Rural Minnesota Health Forum
Chris Sund closes the 2027 Rural Minnesota Health Forum with You Are Capable of More, the final keynote of the day for rural healthcare leaders, administrators, clinicians and community partners from across Minnesota.
Where rural Minnesota healthcare comes together.
The Rural Minnesota Health Forum is one of the great gatherings in rural healthcare. Each spring, hospital and clinic leaders, administrators, clinicians and community partners from across the state come together at Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria for a day of learning, conversation and connection with the people who understand their work best.
The day brings together keynote speakers, educational breakout sessions, legislative and policy updates, practical sessions on finance and reimbursement, employment and healthcare law updates, and a vendor fair, all built around the real work of keeping care strong in rural communities. It is a forum made by rural healthcare, for rural healthcare, and it shows in every part of the day.
Three organizations, one shared mission.
The forum is a partnership of three rural healthcare organizations that work every day to help Minnesota’s hospitals, clinics and care teams stay strong and independent.
Medi-Sota
A non-profit consortium of rural healthcare organizations across Minnesota, Medi-Sota brings its members continuing education, physician and provider recruitment, and preferred vendor partnerships, so small hospitals can do more together than any one of them could alone.
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MN Rural Health Cooperative
Since 1995, MRHC has helped member clinics and critical access hospitals remain viable and independent in their communities, with health plan contracting, provider credentialing, patient and employee satisfaction surveys, and a community of peers who share the same work.
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Rural Health Alliance
Rural Health Alliance is a group purchasing partner for rural hospitals, clinics, surgery centers and long-term care facilities, helping them access the savings and supplier relationships that larger systems take for granted.
Visit Rural Health Alliance →I am so grateful to Medi-Sota, MN Rural Health Cooperative and Rural Health Alliance for the invitation to close this year’s forum. The people in that room keep care close to home for thousands of Minnesotans, often with fewer resources and longer hours than anyone outside rural healthcare will ever see. Being trusted with the last word of their day is an honor I do not take lightly, and I am looking forward to sending everyone home with something they can carry into their teams and their own lives.
Chris Sund
You Are Capable of More
Become the Best Version of Yourself
Rural healthcare asks a lot of the people who work in it. Many wear three or four hats, carry a community on their shoulders, and still find time to take care of everyone around them before themselves.
This closing keynote is built for them. Through honest stories, hard-earned lessons and research from a survey for his book, in which 92% of working adults said they were capable of more than they were doing, Chris helps attendees move through self-doubt, take ownership of their choices and build the small daily habits that turn good intentions into real progress, at work and at home.
Quiet the Self-Doubt
How to keep moving forward when the voice in your head says you are not ready yet.
Take Ownership
Why the people who grow fastest stop waiting for the right moment and start with what they have.
Build the Habits
Simple actions attendees can take the same day, for themselves and for the teams they lead.
Feedback from healthcare leaders.
His topics are well researched, and he weaves in practical tips and real-life examples that make every session realistic and relatable.
Chris consistently brings knowledge, insight, and practical advice to every presentation, elevating the value he brings to every engagement.
I always have takeaways to put into action after Chris’ sessions. He cares deeply about uplifting the entire profession.
You Are Capable of More.
Chris is the award-winning, bestselling author of You Are Capable of More: A No-Excuses Guide to Becoming Your Best Self. Copies can be bundled for attendees, and Chris can sign books at the vendor fair, which brings extra traffic to your sponsors.
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