People Working Together for a Common Cause Last week I had the opportunity to visit with many of our rural health clinics during the Forum, April 13 – 15, 2016.  We had a 215 attendees and this was the highest attendance to date — thanks for your ongoing support. ...

CEO Update: Springtime in Rural Health Springtime in Colorado is one of the best times of the year!  We enjoy rising temperatures and constant sunshine, but I know March and April are the snowiest months of the year so I’m not planting my garden yet!  Despite the anticipated snow,...

CEO Update: Farmers, Football, and Healthcare Way to go Broncos, the game was amazing!  As you know on February 9th, Colorado showed its pride as over one million people flooded the streets of Denver to welcome the Broncos home after the Super Bowl win.  Local patriotism represented by every...

Recently, a tragedy struck my community in Parker, Colorado where three high school boys were involved.  Three teenaged boys fell into a lake, and our town lost two of them to complications.  In light of the catastrophic event, we have rallied to help one another as neighbors, as friends...

CEO Update: What Matters to You? I recently visited Universal Studios and spent time in in the world of Harry Potter and it sparked my thoughts on the trials and tribulations that Harry faced through the series of events that involved a good beginning that quickly gave way to...

As you may recall, I’m totally obsessed with the Hunger Game’s series and the next movie was just released.  In a recent interview, Jennifer Lawrence said, “it’s an important story about how powerful one voice can be.”  I completely agree, one voice can make all the difference, but gathering...

Thank you everyone for taking your time this month to spend with us at the CAH Workshop and 2015 Annual Rural Health Conference.  It was so wonderful to connect with you, our rural community! During the conference we had the opportunity to hear from Crystal Jonas about connecting as...

Do you remember this story from childhood about the train trying to make it up the hill and the phrase he used to motivate himself? I think I can, I think I can.  Much of my life I have repeated these words to myself starting with achievements in sports...

Appreciation is defined as “a feeling of being grateful for something, an ability to understand the worth, quality, or importance of something, an ability to appreciate something, and a full awareness or understanding of something.” Kids are back to school and fall is upon us with the cooler mornings...