UNC Family Med. To Introduce Teaching Health Center With Piedmont Health
On Wednesday, Piedmont Health and UNC Family Medicine are teaming up to showcase the first teaching health center in the state. UNC Family Medicine Communications and Development Coordinator Donna...
View ArticleCosts of Care Essay Contest Crowdsources Hundreds of Stories from Patients...
Costs of Care (http://www.CostsOfCare.org) has launched an innovative essay contest that illustrates the importance of cost-awareness in medicine by gathering hundreds of anecdotes from patients,...
View Article$4 Million Federal Grant Will Fund “Wright Center-ATSU Community Healthcare...
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration has given the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education more than $4 million to launch the Wright Center-ATSU Community Healthcare Hub, a...
View Article2012: The Year in Review - Family Physicians Raced to Keep Pace With Practice...
Porter, S. American Academy of Family Physicians01/02/2013Tags: Health Centers, Legislation, Medical Home, Medicare/Medicaid, Workforce Shortage
View ArticleEscape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Health Care
On Saturday, March 16th CNN will air the award winning documentary Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Health Care. The film addresses the health care access, cost, and quality crisis in the...
View ArticleAssessing the Potential Impact of Sequestration on Community Health Centers,...
This report examines the potential impact of sequestration on community health centers and their patients. Sequestration is expected to affect all health centers, and approximately 1,200 of the...
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Teaching Health Centers: A New Paradigm in Graduate Medical Education
Academic Medicine Chen, Candice MD, MPHFrederick Chen, MD, MPH, and Fitzhugh Mullan, MDDecemeber, 2012 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 created the Teaching Health Center Graduate...
View ArticleMesa Medical School Has A Unique Approach To Residency Program
A Valley-based medical school is trying to help reduce the shortage of primary care physicians. The new program is taking a unique approach to medical residencies. The El Pueblo Health Center in Tucson...
View ArticleS. 1759: A Bill to Reauthorize the Teaching Health Center Program
On November 21, 2013 a bill to reauthorize the teaching health center program (S. 1759) was introduced. The bill is sponsored by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT). It is co-sponsored by six other Senators...
View ArticleKraft Practitioner Spotlight Aisling Lydeard, NP The Dimock Center
The Kraft Practitioner Program is a two-year program to recruit and retain physicians and masters-prepared nurses in community-health centers and to equip them to take on leadership roles within their...
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