Wisconsin Rural Health Conference

Thank you for a successful Rural Health Conference!

Thank you to all who attended the 2025 Wisconsin Rural Health Conference in Wisconsin Dells. The successful event was attended by 300+ WHA members. The conference started with the annual golf outing, this year at Wild Rock Golf Course, followed by a welcome reception. There, WHA members had the opportunity to network with one another and start to visit the record number 67 exhibitors.

Day one covered the current realities and probable future climate of the health care industry by health care futurist and economist Nate Kaufman. President and CEO of the Wisconsin Hospital Association Eric Borgerding and Executive Director of the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative Tim Size presented their annual message on the current state of health care in Wisconsin. The day ended with a variety of breakout sessions.

Day two included speaker Brian Uridge discussing strategies to reduce workplace violence and strengthen safety and security in care settings. The conference ended with Dr. Katherine Meese's presentation on how rehumanizing health care work can help leaders support and retain their teams.

Check out next week's Valued Voice for the In Review document.

Thank you for attending the 2025 Wisconsin Rural Health Conference

The annual Wisconsin Rural Health Conference was held June 4-6 in Wisconsin Dells. This statewide forum is designed to highlight public policy and operations issues affecting rural health care, identify how the delivery of and access to rural health care are changing and identify ways in which data, technology and people processes are improving care and access for rural populations.

Hear from Nationally Renowned Speakers

Network with Health Care Leaders

Speak to Over 40 Exhibitors

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Testimonials

“The content shared is always useful in confirming our design approach, development and/or improvement. It is good to know the facts and figures that appear to be driving changes in how and what services are being or want to be provided.”
“I enjoyed hearing about up-and-coming trends in rural health. I have already taken this information back to our organization for discussion with my direct reports.”
“I think the AI sessions were the most insightful as we plan to incorporate increasingly evolving technology in numerous different aspects of our work.”

Wisconsin Rural Health Conference

Thank you for attending the 2025 Wisconsin Rural Health Conference

Event Highlights

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Testimonials

“The content shared is always useful in confirming our design approach, development and/or improvement. It is good to know the facts and figures that appear to be driving changes in how and what services are being or want to be provided.”

“I enjoyed hearing about up-and-coming trends in rural health. I have already taken this information back to our organization for discussion with my direct reports.”

“I think the AI sessions were the most insightful as we plan to incorporate increasingly evolving technology in numerous different aspects of our work.”