Looking Back But Leaning Forward: New Opportunities and Challenges for North Carolina's Rural Communities

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Issue brief describing efforts among local and state leaders to promote community engagement in rural North Carolina and to address shortages of physicians and advanced practitioners. Also examines challenges faced by rural North Carolina hospitals, uses of telemedicine, plans to promote quality care for children and families, and recommendations for the future.

Thomas G. Irons, Margaret L. Sauer

North Carolina Medical Journal, 79(6), 366-371

11/2018

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Access · Children and youth · Community engagement and volunteerism · Families · Health workforce supply and demand · Hospitals · Telehealth · North Carolina