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This week on Rural Health Leadership Radio we’re talking about behavioral health and addiction treatment services at a rural hospital in Louisiana. More specifically, this is a conversation about how a hospital added in-patient withdrawal management services for drug and alcohol abuse and related issues. It is a stabilization program that is a voluntary program. “They need compassion and care … Read More

This week on Rural Health Leadership Radio we’re talking about several of the challenges rural health leaders face with Naomi Sweeney from the State Office of Rural Health and Primary Care at the Arkansas Department of Health. Her state office has recently received approval to sponsor 10 Critical Access Hospital CEOs in attending the National Rural Health Association Rural Hospital … Read More

Rural health leaders are always talking about the challenge of recruiting providers. That is why we are talking with Jordan White, an undergraduate medical student at Mississippi State, and a participant in the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program this week on Rural Health Leadership Radio. “Are you doing what you want to do? Are you doing what God wants you … Read More

This week on Rural Health Leadership Radio, we’re talking about the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it is making on rural healthcare. We are having that conversation with Broch Slabach, Senior VP of Member Services at the NRHA. “From that day forward, the end of the world changed as we know it” ~Brock Slabach With over 28 years of experience … Read More

This week on Rural Health Leadership Radio, we’re talking about recruiting providers and other professional staff to rural America. We are having that conversation with Alicia Calloway, Chief Operating Officer at OPYS Physician Services. “It can be tough to know who you can trust in any industry, but knowing who you can trust in rural healthcare is vital” ~Alicia Calloway … Read More

“COVID-19 is not just an urban problem but something that is a risk for all of us.” -Dr. Jay Butler Deputy Director for Infectious Disease CDC If you have a question or best practice to share, please reach out to the CDC at ruralhealth@cdc.gov. The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the world as we know it.  I hope you, your family, … Read More

This week on Rural Health Leadership Radio, we’re having a conversation about the COVID-19 pandemic with Patty Harper and Taylor Cottano. Patty shares some of the top operational best practices for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and Taylor shares some of the top clinical best practices. “This pandemic is ever-changing” -Taylor Cottano Patty Harper is CEO of InQuiseek, LLC, a … Read More

This week we have a special episode on Rural Health Leadership Radio. Rural Health Leadership Radio recorded the CDC call titled “Update for Rural Partners, Stakeholders, and Communities on the 2019 Coronavirus Disease Response.” “We’re in the midst of a global pandemic of a disease, COVID-19, caused by a newly recognized virus.” -Dr. Jay Butler Deputy Director for Infectious Disease, … Read More

This week on Rural Health Leadership Radio we’re talking about movement as medicine. We’re having that conversation with Dr. Anthony Fleg, Director of Running Medicine. “Movement is something we as leaders, as health professionals, need to remember is one of our simplest outlets that life gives us.” ~Anthony Fleg Dr. Fleg is a family physician who thinks of his work … Read More

This week on Rural Health Leadership Radio, we’re talking about rural health centers and their workforces. We’re having that conversation with Darcy Shargo, CEO of Maine Primary Care Association (MPCA). “I think we’re in a time in the evolution of healthcare delivery and certainly in the rural context that we can’t really stand still anymore and that we’ve got to … Read More