Alicia Fox: Community participation key to success in rural communities
While Alberta is often best known for its wealth of natural resources, its greatest resource is not found in the land but on it: its people. ...
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Meagan Williams: Feeling good about the future of rural health care
When you have a sneak-peek into what the future of health care looks like in small town Alberta, you can’t help but feel confident....
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Hythe Continuing Care Centre Honoured For Leadership
Small community values. Big time results. The Hythe Continuing Care Centre was honoured January 7 with a Rhapsody Rural Health-care Heroes Award which recognize rural...
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‘It’s Just Like Home Here’. Hythe Continuing Care Centre Team Rhapsody Award Profile
For some seniors, horses can be a fond reminder of earlier days on the farm. These horses are your next-door neighbours if...
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Boot-camp style ultrasound course kicks training into high gear
A group of doctors from southern Alberta are ready to put their newfound ultrasound skills to good use. On October 12 and...
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Just call him “Dave”: Rhapsody Awards Profile
Meet Dr. David Welch. Well, actually, he would prefer it if you just called him Dave. On a beautiful day in mid-October, I caught up with Dave,...
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Peace River Operating Room Team: Rhapsody Awards Profile
It’s not hard to tell that the operating room nursing team at the Peace River Community Health Centre really enjoys spending time together. ...
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An evidence-based program for rural surgical and obstetrical networks
Rural and Remote Health (rrh) has published a new joint position paper on rural surgery and operative delivery. Over the past 25 years,...
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Future practitioners gain skills and insight: Rocky Mountain House Skills Weekend
It was a weekend of fun, fright, and fundamentals as 55 healthcare students visited Rocky Mountain House for a specialized skills event October...
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Medical staff recognize opportunities in Bassano
Prior to 2013, the Bassano Medical Clinic was in dire need of another physician. For some time, Dr. James Richards had been...
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Sundre Hospital and Care team: 2018 Rhapsody Health-care Hero recipients
Over the years, Sundre Hospital has had its share of challenges. Throughout them all, the health-care team has always found a way...
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Smoky River Region to introduce future health-care professionals to career possibilities in rural Alberta
Students studying several health-care disciplines are coming to the Smoky River Region this weekend to discover the advantages of living and working...
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