We hosted Representative Feenstra this past week to highlight economic development in rural areas. Our teams did an amazing job of showcasing their areas and sharing the benefits for our patients. We highlighted our new partnership with Cancer Treatment Centers of America and were able to connect remotely to the...
Atrophy is by definition: gradually declining in effectiveness or vigor due to underuse or neglect. Basically, use it or lose it. This past couple of years I’ve binge watched TV waaaayyy too much. I’ve napped excessively. My mind has become mushy. I discovered TikTok. So …. I’m doing Wordle. I...
My very first Senior Leader Connection write-up! I am going to be honest that I have been thinking a lot about what I should write about… and then it dawned on me: Change. In my lifetime I can’t possibly think of all of the times that I’ve navigated through changes....
I have a lot of scented candles. Both at work and at home (because my office is above the biohazard storage area … sigh). I made Jordan smell one today, and she said it smelled like an old man’s car or closet … then she stuck out her tongue. I...
Our theme for this year at Iowa Specialty Hospitals and Clinics will be “The Calling”. It will be focused on reigniting our purpose and our passion for healthcare. It will most likely be a year filled with stories and sharing what brought us to healthcare and how this became our...
My friend’s cat died a couple of days ago. I think this was a cat that Gina, my sister Amy, and I tracked down and rescued on a very cold day a couple of decades ago. The kitten was in the nursing home dumpster and my sister and I helped/tossed...
As she closed the book of her old life Sighing relief as she finally let go She carved a path to a new beginning Writing a new chapter The uneasy feeling of change soon faded away And for the first time in a while her soul felt free ~ Peta...
This week I had the privilege to travel to a few of our different clinic locations, and while visiting one site a small group of us went to lunch. While we discussed different growth opportunities for that site, we also discussed it being a New Year and if we set...
I said to someone the other day “You be you in ’22!” (… I thought I was so clever. I’m sure someone else had already said it.) Made me think - “you be you”? Basically, follow your own path … claim your mistakes and roll around in them to truly...
There’s this movie with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore called 50 first dates and (spoiler) at the end of the movie she watches a video of how they met every morning because her short-term memory goes away when she sleeps. Then they live happily ever after. Every two weeks for...
