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How Can We Expand the Primary Care Workforce? - According to RWJF on January 1st, 2012 the United States has a deficit of nearly 40,000 primary care physicians—a situation that is expected to worsen as the population continues to age and as millions more Americans become insured through health reform.The shortage of primary care providers is especially dire in many rural and urban areas. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants can play a key role in improving access to quality primary care. TO READ MORE CLICK HERE



Rural hospitals apply lean patient care - According to Charleston Regional Businesss Journal on February 6th, 2013 recently, Newberry County Memorial Hospital was selected to participate in the Carolinas Rural Hospital Lean Culture Transformation Collaborative. The collaborative is a four-year initiative funded in part by a $5 million grant from The Duke Endowment. Over the next three years, Newberry and the other three S.C. hospitals will concentrate on implementing “lean,” a business improvement philosophy with practices first applied in manufacturing and now used in all segments of industry, including health care. CLICK HERE



From a Young Doctor: A Tribute to Nurses - According to Huffpost Healthy Living on May 13th, 2013 As we celebrate this year's Nurses Week, I am reminded of the Hippocrates saying that the goal of medicine is "to cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always." This, too, I learn through daily example from the amazing nurses I work with. Thank you, Leana Wen M.D. TO READ MORE CLICK HERE