see this change process in real time and observe the reactions that arise from it. ...

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October 2024 Issue of RWHC Eye on Health

posted on 9/11/2024 3:56:00 PM

This Issue of RWHC Eye on Health includes: COVID’s Gift to Rural Mental Health, Healthcare’s Shrinking Future Workforce, Mistrust to Community Collaboration: 5 Tips, Feeding Your Hunger for Success, Leadership Insights: “Cool Off”, 33rd Annual $2...

| Categories: Eye On Health 2024

32nd Annual Hermes Monato Essay Prize Awarded

posted on 9/10/2024 11:31:00 AM

The 32nd Annual Hermes Monato Essay Prize has been awarded to Molly K. Rolfe for “Addressing Rural Health Inequities Through Policy Changes.”

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Cool Off - August 2024

posted on 8/29/2024 11:49:00 AM

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS: In the midst of the current record-breaking heat wave, we are reminded that heat and stress are cozy bedfellows. Both require self- management. If you have found yourself getting steamed up over work challenges, constant change, ...

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September 2024 Issue of Eye on Health Newsletter

posted on 8/12/2024 11:18:00 AM

This issue includes: “Bridging Rural Health & Prosperity”, Why Rural Community Development Matters, Rural Towns Need Workers, Leadership Insights: “Co-worker Hell”, 33rd Annual $2,500 Monato Essay Prize Competition is Open, Upcoming RWHC Leadersh...

| Categories: Eye On Health 2024

When is Recess? Allowing Play and Fun Back into Life - July 2024

posted on 8/1/2024 9:01:00 AM

REFUELING YOUR HEART | What a whirlwind my life has been lately! Stress from the overwhelm was present on this Saturday morning. I have been struggling with brain chaos, heart dissonance because of decisions that have been made and need to be made....

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Coworker Hell - July 2024

posted on 7/22/2024 12:38:00 PM

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS: Do some of your employees feel like they are in it? When empathy erodes, teamwork suffers. If your department has fallen into the blame game, it might be time to facilitate some dialogue. Sit people down together.

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August 2024 Issue of Eye on Health Newsletter

posted on 7/9/2024 10:19:00 AM

This issue includes: Reimagining Rural Health Equity, “The New Story of Old Age”, Leadership Insights: “Community Matters”, So Many Options–Wisconsin Healthcare Careers, Support RWHC Healthy Wisconsin Foundation, Donate to the National Rural Hea...

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Community Matters - June 2024

posted on 6/28/2024 8:20:00 AM

Healthcare professionals may still be those we most trust, but that trust “account” has taken a hit the last several years. We all know the reasons why. Healthcare leaders, you go first when it comes to repairing that ...

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July 2024 Issue of Eye on Health Newsletter

posted on 6/10/2024 10:18:00 AM

This issue includes: Our Underinvestment in Rural Primary Care, Rural Medicare “Dis-Advantage” Plans, Disagreements Don’t Have to Be Toxic, Leadership Insights: “Accountability”, So Many Options–Wisconsin Healthcare Careers, Support RWHC Health...

| Categories: Eye On Health 2024