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Web Exclusive: Retire And Go Fishing? Not For This Rural Florida Keys Doctor
In 1979, Surgeon Steven J. Smith set up practice in the Upper Keys of Florida because he wanted to be near a place...
Nurse practitioners seek expanded role
Each year, Wendy Fletcher says, she and two partners see more than 5,000 patients at their practice in Morehead, KY...
Magazine: A Captive Audience
Lessons about telemedicine from a secure setting.
Web Exclusive: Hospitals Renew Battle to Hire Doctors in California
In California, institutional hiring of doctors is limited to teaching and county hospitals and prisons. The hiring...
Web Exclusive: Nurse Anesthetists Battle Overlooks Rural Doctor Shortage
The lawsuit filed by 40,000 California doctors last week to halt nurse anesthetists' newly obtained ability to...
Magazine: Community and Rural: Recruiting, Retention, and RACs Top Concerns
Workforce issues, especially the acute shortage of physicians in low-population areas, are the top concern for chief...
Web Exclusive: A Captive Audience—and Providers—Benefit from Telemedicine
Where might be the perfect setting to launch a successful telemedicine project? If you guessed the state prison system...
Obama's Proposed Budget is a Mixed Bag for Rural Health
Rural healthcare projects would lose $44 million in President Obama's proposed 2011 budget, but that number is...
A remedy for Mississippi's health blues
Aaron Shirley, MD, has devoted his career to serving the rural poor in the Mississippi Delta, but now the 77-year-old...
Web Exclusive: Rural Minnesota Hospital Survives a Fight with the Feds
The five-year False Claims Act litigation against a 15-bed critical access hospital in remote Western Minnesota has...