# Dennis Hartung, MD, FACOG, OB/GYN - OB/GYN Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/redefining-rural-healthcare-6450157/dennis-hartung-md-facog-ob-gyn-ob-gyn Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/redefining-rural-healthcare-6450157/dennis-hartung-md-facog-ob-gyn-ob-gyn.md Podcast: [Redefining Rural Healthcare](https://stenobird.com/podcast/redefining-rural-healthcare-6450157) Published: 2025-01-23T14:28:34+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/dennis-hartung-md-facog-ob-gyn-ob-gyn--63827745 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/63827745/dr_hartung_final_mixdown.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/redefining-rural-healthcare-6450157/episodes/dennis-hartung-md-facog-ob-gyn-ob-gyn Duration seconds: 2243 ## Resource In this episode, our guest host, Ellen Thompson, interviews Dr. Dennis Hartung, an OBGYN who has practiced at Western Wisconsin Health for the past 9 years. Dr. Hartung emphasizes the importance of collaboration between providers, working closely with family medicine doctors and midwives to deliver comprehensive, personalized care. He recounts a story of helping facilitate a smooth hospital transfer for a home birth patient, highlighting Western Wisconsin Health's welcoming approach to working with midwives and home birth families. Throughout the discussion, Dr. Hartung advocates for a more respectful, collaborative model of maternity care, and expresses hope for improvements in rural healthcare reimbursement to keep vital birthing services open in small communities. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/redefining-rural-healthcare-6450157/episodes/dennis-hartung-md-facog-ob-gyn-ob-gyn/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/redefining-rural-healthcare-6450157/dennis-hartung-md-facog-ob-gyn-ob-gyn.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.