National Rural Health Day is Thursday, Nov. 21
November 20, 2024
OCONTO FALLS, Wis. – National Rural Health Day, founded by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health will be celebrated on Thursday, Nov. 21. The day highlights critical roles filled by rural hospitals and health care clinics across the country, while recognizing the value these rural health care providers bring to rural communities, like Oconto County.
Together, HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital and Prevea Health operate five Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) throughout Oconto County. The health care teams at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Health Centers located in Oconto Falls, Gillett, Lena, Mountain and Suring are proud to provide primary care, lab and radiology services to all their neighbors. These clinics not only provide advanced health care options to patients, but they also present employment opportunities for residents throughout the region. The services offered at these health care clinics and at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls help ensure rural residents have access to high-quality, modern health care options close to home.
“Our team of doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants at our rural health clinics and hospital are passionate about providing expert care, in a timely manner, right here in the community,” said Colleen Koski, Chief Administrative Officer at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital. “If someone in the Oconto County region needs anything from a couple of stiches for a cut to total knee replacement surgery, our team at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital and our partnering health clinics can help.”
Nationally, it’s estimated 57 million Americans – one in five people – live in rural and frontier communities throughout the United States. With Oconto County being one of the largest and more rural counties in the state of Wisconsin, covering nearly one-thousand square miles, convenient access to first class care at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Health Centers and HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital improves the quality of life for area residents and visitors.
“Our neighbors and tourists alike, all benefit from the advanced care options that we’re able to offer across Oconto County,” said Colleen. “Many of our patients come to our hospital in Oconto Falls for immediate care at our Emergency Department and we’re always ready for them – 24/7. The five rural health clinics serve an invaluable purpose for our community too. Through offering family medicine and primary care services at the majority of those clinics, we can treat, manage, and diagnose so many of our neighbors’ health care concerns – and we’re very proud of that.”
To learn more about rural health care services provided by Prevea Health and HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto County, find more information by clicking on the provided links below or by calling a rural health care clinic directly.
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Gillett Health Center
340 N. Green Bay Ave., Gillett, WI 54124
(920) 855-2823
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Lena Health Center
200 S. Rosera St., Lena, WI 54139
(920) 829-6400
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Mountain Health Center
14353 Hwy 32/64, Mountain, WI 54149
(715) 276-1600
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Oconto Falls Health Center
835 S. Main St., Oconto Falls, WI 54154
(920) 846-8187
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Suring Health Center
913 E. Main St., Suring, WI 54174
(920) 842-1147
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital
855 S. Main St., Oconto Falls, WI 54154
(920) 846-3444
About Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS)
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls, Wis., is part of Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a Catholic health care ministry founded in 1875. Dedicated to our Mission to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love for all people through high-quality Franciscan health care, HSHS clinicians provide exceptional care centered on the whole person. Based in Springfield, Illinois, HSHS employs more than 11,000 colleagues who provide care in 13 acute-care, children’s and critical-access hospitals and home health and hospice programs in Central and Southern Illinois and Eastern Wisconsin. HSHS is aligned with more than 1,000 primary and specialty physicians and advanced practitioners through its owned affiliates HSHS Medical Group and Prairie Cardiovascular and its partnership with Prevea Health. For more information about HSHS, visit hshs.org.
About Prevea Health
Prevea Health is a community of passionate and accomplished physicians, caregivers and staff working together to provide exceptional health care. Patients have trusted Prevea with their medical care needs since 1996 when the organization was founded in Green Bay, Wis. Today, Prevea provides primary care and a wide range of specialty medical care in clinic, hospital, and workplace settings across Northeast Wisconsin. It is partnered with Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) which operates hospitals in Wisconsin. For more information about Prevea Health, visit www.prevea.com.
Together, HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital and Prevea Health operate five Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) throughout Oconto County. The health care teams at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Health Centers located in Oconto Falls, Gillett, Lena, Mountain and Suring are proud to provide primary care, lab and radiology services to all their neighbors. These clinics not only provide advanced health care options to patients, but they also present employment opportunities for residents throughout the region. The services offered at these health care clinics and at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls help ensure rural residents have access to high-quality, modern health care options close to home.
“Our team of doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants at our rural health clinics and hospital are passionate about providing expert care, in a timely manner, right here in the community,” said Colleen Koski, Chief Administrative Officer at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital. “If someone in the Oconto County region needs anything from a couple of stiches for a cut to total knee replacement surgery, our team at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital and our partnering health clinics can help.”
Nationally, it’s estimated 57 million Americans – one in five people – live in rural and frontier communities throughout the United States. With Oconto County being one of the largest and more rural counties in the state of Wisconsin, covering nearly one-thousand square miles, convenient access to first class care at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Health Centers and HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital improves the quality of life for area residents and visitors.
“Our neighbors and tourists alike, all benefit from the advanced care options that we’re able to offer across Oconto County,” said Colleen. “Many of our patients come to our hospital in Oconto Falls for immediate care at our Emergency Department and we’re always ready for them – 24/7. The five rural health clinics serve an invaluable purpose for our community too. Through offering family medicine and primary care services at the majority of those clinics, we can treat, manage, and diagnose so many of our neighbors’ health care concerns – and we’re very proud of that.”
To learn more about rural health care services provided by Prevea Health and HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto County, find more information by clicking on the provided links below or by calling a rural health care clinic directly.
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Gillett Health Center
340 N. Green Bay Ave., Gillett, WI 54124
(920) 855-2823
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Lena Health Center
200 S. Rosera St., Lena, WI 54139
(920) 829-6400
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Mountain Health Center
14353 Hwy 32/64, Mountain, WI 54149
(715) 276-1600
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Oconto Falls Health Center
835 S. Main St., Oconto Falls, WI 54154
(920) 846-8187
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Suring Health Center
913 E. Main St., Suring, WI 54174
(920) 842-1147
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital
855 S. Main St., Oconto Falls, WI 54154
(920) 846-3444
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About Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS)
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls, Wis., is part of Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a Catholic health care ministry founded in 1875. Dedicated to our Mission to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love for all people through high-quality Franciscan health care, HSHS clinicians provide exceptional care centered on the whole person. Based in Springfield, Illinois, HSHS employs more than 11,000 colleagues who provide care in 13 acute-care, children’s and critical-access hospitals and home health and hospice programs in Central and Southern Illinois and Eastern Wisconsin. HSHS is aligned with more than 1,000 primary and specialty physicians and advanced practitioners through its owned affiliates HSHS Medical Group and Prairie Cardiovascular and its partnership with Prevea Health. For more information about HSHS, visit hshs.org.
About Prevea Health
Prevea Health is a community of passionate and accomplished physicians, caregivers and staff working together to provide exceptional health care. Patients have trusted Prevea with their medical care needs since 1996 when the organization was founded in Green Bay, Wis. Today, Prevea provides primary care and a wide range of specialty medical care in clinic, hospital, and workplace settings across Northeast Wisconsin. It is partnered with Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) which operates hospitals in Wisconsin. For more information about Prevea Health, visit www.prevea.com.
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