CEO Update: May the Force Be With You Baby Yoda, have you seen him?? He’s so cute!  Just like Yoda was a driving force for good, CRHC is a driving force to enhanced healthcare services in the state by providing information, education, linkages, tools, and energy toward addressing rural...

CEO Update: Happy New Year! 2020 Snapshot Released! We have once again come to the start of a new year and each year I say to myself, where did the time go?  I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays and had a little downtime to rejuvenate.   At the beginning of...

CEO Update: Celebrating the Power of Rural! The National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) sets aside the third Thursday of every November – November 21, 2019 this year – to celebrate National Rural Health Day.   I never imagined when I was growing up in a rural...

CEO Update: Celebrating Health Information Technology It’s interesting to me how far we have come with information technology and I realize it is often a love/hate relationship.  I love it when I get a new phone, but I hate paying the huge price tag!  You need technology, yet it’s...

CEO Update: The Road to Progress Earlier this summer I was finally introduced to the Downton Abbey series. I know I’m a bit behind the game but I loved it. One episode caught my attention and made me think of our rural communities and access to care. The episode...

CEO Update: Summer Travels It officially summer and that means our team is on the road visiting rural communities across the state to bring you great programs and discuss the needs in your communities. One of the biggest needs that remains today is for help in the areas of...