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Resources by State: Wisconsin

Wisconsin Health Care Workforce Report
Provides information on the healthcare workforce in Wisconsin, with a focus on healthcare training and career pathways, healthcare demand and capacity, optimizing and retaining the current workforce, and more. Includes discussion on rural-focused healthcare training.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Hospital Association
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Rural Health Transformation Program: State Focus on Community Health Workers
Describes examples of state initiatives regarding community health workers (CHWs) outlined Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) applications from Arizona, Iowa, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. Includes results of a scan of CHW proposals for each state with a publicly available RHTP application.
Author(s): Megan D'Alessandro, Sandra Wilkniss
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: National Academy for State Health Policy
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Rural–Urban Disparities in Diabetes Quality of Care with Accountable Care Organization Participation
Examines the relationship among diabetes quality of care, accountable care organization (ACO) participation, and rural versus urban health disparities. Utilizes 2011-2018 Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality all-patient all-payer data to analyze diabetes care management across ACO versus non-ACO participation and rural versus urban location.
Author(s): Mariétou H. Ouayogodé, Xiyuan Hu
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 42(1), e70121
Date: 02/2026
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Chain Reaction: Homegrown Programs Encourage Safe Biking in Rural Areas
Discusses the challenges rural areas may face in taking advantage of the health and other benefits of biking. Features a coalition that sponsors bike safety events in rural California, an Ohio library program for checking out bicycles, and bicycle advocacy work in rural Wisconsin.
Author(s): Gretel Kauffman
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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In Rural Communities, Where Child Care Is Often Scarce, Healthcare Organizations Are Finding Creative Ways to Help
Features rural healthcare organizations in Indiana, North Dakota, and Wisconsin that have partnered with childcare providers, schools, and other organizations to support affordable child care in their communities.
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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When the Hospital CEO Becomes the Patient: Rural Maternal Care Up Close
A conversation with Eilidh Pederson, CEO of Western Wisconsin Health, focused on her experience giving birth at a rural Critical Access Hospital. Discusses high-quality maternal healthcare access in rural communities.
Author(s): Tom Haederle, Julia Resnick, Eilidh Pederson
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Selected Rural Healthcare Facilities in Wisconsin
Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Adapting Family-Based Treatment for Primary Care (FBT-PC) for Treating Child and Adolescent Restrictive Eating Disorders in Rural Settings: A Case Series
Explores the adaptation of Family-Based Treatment for Primary Care (FBT-PC), an intervention focused on eating disorder treatment for adolescents, for rural settings. Describes FBT-PC implementation and case histories of 6 patients treated at primary care clinics in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Author(s): Jocelyn Lebow, Ivana Croghan, Jennifer St. Sauver, et al.
Citation: Journal of Eating Disorders, 13, 275
Date: 11/2025
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Differences in GLP-1 RA Medication Adherence Across Place-Based Variables in Patients with Diabetes Living in Wisconsin
Analyzes adherence to GLP-1 RA medications for diabetes treatment among Wisconsin adults by geographic and demographic group, utilizing 2020-2022 Wisconsin Health Information Organization data. Compares adherence by rural or urban status, among other factors.
Author(s): Kara L. Gavin, Rabia Amjad, Vaia Makris, Joan M. Neuner
Citation: Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy, 31(12), 1311-1319
Date: 11/2025
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Community-Engaged Dissemination and Implementation of an Evidence-Based Health Promotion Intervention for Native American Families: "Delivery of Turtle Island Tales to Promote Family Wellness" Protocol
Study protocol for the implementation and assessment of Turtle Island Tales, a culturally-grounded obesity prevention intervention for Native American families, in rural and frontier counties in Montana, Oregon, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Author(s): Emily J. Tomayko, Alexandra K. Adams, Teresa Warne, James L. Merle, Paul A. Estabrooks
Citation: Implementation Science Communications, 6, 126
Date: 11/2025
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