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_outlineIn this episode of Rural Health Leadership Radio, Kevin Stansbury, CEO of Lincoln Community Hospital in Colorado, shares his diverse and extensive experience in healthcare, including his time working internationally and his transition into rural healthcare leadership. He emphasizes the critical role of rural hospitals in providing essential services and the personal connections that enhance community healthcare. Kevin passionately advocates for more significant investment in rural healthcare infrastructure and policies that support the sustainability and advancement of health services in rural areas.
“The people who work in rural and frontier healthcare, we're so connected to our communities... It's that connection with community that is delightful and really reassuring”
-Kevin Stansbury
Kevin Stansbury serves as the CEO at Lincoln Health in Hugo, CO. Kevin has over 35 years in healthcare, primarily in community hospitals. He has served in roles in hospital administration, strategic planning, healthcare project planning and service in emerging economies. His work has taken him not only across the United States but all over the globe, including Bangladesh, Botswana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Vietnam. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Colorado Hospital Association Board of Trustees as Immediate Past Chair. He has also served on various State and National task forces supporting rural health.
Recently Mr. Stansbury was appointed by Governor Polis to the Colorado Option Advisory Committee. He also serves on the Colorado e-Health Commission. Mr. Stansbury is a founding member of the Eastern Plains Health Consortium. He received his BS in Business Administration from the University of Wyoming; MS in Health Services Administration from Central Michigan University and he received his JD with honors from the University of Wyoming College of Law. Kevin and his wife Jennifer have three grown children, a daughter in Castle Rock with one of their grandchildren, a daughter and son-in-law in Firestone, Colorado with their other five grandchildren; and a son who lives in Wichita, Kansas