Wyoming wants to make its 5-year federal rural health funding last 'forever'
Wyoming officials say they have a plan to make five years of upcoming grants from a new $50 billion federal rural health program last "forever."
Feb 19, 2026
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More new doctors trained in New York are choosing to stay there, according to recent study
The percentage of physicians who go on to practice in New York State after completing their residency training continues to climb.
Aug 19, 2025
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Home care cooperatives offer solution to caregiver crisis for the elderly
Home care cooperatives may be the key to alleviating the shortage of paid caregivers for older Americans, a new study suggests. The research, published in JAMA Network Open, found that participants in cooperatives experienced ...
Apr 7, 2025
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Family medicine department chairs face high patient care demands and barriers to scholarly activity, survey shows
Research in family medicine is vital for improving patient care, health care systems, and population health. However, family medicine faces barriers to producing scholarly work, including high patient care demands and limited ...
Jan 28, 2025
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Too many Australians miss out on essential medical care every year. Here's how to fix 'GP deserts'
Some communities are "GP deserts," where there are too few GPs to ensure everyone can get the care they need when they need it. These communities are typically sicker and poorer than the rest of Australia, but receive less ...
Jan 27, 2025
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Can medical schools funnel more doctors into the primary care pipeline?
Throughout her childhood, Julia Lo Cascio dreamed of becoming a pediatrician. So, when applying to medical school, she was thrilled to discover a new, small school founded specifically to train primary care doctors: NYU Grossman ...
Jan 15, 2025
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Research highlights challenges in AI-assisted clinical decision-making
A collaborative team of researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School, Stanford University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the University of Virginia has studied how well doctors use GPT-4—an artificial ...
Oct 28, 2024
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Rural placements for medical students in Canada feed 'pipeline' for new family docs
New research shows an innovative education program is helping to address Alberta's rural doctor shortage by making it more likely medical students will set up a rural family practice after graduation.
Feb 1, 2024
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Dutch researchers explore patient profiles of those who choose to stop eating and drinking to hasten death
Some patients choose to voluntarily stop eating and drinking (VSED) as a way of hastening death. Researchers from the Amsterdam University Medical Center conducted a study to describe patients' motives for doing so, how they ...
Nov 28, 2023
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The impact of not having a family doctor: Patients are worse off, and so is the health system
About 6.5 million Canadians—roughly 1 in 6—do not have access to primary medical care.
Oct 19, 2023
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