CEO Update: Conference Season Summer is winding down and schools are back in session, which always means conference season for us adults.  CRHC is once again excited to welcome you in person to the Annual Rural Health Conference and we are ready to see your smiling faces! On the...

CEO Update: Troubling Economic Indicators Back in April, my family and I went on a long weekend trip to California, and I was so shocked by the price of gas that I took a picture of the sign.  Prices for regular gas were $6.77 a gallon, $6.87 for plus...

CEO Update: Cancer Care Last month I had the opportunity to present at the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network meeting on rural health and cancer in Colorado.  It is a topic near and dear to my heart as I have had several family members with cancer and few...

CEO Update: Workforce Shortages I just got onto an airplane for the first time since December 2019. The experience was strange at first, but after a bit seemed normal again.  While I’ve taken time off certainly in the past two plus years, nothing compares to having the opportunity to...

CEO Update: The Forum Happy Spring!  In addition to snow that doesn’t seem to want to stop falling, we are being showered with new TV shows.  I just started watching this new show on the Magnolia Network called “Restoration Road” with Clint Harper.  The show takes you to an...

CEO Update: The Climate Crisis and Rural Colorado Where has February gone?  This year has started off with a bang, as we saw another huge surge of Covid in January and early February.  We know folks are struggling with full beds and continue to struggle with lack of some...