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President's Column
Jeanette Weyrich
Jeanette Weyrich is the Executive
Director of Okanogan Regional Home Health & Hospice,
based in Omak, WA. |
P is for
Passion
I
have just returned from the
NW Regional Critical Access Hospital Conference and the
NW Regional Rural Health Conference with renewed spirit
and resolve. My congratulations to the Planning
Committee Members and Staff for two excellent
conferences. The program content was outstanding, and
the networking opportunities excellent.
As we begin a new year at
WRHA, I would like to thank David Olson and the 2007
Board Members and Staff for a job well done. I was asked
what my focus would be for the coming year. Stopping to
think for a moment, I responded with the three words I
live by each day as I work within my own communities.
Those are: Communication, Coordination, and
Collaboration. I was pleased to hear various speakers
throughout the conference reference the importance of
these activities.
Those of us who live and
work in rural settings (or support those who do)
recognize the importance of providers and consumers
working together to make the most of our limited
resources. The responsibility belongs to each of us to
take appropriate leadership to make this happen. The
“Health” in “Healthy Communities” is more than hospitals
and medical clinics. We must involve the whole
infrastructure of a community as we communicate,
collaborate, and coordinate to keep our rural healthcare
system viable and strong.
Each day we are presented
with new challenges. In as much as we are different, we
are alike. When healthcare leaders accept these
challenges with passion, they can, and do, become
opportunities. I look forward to bringing my “passion”
to the leadership of WRHA as I serve as your President
this coming year.
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