RHLR LIVE: Episode #420
Rural Health Leadership Radio™
Learn about Jenna's Capstone Project as she graduates with her Masters in Public Health degree, and the work she will be doing as she joins CRHL full-time following the completion of her internship.
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RHLR LIVE: Episode #419
Rural Health Leadership Radio™
Learn how Samantha VanSchoik, VP of Strategic Partnerships at Corporation for Independent Living (CIL), explores the potential development of community housing options in rural communities for individuals with IDD, mental health, recovery, or ABI issues. The visit CIL's website, go to: To reach Samantha, email her at .
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RHLR LIVE: Episode #418
Rural Health Leadership Radio™
Learn about how Zachary D'Argonne and the EPHC are making a difference in rural healthcare! EPHC is a collaboration of rural hospitals working together to provide excellent healthcare services for the rural communities on the Eastern Plains of Colorado and surrounding areas, while increasing the sustainability of its members.
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RHLR LIVE: Episode #417
Rural Health Leadership Radio™
Learn about how Jessica and Sarah are making a difference in rural healthcare. Humla Health focuses on reimagining nurse staffing for a sustainable and healthy future, utilizing their tech platform to streamline staffing and scheduling, connecting healthcare facilities with credentialed W-2 nurses. Stratis Health uses leading-edge methodologies to deliver data-driven insights and evidence-informed and culturally relevant interventions that inspire and enable organizations and communities to achieve solutions to their most complex and diverse health improvement...
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RHLR LIVE: Episode #416
Rural Health Leadership Radio™
Guests: Janice Walters, Candice Talkington, and Steven Davis from the Rural Health Redesign Center (RHRC) Learn about how the RHRC is working to help rural communities across the nation THRIVE through healthcare reform and community-based strategies to maintain and improve access to care. Join us live to hear their stories, ask questions, and learn.
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RHLR LIVE: Episode #415
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Rural Health Leadership Radio LIVE! Our first episode back on the air - listen to our conversation with Angie Wilson and Justin Perkins from Texas A&M's Rural Engagement Program (REP). Hear about the work they are doing with rural hospitals across Texas, upcoming events and educational opportunities, and more!
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414: A Final Conversation with Bill and Sydney
Rural Health Leadership Radio™
This week on Rural Health Leadership Radio, we announce our final episode after eight fantastic years on the air! We have a one last conversation honoring RHLR by sharing reflections, insights, and stories about the podcast’s origins and journey. We share the most listened-to episodes from the past eight years, the growth that RHLR has seen, and celebrate all the amazing guests and support we have received along the way. As always, we talk about the future of rural healthcare, the importance of resilience, and the power of using one’s voice to make a difference. “Use your voice....
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413: A Conversation with Michelle Fortune and Abby Radcliffe
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This week on Rural Health Leadership Radio, we are wrapping up our series on NRHA’s 2023 Fellows Program Policy Papers with Fellows Michelle Fortune and Abby Radcliffe. Michelle and Abby explored one of the hottest topics in healthcare, particularly impactful in rural – healthcare workforce shortages. The Fellows share short and long-term strategies in handling workforce shortages, as well as pragmatic and policy-based recommendations. “Everybody in every community can take some action in some way, and it doesn't have to be looking for that gigantic next step. The big is in the little,...
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412: A Conversation with David Alcindor
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On this week’s episode of Rural Health Leadership Radio, we talk to a physician who came out of retirement to rekindle his passion for rural healthcare at a critical access hospital in Kemmerer, Wyoming. Dr. David Alcindor shares his incredible journey, from his childhood in France to his volunteer work in rural nations across the world, as well as the U.S. as a traveling ED physician. David is Chief of Staff at South Lincoln Hospital District and practices in Emergency Medicine and Med-Surg. “It’s a small system, you could to the CEO, CFO, COO, CNO in the same hallway – or you could...
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411: A Conversation with Lex Pierre and Jeff Dunbar
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This week’s episode of Rural Health Leadership Radio continues our series of exploring the Policy Papers of NRHA’s 2023 Rural Health Fellows. In this conversation, we talk to Lex Pierre and Jeff Dunbar who researched the intricacies of long-term care in rural healthcare. The pair broke their paper down into financing, staffing, and regulations to uncover the importance, possibilities, and difficulties of supporting long-term care in rural areas. “Bringing awareness is the main thing and it's great that we have all these different avenues and different ways of doing it..” – Lex Pierre...
info_outlineOn this episode of Rural Health Leadership Radio, we welcome Elise Bur, Director of the Northern Michigan University Center for Rural Health. In our conversation, Elise discusses several key initiatives of the Center for Rural Health, including the feasibility of a dental hygienist program to address local needs, an oral health literacy program, and community health worker training to expand essential services. Elise also discusses an innovative Community Paramedicine education program aimed at delivering more comprehensive care to patients in their homes.
“If we can home grow our own, you are more likely to retain them in our rural community”
-Elise Bur
Elise joined Northern Michigan University in July 2020 as the inaugural director of the NMU Center for Rural Health. She has more than thirty years of combined experience working in higher education and the healthcare industry. Elise is extremely dedicated to identifying, understanding, and addressing regional health care needs through collaborative efforts. The foundation of her professional success can be attributed to building relationships and partnering with agencies and businesses on initiatives that improve the health and well-being of individuals. Additionally, she is extremely passionate about giving regional residents a voice by sharing challenges and success with local, state, and federal legislators which continues to result in new and ongoing support for regional, state, and national health-related matters.