RWHC Rural Health News & Updates

PSA: Simple Things (Video by WHA)

posted on 9/24/2020 8:43:00 AM

Simple things we can all do to help slow the spread of COVID-19 - wearing a mask, social distancing and washing hands.

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September Issue of Leadership Insights

posted on 9/18/2020 8:29:00 AM

Issue 119 - "Judgement", by Jo Anne Preston, RWHC Workforce & Organizational Development Senior Mgr

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Public Radio Broadcast- The Financial Toll Of COVID-19 On Rural Hospitals

posted on 9/14/2020 12:04:00 PM

Rural hospitals have lost about 70 percent of their income during the pandemic due to patients avoiding the ER and canceled appointments and procedures. We talk with the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative about their financial challenges and what COV...

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October Issue of Eye On Health is available

posted on 9/14/2020 9:25:00 AM

This issue includes: Big 3: Masks, Social Distancing & Flu Shot, Registration for Wisconsin 2020 Healthcare Workforce Virtual Summit, Rural Wisconsin Health COVID Priorities, COVID Vaccine to Rural at Warp Speed?, Federal Hype or Substance for Rural ...

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28th Annual $2,500 Rural Health Prize Awarded

posted on 9/8/2020 8:37:00 AM

RWHC’s 28th Annual $2,500 Monato Rural Health Essay Prize has been awarded to Brooke Resch, a recent graduate of the Wisconsin Academy of Rural Medicine for her essay, “Grandpa Needs Help.”

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New WHA/Coalition COVID Television Ad

posted on 9/8/2020 7:35:00 AM

This week another coalition of diverse business and industry associations, led and assembled by WHA, will run a television ad urging the public to continue being safe amid the COVID pandemic. Joining WHA to assist with this project are the Wisconsin ...

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Mask Wearing May Be Even More Important Than We First Understood

posted on 8/24/2020 6:31:00 AM

This 16 minute podcast (#142) is really worth listening to; looks like wearing a mask may help a lot more than we first understood.

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September Issue of RWHC Eye On Health

posted on 8/17/2020 6:15:00 AM

This issue includes: Community Innovation as a Driver of Health, Rural Outmigration Turns to In-migration?, WI Quality Residency Program Registration, Monato Rural Health Essay "Grandpa Needs Help", Leadership Insights: "MindSET"

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July 2020 Issue of Leadership Insights Newsletter

posted on 7/30/2020 12:05:00 PM

"MindSET" Jo Anne Preston, RWHC Workforce & Organizational Development Senior Mgr

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Let's Go Wisconsin: Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

posted on 7/23/2020 1:27:00 PM

VIDEO - Representing some of Wisconsin’s leading health care and business organizations – as well as local governments – the coalition has launched a public service announcement (PSA) encouraging the use of social distancing, proper handwashing te...

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August Issue of RWHC Eye On Health

posted on 7/21/2020 9:31:00 AM

This issue includes: Rural Not Exempt from COVID-19, Settling in for the Prolonged New Normal, Common COVID-19 Myths Debunked, Wisconsin Can Still Laugh, “A Question of Trust”, Eye on Health Cartoons ,

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From the DHS: Ted Swetz is recovering from #COVID19. This is his story, in his own words..

posted on 7/6/2020 2:51:00 PM

#WednesdayWisdom from someone who has been there. Ted Swetz is recovering from #COVID19, something at times, the rural Wisconsin resident was afraid wouldn't happen. Here's his story, in his own words.

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