Limited funding, expanding coverage areas, and a cultural shift in volunteerism across generations has motivated EMS leaders to find new recruitment methods that attract more personnel and keep them as long as possible.
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Benjamin Anderson, CEO of a 25-bed CAH in Kansas, discloses his relational style of healthcare leadership and his success attracting committed medical providers and engaging the area’s growing refugee population.
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NRHA president-elect David Schmitz, MD, shares his thoughts on the recruitment of healthcare providers, training rural physicians, and the challenges and rewards of rural practice.
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Physician burnout is rising as a popular healthcare topic, but the reality has been an ongoing problem in rural health settings. Dr. Jill Kruse shares her burnout experience, how she overcame it, and what she is doing to help others, while Dr. Randall Longenecker gives tips on building resiliency.
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The Executive Director of the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved discusses its development, and how ACU works to expand access to primary care in rural areas.
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The Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program is addressing the state’s health care crisis by providing incentives for medical students to practice in rural areas.
Read MoreA guide to loan repayment/forgiveness programs, which can be an optimal way to attract needed healthcare professionals.
Read MoreVolunteer EMS squads are dwindling in number due to the lack of able-bodied and available recruits.
Read MoreThe Spring 2012 issue looks at ways rural communities are working to actively recruit primary care providers and to train and establish HIT staff.
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For many rural clinic directors, active recruitment is a second job, but the reward is finding health professionals who want to work and stay in small towns.
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