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More Nursing Schools Preparing Students to Provide Team-Based Care - According to rwjf.com, on August 13, 2014, the University of Washington is one of at least four of the nation’s top nursing schools now requiring students to participate in at least one interprofessional education course or activity... that promotes interprofessional education as a way to foster collaborative practice and improve the quality and safety of care. click here Minnesota responds to rural doctor shortage with teams, training, telemedicine - According to minnpost.com, on August 11, 2014, the health-care provider landscape of Greater Minnesota is one where primary-care physicians are becoming older and fewer, while their patients also are older but growing in number, said Mark Schoenbaum, director of the Minnesota Department of Health's Office of Rural Health and Primary Care. Medical schools, health-care systems and legislators alike know of the problems and are doing their best to solve them.TO READ MORE click here