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Category: Rural Health

  • Joy’s Blog: A Lot of Good Yet to Come

    These days I welcome the familiar. Little things like the way my keys sound when I unlock the door or the same dinner I’ve made so many times before.

  • Vaccine and Breastfeeding

    Recent reports have shown that breastfeeding people who have received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have antibodies in their breastmilk, which could help protect their babies.

  • Employee Forums

    What’s next in our battle against COVID-19? And how we can come together as a CentraCare family during these challenging times? Join us September 29th or 30th for an hour-long LIVE presentation.

  • Podcast: Wearing Many Hats

    As a mom, wife, nurse practitioner, grad student and director, Bobbie Bertram, APRN and APP Practice Director talks with CEO Ken Holmen about her work, family and the impact of COVID-19 on everyone.

  • Soul of CentraCare: Martha Schelonka, Health Unit Coordinator

    My mother taught me to be compassionate and caring. She taught me love. And my father taught me to always be good to people, no matter their color or race.

  • Trusted Voices: My Dilemma

    As a new mom, Janelle Terhaar’s focus was on keeping her family safe while also staying well-educated with the science. “I didn’t watch the news or read any posts that was somebody’s opinions.”

  • Trusted Voices: I Was Hesitant

    CentraCare general surgeon, Dr. Nicole Lyons’s pregnancy coincided with some of the pandemic’s most tumultuous months. Today, her answer to every expectant parent’s wish has a name: Cecelia.

  • Podcast: Staring Into the Abyss

    There are times we find ourselves staring into an abyss – facing an unknown and needing to make a decision. For Dr. Alan Olson, that experience occurred 11 years ago with a diagnosis of colon cancer.

  • We all have our strengths and struggles.

    My little sister, Gretchen, was larger than life. Everything she did was absolutely brilliant. She died unexpectedly of suicide this year. Since then, a vulnerability has opened within me.

  • Heal Our Healers Event

    Healthcare workers face an increased risk of mental illness, substance abuse and suicide – an issue the pandemic has made even worse.