If you’re considering a career in rural medicine, you have important questions. And when you search for answers, the results can be confusing. There are many misunderstandings throughout the medical community...
Most hospitalist staffing models cover at least one need for rural hospitals, but few can cover all your community’s needs. And the list of needs is long when it comes to staffing in rural areas – from...
Rural hospitals have been historically underserved. About 20% of the US population lives in rural communities, and only 11% of physicians practice rural medicine. Physician shortages in rural areas don’t...
Physician staffing in rural medicine is a unique challenge. Many administrators begin with a traditional recruiting path, trying to find physicians who will relocate or a local doc willing to provide call...
https://ruralphysiciansgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/RPG-Podcast-Episode-1-Final_mixdown-upload.mp3 In this episode, Cameron Byers, PA-C shares insight on the most common challenges facing critical...
As the population continues to age, hospitals everywhere have been balancing their needs with the ongoing demand for providers. With COVID-19 changing the landscape of healthcare this year and last, provider...
I reflect on the last year, I am still struggling to come to the realization 2020 is over. The year started out as any other year, high hopes, big plans, defined goals…then March hit. Almost overnight,...
As a healthcare leader (and a human), I've made some good decisions, but I've also had my fair share of learning opportunities, what others might call mistakes! In my defense, some of those mistakes were based...
As a former Administrator and one of the first RPG employees, I am very proud to say that 95% of our hospital partnerships have continued without interruption… some over a decade!
As a single mother of three children, I struggled with the challenges of taking care of my family while also trying to further my career as a physician. I was constantly on-call and missing wrestling...