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Tag: family medicine

A resident listening to a baby's heart
Posted inRural Health

Tackling NC’s rural provider shortage, one residency slot at a time

by Liora Engel-Smith June 11, 2021June 10, 2021

By Liora Engel-Smith Later on this month, more than 550 newly graduated physicians will hang their stethoscopes around their necks, don their scrubs and begin residency training at medical centers across North Carolina.  Despite a crushing need for primary care practitioners, few of those residents — roughly 1 in 4 — will train in family […]

shows a woman with her arms outstretched to denote keeping far apart to prevent COVID transmission
Posted inProfiles

Embracing her Latinx community, fighting for equality amid COVID-19

by Anne Blythe July 29, 2020July 30, 2020
map shows holes where there are no rural health care providers, in particular, general surgery
Posted inRural Health

Wanted: Rural Health Providers, But Few Answer the Call

by Rose Hoban March 2, 2018April 14, 2021
Rhee Williams gets her blood pressure taken at Lake Lure Medical Center,
Posted inRural Health

Continuity of Care: The Rural Doctor 2.0

by Editor March 13, 2015April 22, 2021
Money and Calculator
Posted inChronic Disease, Featured, Medicaid, State Health Policy

NC Docs Face Retroactive Medicaid Rate Cut

by Editor March 3, 2015March 3, 2015

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